We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"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."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS B-Series writes "Robust hardware and efficient management of hardware, creating group policies, such as scrub policies and maintenance policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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