Cisco UCS Manager vs HPE OneView comparison

Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Cisco is ranked #24 with an average rating of 7.7, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #21 with an average rating of 7.8. Cisco holds a 1.7% mindshare in IM, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

HPE OneView and Cisco UCS Manager are powerful data center management solutions. HPE OneView appears to have an advantage with its focus on automation and simplicity, effectively reducing complexity and enhancing time efficiency, which is evident through positive user feedback.

Features: HPE OneView is recognized for its automation capabilities, unifying diverse IT environments for seamless management, and providing comprehensive health control and reporting. Cisco UCS Manager is noted for flexible management, efficient hardware management, and quick server deployment through service profiles, though it lacks a performance dashboard.

Room for Improvement: HPE OneView could improve with better customization, cloud integration, faster profile deployment, and advanced reporting. Cisco UCS Manager might benefit from simplifying the deployment process, more intuitive UIs, and better third-party integration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both systems are mainly used in on-premises environments, with HPE also supporting hybrid clouds. Users report varied experiences with technical support; HPE is praised for fast initial response but sometimes inconsistent follow-ups, while Cisco is generally reliable. Deployment is straightforward for both, but Cisco may require expertise.

Pricing and ROI: HPE OneView offers competitive, sometimes free pricing under certain conditions, yet seen as high in licensing costs, with positive ROI due to reduced configuration times. Cisco UCS Manager is considered costly but justified by its robust features and performance, often included with hardware purchases, offering a substantial return on investment despite expensive maintenance.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

24th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE OneView

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

21st

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.7%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE OneView is 1.6%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Joshua Kurian

Sr. Technical Architect at StarOne IT Solutions

Apr 8, 2024

Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies

The solution's SDK and API can be integrated with ServiceNow for ticketing for any purpose. The solution's unified management interface is a central point of management that allows us to manage switches, blades, and storage connectors. One person is enough to maintain the solution. The speed of the network interface has been 100 G since day one. The network is scalable, and GPU nodes can be added seamlessly. Cisco is claiming to support water cooling in the near future. The solution can be easily integrated with other tools and platforms. Compared to Dell, Cisco UCS Manager provides straightforward configuration, reusable policies, and flexibility. Dell lacks a proper GUI for configuring everything. Cisco has only one GUI, which allows us to configure everything, including the network server and server profile. Before releasing each model, Cisco should conduct proper testing or engineering validation to ensure that the customer doesn't face any issues initially. Overall, I rate Cisco UCS Manager a nine out of ten.

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Trevor Watkins

Server Applications Senior Administrator at Home Hardware Stores Limited

Jan 24, 2023

Provides firmware compliance and the ability to connect to iPO

I'm using this solution for Windows and Linux servers, backup servers, and Oracle database servers. We're using a mix of two versions. We have version 7 and version 6.60. The solution is deployed on-premises. There are currently six people using this solution in my organization. We currently don't…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."

"We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."

"The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."

"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."

"It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good."

"The solution is highly scalable, mainly because of the templates that make it easy for you to actually edit on the system."

"Cisco UCS Manager is overall a good package because it gives a GUI interface and a CLI."

"Cisco Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."

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"We also have the 3PAR and the GUI is almost the same. So the recognition is very good."

"The most valuable features of HPE OneView are environment monitoring, the ease of firmware upgrade, and the ability to manage all the servers and the infrastructure from one team."

"The most valuable features are the composable structure, infrastructure, and automation."

"It is very stable. We have had no downtime nor issues in approximately a year. "

"We have the dashboard up on a big screen, and you can actually see when things go wrong or if there are any faults with any of the servers. The backup is automated as well, so the appliance is quite good."

"We get templates, so it's speed to delivery for us. It's a big difference with the template features."

"The solution's technical support was great...The initial setup of HPE OneView was easy."

"Profile templates: The ability to generate the profiles and lay them down so the servers are built consistently. I would say that's probably the biggest piece of it."

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Cons

"The integration with other solutions could be better. I think Cisco can only integrate using Intersight. There is a second interface available as a SaaS platform, in the cloud, or on-premise. It's based on the Redfish protocol, which is standard for all the B-series servers in the market. We can integrate other solutions using API."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."

"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."

"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."

"I found it a bit of a challenge to get training on UCSM. I've been trying to get that for some time now. I feel like I have to figure it out a lot of things myself. For years I've to log calls with support whenever I've got challenges that I cannot resolve. If I had some training or more manuals, I'd be better able to handle more things on my own."

"I would like to see Cisco UCS optionally work as a hyper-converged system because right now, it only operates as a converged system."

"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."

"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."

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"I saw, maybe three years ago or two years ago here, or in Barcelona, at the HPE Discover conference, a feature that you can update Clusterware with VMware. But the feature is still not live in production. Currently, you have to do all the firmware updates and then you have to do the VMware updates. So you have two reboots and it would be better if it was just one."

"The solution could add storage, integration services, and end-to-end support for Cisco switches or other competitor products."

"Specifically, it would be great if we had the ability to reapply the server profile faster."

"I think HPE could make more user-friendly interfaces, exclude Java and move to an HTML5 platform, make more detailed documentation, and lower the price."

"Does not allow for switch configuration other than through OneView."

"One thing which is missing is that you can't actually log a support call yourself."

"It needs more reporting capabilities."

"The speed and performance of the solution are areas where the product lacks and needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."

"You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."

"We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum."

"The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."

"With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."

"Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."

"The solution is free to use, but if you want the management aspect you require a virtual machine such as C7000 or Synergy which require licenses."

"Use it. It is free."

"This license cost for OneView was $3,000 USD."

"I am happy with the price."

"HPE had some other solutions, but they were actually quite expensive to buy. So, when OneView came along, it was kind of reasonable in terms of price for licenses, etc."

"I would rate the cost as six out of ten."

"I think that the price of OneView is $500 USD per server, which is a little high."

"When it comes to the government, money is never an issue, so it was excellent in terms of the HPE OneView licensing cost. Hitachi was cheaper, but I'd rate HPE OneView cost-wise as eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

32%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?

When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?

Cisco is the most expensive compared to other vendors like Dell and HP when it comes to data center solutions.

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

There are options that could make configuration and administration easier. Improving functionalities similar to InterSite within UCS Manager would be beneficial.

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What do you like most about HPE OneView?

The most valuable features of HPE OneView are environment monitoring, the ease of firmware upgrade, and the ability to manage all the servers and the infrastructure from one team.

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What needs improvement with HPE OneView?

The product does not work well. The logs are not proper.

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What is your primary use case for HPE OneView?

HPE OneView is a management interface to manage hardware in a VMware environment. It is used for managing different servers and pushing out the firmware and operating software. I use HPE OneView fo...

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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.

HPE OneView is your infrastructure automation engine to simplify operations, increasing the speed of IT delivery for new applications and services. Through software defined intelligence, HPE OneView brings a new level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Designed with a modern, standard-based API and supported by a large and growing partner ecosystem, HPE OneView also makes it easy to integrate powerful infrastructure automation into existing IT tools and processes. Take command with HPE OneView to deploy infrastructure faster, simplify operations and increase productivity.

HPE OneView innovations provide you the industry’s best infrastructure management experience, simplifying operations for HPE BladeSystem, HPE ProLiant servers, 3PAR storage, HPE Networking and HPE ConvergedSystems.

Sample Customers

Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals

Asante, ITS Nordics, Columbus Communications, Mansfield Oil

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