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 Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"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 solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"The virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"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 initial setup is not easy."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"Its scalability could be better."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
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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