We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and NetCrunch based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in IT Infrastructure Monitoring."The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"I can quickly manage the provisioned servers."
"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"The flexibility and the ease in which the features can be expanded are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"Cisco UCS has different layers of security, and you can do multiple installations of your LIAMs on top of the server and Blade. You can install VMware, Windows Server, Hyper-V, etc."
"Cisco Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"Reporting on NetCrunch is pretty good. It's very similar to SolarWinds. It's just a different interface. The majority of everything there was beneficial."
"I found it a bit of a challenge to get training on UCSM. I've been trying to get that for some time now. I feel like I have to figure it out a lot of things myself. For years I've to log calls with support whenever I've got challenges that I cannot resolve. If I had some training or more manuals, I'd be better able to handle more things on my own."
"There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies."
"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."
"The integration with other solutions could be better. I think Cisco can only integrate using Intersight. There is a second interface available as a SaaS platform, in the cloud, or on-premise. It's based on the Redfish protocol, which is standard for all the B-series servers in the market. We can integrate other solutions using API."
"I would like to see Cisco UCS optionally work as a hyper-converged system because right now, it only operates as a converged system."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"I didn't care for the role-based, permission-based options, which were not the best."
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Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 30th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while NetCrunch is ranked 67th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while NetCrunch is rated 8.0. 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 NetCrunch writes "A network monitoring platform with a useful reporting feature, but permission-based options could be better". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas NetCrunch is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor and Fortinet FortiSIEM.
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