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Cisco UCS Manager

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The solution is agile, stable, scalable, and has good support
If I wasn't using Cisco UCS Manager as a centralized console, I would be managing each and every server individually. UCS Manager gives me the... Read more →
William Linn
It has a limit on the number of systems that can be managed but it is proactive in heading off failures.
It is proactive in heading off failures that would be catastrophic to the business.
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  • "With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."
  • "You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."
  • "The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."
  • "Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."
  • "Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."
  • "We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum."

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    What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?
    Top Answer:It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?
    Top Answer:In comparison to other solutions, it is expensive. In HP servers, for example, we have HP SIM, and in Dell DXL, there's Dell Open Manager. Cisco UCS Manager is not as familiar with upgrades… more »
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    What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies. For example, if I am putting a maintenance policy, the… more »
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    30th
    out of 108 in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
    Views
    2,105
    Comparisons
    1,780
    Reviews
    7
    Average Words per Review
    554
    Rating
    7.3
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    HPE BTO, HPE Business Technology Optimization, HPE OpenView
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    Overview
    Cisco UCS Manager helps significantly reduce management and administration expenses by automating routine tasks to increase operational agility. Customers can extend the benefits of Cisco UCS Manager globally across an enterprise to thousands of servers in multiple domains with Cisco UCS Central Software.

    The Micro Focus OpenView Performance manager, agents, and monitor combine to provide a powerful and flexible distributed management solution. This solution is a single interface for centrally monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting resource utilization for distributed multivendor environments, enabling you to offer the best possible level of service in a cost-effective manner.

    Sample Customers
    Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals
    MTS India
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider42%
    Consumer Goods Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company33%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise74%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business10%
    Large Enterprise90%
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    Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 30th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in IT Infrastructure Monitoring. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] writes "It has a limit on the number of systems that can be managed but it is proactive in heading off failures". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] is most compared with .

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