2018-07-18T07:08:00Z

What needs improvement with Cisco UCS B-Series?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Muhammad Alihyder Bhuiyan - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2024-01-24T13:57:20Z
Jan 24, 2024

There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors like Dell and HP.

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Taha Yegenler - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2024-01-09T13:18:34Z
Jan 9, 2024

The product could be made more secure.

Filip Kopecký - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-10-18T10:19:45Z
Oct 18, 2023

The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper.

PK
Real User
Top 5
2023-10-05T08:00:42Z
Oct 5, 2023

From a physical hardware point of view, it's excellent compared to Dell and HP, but from Cisco UCS Manager, it should be more user-friendly. There are certain things not described in the UCS Manager, like changing or editing profiles. It should be more user-friendly. In future releases, I would like to see an automated setup process.

ST
Reseller
Top 5
2023-09-18T13:53:00Z
Sep 18, 2023

Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware.

MM
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-09-13T11:14:48Z
Sep 13, 2023

The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details. The price of the product's license could be improved.

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KW
Real User
Top 5
2023-07-17T07:44:38Z
Jul 17, 2023

The cost of the product is its biggest weakness. It is more expensive than the competitors.

SM
Real User
Top 5
2023-07-14T08:17:00Z
Jul 14, 2023

The solution's console could be easier for accessing and managing internal help documents.

JL
Real User
2023-06-01T11:52:00Z
Jun 1, 2023

Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades.

JohnDeavers - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-04-04T17:14:17Z
Apr 4, 2023

InterSite is still working on a lot of bugs. Specifically, going from UCF's manager to all strictly interstate-managed environments, there have been a lot of challenges. It is a challenging environment as far as migration from UCS manager director to strictly an inter-site managed in the cloud. Cisco's still working out those bugs. We've been doing a lot of troubleshooting. I would like to see more density within the blades compared to HPE and other Dell blades. They do have more slots available. However, the UCSX series that's going to be a game-changer. I'm going through advanced architect training for that engineering training for that product as well. I foresee that X is probably going to replace the C or B series blades since you'll be able to get more density. In the end, you may be able to get double the nodes per slot. The solution is expensive. Sometimes, support isn't as fast or knowledgeable as customers need them to be.

Javed Koor - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-07T14:35:54Z
Mar 7, 2023

The cost is expensive and has room for improvement.

DR
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-01-24T11:37:40Z
Jan 24, 2023

The price of the solution could improve.

Olalowo Olaleye - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-01-20T21:34:39Z
Jan 20, 2023

The upgrades could be improved because the software needs various upgrades to be safeguarded against liability. Cisco should be very close to the customer to tell them if they need a new upgrade. In addition, they should include other features to make it useful for public cloud computing.

Rishabh_Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-11-11T16:49:15Z
Nov 11, 2022

If a customer is moving towards a UCS-only solution, then it would be great if storage could be provided with it. Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy.

SP
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-10-14T10:38:31Z
Oct 14, 2022

The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features. We would like to see a storage solution added to this product as, at present, there is no file system storage available. Also, this product is very expensive, and whilst they will apply discounts for larger projects, these are not as competitive as those offered by other vendors of comparative solutions.

BOUMAIZA Aymen - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
Top 20
2022-08-04T11:13:18Z
Aug 4, 2022

This model does not support virtualization of the switch. There are occasionally hardware problems that may be related to memory.

Ehsan Emad - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-05-25T23:24:00Z
May 25, 2022

The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products.

HK
Real User
Top 20
2022-04-25T09:34:55Z
Apr 25, 2022

This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections.

JC
Reseller
2022-03-02T06:44:04Z
Mar 2, 2022

Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better. The integration and support could improve, there are some challenges. Additionally, the competitor has its own storage in its portfolio, Cisco should have the option as well.

AH
Real User
Top 20
2022-01-12T15:17:08Z
Jan 12, 2022

The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems.

MS
Real User
2021-10-11T12:48:15Z
Oct 11, 2021

We sometimes have small issues with the hardware elements. The network interfaces could be better. The product needs to develop better firmware. The solution is difficult to set up. You need to be experienced in the product in order to be able to implement it.

David Fartouk - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2021-07-26T10:30:57Z
Jul 26, 2021

The pricing could be improved, as it is a bit expensive solution. The GUI is not the greatest. They could work on improving the interface.

DA
Real User
2021-06-03T09:41:15Z
Jun 3, 2021

The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable.

HN
Real User
2021-04-16T15:38:00Z
Apr 16, 2021

USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians. Many functionalities that are not used for a small environment should be enforced at the enterprise level. I would like to see USC Central offered free for use, as well as made simpler to use for technicians. This will improve its adoption rate, especially for environments that are not exposed to the internet.

AP
Real User
2021-04-15T15:31:14Z
Apr 15, 2021

We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser. We have Dell EMC, and I would like to connect my product directly to the chassis. I would like to have an interface to integrate the storage directly chassis and not through the network. If that could be possible, that would be great for me.

SM
Real User
2021-02-02T16:27:01Z
Feb 2, 2021

A long while ago something went wrong with the solution and we had to back-up to the cluster, some stability issues could be improved. For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle. I recently worked at a company in Cambodia where we were using Oracle, we were having some difficulties with applying the licensing between the solutions.

WK
Real User
Top 20
2020-12-16T19:16:06Z
Dec 16, 2020

Managing could be improved. It's too hard. The pricing could be less.

SS
Real User
2020-11-06T19:02:10Z
Nov 6, 2020

The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved. In particular, integration with other products is difficult, especially for logging purposes. In this regard, it is not very good and improvement is required. Technical support should be more timely.

MJ
Real User
2020-10-19T09:33:38Z
Oct 19, 2020

The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly. For some clients, it may be useful if it was possible to switch the role for a server. I myself am running a VMware shop and so I would not personally gain any benefit from this, however, I see the value it would have for others - especially service providers.

RO
Real User
2020-09-16T08:18:30Z
Sep 16, 2020

In terms of room for improvement, I think there is room for improvement with the service profile. Cisco products are technically quite bulky if you ask me. You really need to be very proficient technically to deploy it and to understand the assignment of the service profiles before you can really make the most of it. The product comes with a lot of technical overhead. I know they have advancements that are coming and I foresee they are ready to address that problem at least to a certain extent. For the purposes it is built for, I can not really think of any room for improvement, honestly. It is as advertised; it is doing what it is supposed to in the way the company represents it. I do not think they are really in need of any other improvement this year than what I know they already have on the roadmap. The only thing I can think of might be improving the user-friendliness.

SB
Real User
2020-09-13T07:02:28Z
Sep 13, 2020

Integration with the storage to get a heatmap of what's going on in the storage site could be improved -- the dashboard, that kind of thing. We have a virtualized environment and it's the same dashboard that links together the front end, the VMware and the backend storage. We have to use multiple views, multiple solutions for that. We log in to multiple places to see what's going on in the storage, what's going on in the switches, on the Blades, on the VMware. It would be great if there was a single platform, a dashboard that could integrate all of those. That kind of improvement wouldn't just help me but would also benefit management. If they want to see what's going on, for example, to get a five-year forecast, and the dashboard could show how much space is left for computing power, or show that something is not working, that would make a difference.

AR
Real User
2020-09-10T07:35:40Z
Sep 10, 2020

The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler. The administration is somewhat complex.

RS
Real User
2019-09-10T06:13:00Z
Sep 10, 2019

I would like to see the availability increased during upgrades and patching. There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required. If the newer version could eliminate downtime during patches or firmware upgrades, it would be great.

it_user901308 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2018-07-18T07:08:00Z
Jul 18, 2018

Better UI. Cisco makes a great product but doesn't know how to make a UI.

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