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."The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"It is not expensive."
"The scalability has been good."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"The latest version of this system is called Synergy from HPE, and it comes with more advanced features. This is currently the most advanced solution available in the market. One of its key features is its energy efficiency, which optimizes energy usage."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 22 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 21 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 "Modular, extendable, and high-density". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Good service, reliable, and remotely accessible through the iLO feature". 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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