HPE BladeSystem Deployment

PS
Solutions Engineer at AmWINS Group, Inc.

The ecosystem of software the comes with HPE blade has been lacking. HPE's Rapid Deployment Pack (was rebranded Altiris when I used it) is clunky solution for imaging blades and it may have been replaced. Sometimes the NPIV makes it difficult to find WWN in the fibre channel SAN when bringing a new blade online.

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ES
CEO at Scott Solutions LLC

On rare occasions, I have experienced hardware failures out of the box, but HP, and Compaq before that, were quick to resolve the problem and get the hardware up and running the next business day.

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it_user313830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Systems Engineer at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees

There won't be any issues as long as you have followed the guidelines to ensure that the firmware was up to date prior to deployment.

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it_user251238 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at SNL Financial

If I were a generic IT support guy and had a complaint with deployment, it would be that it’s hard to get to the bench and pull somebody off it who can timely fix a detailed technical problem.

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it_user284154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Infrastructure & Service Management at Mansfield Oil Company

No issues encountered.

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it_user331317 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 501-1,000 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user317949 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT System Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The only problems encountered in the implementation of these products is that there are always more updated versions of the firmware supplied with the products, which requires revision and updating equipment before putting into production. Some versions of HP Blade require additional drivers for installation or special software distributions designed for these products.

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BB
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Generally no. We did have issues where a RAID card would not work with array build until we updated the firmware. Even after getting HP to replace the RAID card, the replacement card came with the same faulty firmware. This was for a bottom end server though. All the mid and high range servers have had no problems with deployments.

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it_user331413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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it_user361566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Deployment has been no problem.

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it_user242895 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Administrator at a government with 501-1,000 employees

We have not experienced any problems with the implementation of the product.

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it_user362715 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal - Head of IT at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Deployment has been fine for us.

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SC
ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm

It's easy to deploy and the HP command-line interface is, in my personal opinion, similar to Cisco.

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it_user361521 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've had no deployment issues with them.

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it_user81201 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Expert at a local government with 5,001-10,000 employees

There were no issues with the deployment.

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it_user366768 - PeerSpot reviewer
Active Directory Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have no issues with deployment.

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it_user362013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Deployment has been issue-free for us.

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it_user362250 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Infrastructure Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's deployed fine for us.

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it_user119829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Supervisor for CME at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no issues with the deployment.

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it_user363378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

It deploys perfectly.

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it_user360378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Architect - Infrastructure at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've had no problems with deployment.

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it_user365946 - PeerSpot reviewer
IS Infrastructure Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Deploying it is not a problem.

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AB
Engineer at Platform Technique

No issues.

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it_user402516 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no issues with the deployment. I can use a laptop and configure the Blade from my office room so I don’t have to go to the server room.

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it_user366516 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no issues with the deployment.

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