OneView is a monitoring as well as a centralized management solution. We are using it for the virtual data center. We are using it for VMware hypervisors on top of the blades and HPE Synergy.
The best part is that you can integrate a two-way network. Earlier we could not manage the storage and ToR switch. Now we can create a LAN with our storage without any interface.
In terms of switch management, it is now easy to understand the current configuration. It provides centralized management. It provides a single pane, and you can easily do all updates in one shot. It is a great product.
They can improve reporting and provide more customized reports. Currently, reporting is a bit limited.
It can be complex to learn and manage for beginners. Because of my experience, I find it comfortable to manage, which might not be the case with beginners. It would be good if they can make it a little bit easier to understand. They can provide a more graphical view of connectivity and other things.
Their technical support can also be improved.
I have been using this solution for almost two years. We started working with OneView in 2019.
It is certainly a reliable solution. We switched to this solution almost two years ago, and I have not faced any kind of issues.
We have not tried to expand it. We are a big organization, and in my team, there are almost 200 to 300 people.
Their technical support can be improved. Dell's technical support is better than HPE.
We are also using Dell and Cisco UCS. Dell's technical support is better than HPE. In terms of hardware, stability, and other things, there are no issues.
Its initial setup was not much difficult. I was not much familiar with it at that time, so their technical team guided us. Its documentation is available on the HPE portal.
It was a management decision. They prefer only HPE Synergy. We didn't evaluate any other solution. We are using it in a lot of data centers. We are using something else only in a couple of data centers.
I would recommend this solution to others. It is very stable. There are very few hardware faults with HPE solutions.
I would rate HPE OneView a ten out of ten.
