We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"Cisco Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"I can deploy something in my 50-odd servers all in one go, in parallel, whereas if I was to do that individually, it could be a nightmare."
"We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."
"Cisco UCS has different layers of security, and you can do multiple installations of your LIAMs on top of the server and Blade. You can install VMware, Windows Server, Hyper-V, etc."
"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"The most valuable feature is the event correlation mechanism."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"The main thing is obviously notifications about alerts, getting ahead of the curve to make sure that we do not have system going down, or if it is down we get to know it earlier."
"The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."
"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"The interface and the way it is constructed is very complex. They should work to simplify it. It's quite difficult for somebody who doesn't know the product very well. Users should be able to get proficient with it faster. There's definitely room for improvement there."
"The installation and upgrade sytems need to be improved."
"The automation within the solution needs to be simplified."
"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"We have a lot of different monitoring tools in the background, so orchestration has been a little bit of a challenge."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"It takes some time to learn how to use this solution."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 30th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 16th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 115 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Stable and resilient, but slightly more complicated to deploy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. DX Spectrum report.
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