We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and Super Micro SuperBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Dell Technologies and others in Blade Servers."The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The solution does not scale well."
"Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while Super Micro SuperBlade is ranked 8th in Blade Servers with 4 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Super Micro SuperBlade is rated 8.0. 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 Super Micro SuperBlade writes "Easy to set up with good technical support but does not scale well". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas Super Micro SuperBlade is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Integrity, HPE BladeSystem and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers.
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