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."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 most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"It's modular."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"I like the stability."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"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."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
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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