Cisco UCS Manager vs Equinix IBX SmartView comparison

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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and Equinix IBX SmartView based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."
  • "You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."
  • "The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."
  • "Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."
  • "Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."
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    Top Answer:It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good.
    Top Answer:In comparison to other solutions, it is expensive. In HP servers, for example, we have HP SIM, and in Dell DXL, there's Dell Open Manager. Cisco UCS Manager is not as familiar with upgrades… more »
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies. For example, if I am putting a maintenance policy, the… more »
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    Overview
    Cisco UCS Manager helps significantly reduce management and administration expenses by automating routine tasks to increase operational agility. Customers can extend the benefits of Cisco UCS Manager globally across an enterprise to thousands of servers in multiple domains with Cisco UCS Central Software.

    IBX SmartView is a set of online tools, providing real-time visibility into key environmental and operating data relevant to customers’ IBX footprints. This enables you to bridge the infrastructure-monitoring gap between your on-premises, and globally distributed infrastructure.

    Sample Customers
    Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals
    CyberAgent, Inc, Tokyo Gas i Net , Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, Carsales, Sumishin SBI Net Bank Ltd.
    Top Industries
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    Comms Service Provider42%
    Consumer Goods Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
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    Computer Software Company33%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 31st in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 20 reviews while Equinix IBX SmartView is ranked 74th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Equinix IBX SmartView is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Stable and resilient, but slightly more complicated to deploy". On the other hand, Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, Zabbix, Datadog and HPE OneView, whereas Equinix IBX SmartView is most compared with .

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