The deployment took about six to eight months.

In comparison to HP and Dell, the initial setup is very difficult. Because they have moved away from manual deployment, but Cisco UCS Manager is more complex.

I rate Cisco UCS Manager nine out of 10 for ease of setup. Installing Cisco UCS Manager is pretty straightforward. You add the server to the registry and create a service profile configuration of all your server details like CPU, memory, etc. 

There is a mini-switch between your core switch and UCS switch. The most difficult part is configuring redundancy features on that switch. It takes no more than six hours to configure, but the installation requires more time. You need two people to install and configure the solution.

The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.

The initial setup for Cisco UCS Manager wasn't too complex, but it wasn't easy either. Anybody who wants to set it up needs an excellent understanding of Cisco architecture.

On a scale of one to five, my rating for the setup is a three.

UCS Manager is straightforward to set up. The configuration is simple and it's much easier to deploy than other solutions on the market. UCS Manager is on-premise, but Cisco Intersight is a cloud-based solution. The initial setup takes about an hour, but we need to set up the system and configure the connections to the LAN, SAN, etc. 

The initial setup is very straightforward. In the beginning, it appeared to be complex, but after some time it was very straightforward and you can control everything.

It took three or four days to deploy this solution.

The installation is very complex. We work with Hypervisor VMware. We study the competitive advantage of different combinations and compatibilities. Because there are so many options this process becomes very complex. Compared to Nutanix, we don't investigate anything. We just click download and install the system. 

From day one when we were initiating HyperFlex, we worked with version 1.9 at the time. After one year, we made the upgrade to 2.0 and then 2.1. After many open tickets and trying many times, we can't upgrade the tool to 2.201. So, we are still trying to get to the point where we want to be with the implementation and it is one year and three months. 

The setup is quite difficult. It's not a cake walk. I would rate it as a five out of ten. 

The deployment time really depends on the size. For the enterprise level, it takes a couple of days to do a complete Cisco UCS setup. However, if we were to just install the UCS Manager as a software, then it would take an hour or two.

I wasn't a part of the original setup team, so I can't speak to its level of difficulty. You only need one administrator to handle the solution once it's implemented.

The initial setup is very easy.

The first time implementing this solution is a little bit complex. However, after you have the required hands-on experience, the second implementation will be easy. There are a certain number of steps and you follow the documentation.

The initial setup is straightforward and not so complex.

I think it is a 20 minute job to mount UCS Manager.

We deployed this solution on-premises.

The initial setup is complex. I will have to spend a lot of time planning the actual implementation. When we execute the plan it will take about two months. The recommendations of the product to the client, the acceptance and the procurement could take as much as four months. But once they deliver the product, we will take a maximum of six to seven weeks to finish the implementation. This is the outlook for the plan but the implementation does not always work so smoothly.    

The initial setup was complex. It was not straightforward. There's just too much effort to set up a simple environment.

The environment was quite large and the implementation process required a number of people.

Currently, we have six people who handle ongoing maintenance on the solution.

It was complex due to a limitation in our knowledge.

I installed and deployed the program myself and it was really straightforward.

Its initial setup is straightforward.

The initial installation itself is not very complicated. However, the configuration of the solution can be quite complex.

Deployment times vary. It can be anywhere from a few hours to several weeks. It depends on the company and what needs to happen with the configuration. In our case, it took about a week to deploy it.