The tool's setup is understandable once you get an idea of the Cisco product.  

The initial setup process was complex. There can be one person for maintenance, and if it's a big environment, more than one person may be required. Systems administrators and engineers are involved in the maintenance part.

There is a lot of planning needed before setting up the solution.

The product's initial setup phase was easy.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The solution can be deployed in a couple of hours.

The implementation and support of Cisco UCS Director is taken care of by twenty engineers in our company.

The initial setup is easy. It comes as an OVA template and just like any other virtual machine, you can spin it up and give it an IP address.

The time it takes to deploy this solution mostly depends on prerequisites. If you have all the prerequisites in place, it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours to fully deploy UCS Director.

The initial setup of this solution is not easy, and we had problems while doing it. It needs a specialist to install, configure, and enhance it. This solution is not plug-and-play.

The solution's initial setup process was easy.

The initial setup of this solution is somewhat complex. It requires an expert to configure.

The deployment took approximately one month. For a small deployment, that is a long time.

There are two to three people required for maintenance in order to avoid a single point of failure.

We had a small problem with incompatibility but it was resolved by Cisco support. It was not a big issue. In total, it took about six months for the deployment.

I'm not sure how complex the initial setup was because it happened before I came to the company.

Once we got all of the requirements and understood our use case, the initial setup was fairly straightforward.

The initial setup was easy.

We were able to deploy UCS Director and get it up and running within four to six hours.

The installation was straightforward.