Cisco UCS Director's most valued features include ease of use, streamlined deployment, and a user-friendly interface. Its API support, efficient multi-cloud management, and strong integration with Cisco and other vendors stand out. Users appreciate centralized management, flexibility, and comprehensive documentation. The platform excels in environment consolidation and time-saving capabilities. Its design simplifies complex tasks and enhances security, while templates and blueprints facilitate infrastructure automation. Its cost-effectiveness and ability to manage extensive VoIP services efficiently are notable.
- "Cisco's knowledge base is extensive."
- "Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate."
- "Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
Cisco UCS Director requires improvements in its user interface, scalability, and integration capabilities with third-party systems and vendors' technologies. Users find the interface cumbersome and less user-friendly compared to competitors. Scalability issues arise as storage and compute must scale together. It also lacks effective integration with other platforms, reducing its versatility. Additionally, issues exist with version control, pricing, configuration server functionality, and intuitive navigation, which complicate the user experience and information access.
- "There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."
- "Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."
- "The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate."
