Cisco UCS Manager vs Huawei eSight comparison

Cisco and Huawei are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Cisco is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.5, while Huawei is ranked #34 with an average rating of 8.7. Cisco holds a 1.5% mindshare in IM, compared to Huawei’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 72% of Huawei users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS Manager

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72% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Cisco UCS Manager and Huawei eSight compete in the management solutions category. Cisco UCS Manager appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive integration and configuration features, despite Huawei eSight's affordability and adaptability.

Features: Cisco UCS Manager's comprehensive networking, storage, and compute unification provides advanced management capabilities. It is recognized for service profiles and flexibility in server management, enhancing virtualization environments. Configuration of server-level details is straightforward, but there are constraints with different hardware. Huawei eSight simplifies device monitoring and management for Huawei hardware and infrastructure, efficiently consolidating tasks. While streamlined, some advanced features are more evident in Cisco.

Room for Improvement: Cisco UCS Manager could improve its management interface for ease of use and implement smoother upgrade processes. It needs better integration capabilities and a more intuitive performance dashboard. Huawei eSight should enhance its automation features and improve integration with non-Huawei devices. Simplified reporting and alert systems would reduce admin stress, and improved documentation and technical support are needed.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Cisco UCS Manager and Huawei eSight are primarily on-premises solutions. Cisco's technical support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, while Huawei eSight also offers commendable support but may have regional variances. Cisco offers more comprehensive global support structures.

Pricing and ROI: Cisco UCS Manager is perceived as expensive compared to competitors, justified by its reliability and robust capabilities, with integrated setup and no component pricing. Huawei eSight provides a competitively priced option with simpler license structures, especially beneficial for Huawei infrastructure. Both solutions offer potential returns on investment, with a need for alignment with business needs.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

17th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Huawei eSight

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

34th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Management Applications (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei eSight is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Edwin Mwosa

IT Infrastructure Manager at KTDA

Enhanced network oversight with rapid issue identification and good efficiency

We mainly use Cisco UCS Manager to integrate and manage our Cisco switches across the building. We also utilize it for network integration. It provides an integrated solution for our Cisco environment, streamlining our operations and managing multiple Cisco devices like switches and routers Cisco…

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Gary Strydom

Desktop Analyst at Transnet

Used to monitor devices and provides the hardware alarms feature

Huawei eSight has helped me overcome many monitoring aspects of the hardware. From a single view, I can monitor all the hardware. Instead of logging on to each piece of hardware and monitoring it individually, I can monitor them from one single point. I would recommend the solution to other users because it provides a single point of view of the hardware. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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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

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

"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."

"For the blade architecture and ease of use, I consider Cisco UCS Manager the best option on the market at the moment."

"One of the valuable features is the user interface base."

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

"The most valuable features of Cisco UCS Manager include the visibility it provides and the ease of identifying issues within the Cisco environment."

"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."

"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."

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"We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers."

"The product is stable."

"The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices."

"Huawei eSight provides businesses with monitoring capabilities of network devices across your network."

"One of the most beneficial features of Huawei eSight is its simplicity and ease of use."

"eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time."

"I like that it supports all our Huawei devices. Unlike other network monitoring tools that monitor Huawei devices, it provides more details when it comes to monitoring or management. We can get complete details about the devices, and management is also simple."

"The solution's most valuable dashboard features include monitoring storage, resource availability, and hardware alarms."

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Cons

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

"What's lacking in Cisco UCS Manager is the performance dashboard. If a blade has any performance issues, you should be able to create a dashboard on Cisco UCS Manager. Currently, this feature isn't present."

"The primary challenge we face is identifying the correct version to deploy during firmware upgrades or compute updates."

"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."

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

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

"The pricing aspect should be addressed."

"The automation within the solution needs to be simplified."

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"It is not a very flexible product."

"The variety of license types should be made simpler as, at present, it is complex."

"eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."

"It will be better if they can make the simple network topology part more presentable. It would also be better if they had API integration and integration with third-party devices."

"The solution needs to improve it's user interface to make it more modern and stylish. They need to design proper menu positions, features, etc. Right now the layout is complicated."

"Something that could be improved is the lack of integration with Cisco switches. In the next release, I would like to see better reporting."

"The price could be less costly."

"The solution and the operating system come separately. It would be easier if we did not have to deploy anything. A bundle feature would be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

"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."

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

"Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

"The pricing for Huawei eSight is reasonable, especially with the base license and incremental licenses for additional devices. However, the variety of license types can be a bit complex. We used to sell eSight but switched to another solution, so we're not actively trading it anymore."

"Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments."

"The price is very expensive."

"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The pricing depends on which features you use and can become expensive."

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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?

My experience with the pricing of Cisco UCS Manager ( /products/cisco-ucs-manager-reviews ) is that it is reasonable. Recently, we acquired an excellent bundle with significant discounts, with offe...

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

For improvements, while the current graphical user interface is satisfactory, it could be further simplified for different tasks. While it has been improved from using Java to HTML, simplifying the...

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What do you like most about Huawei eSight?

We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers.

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What needs improvement with Huawei eSight?

Huawei eSight should work on the option to have the email notification working on Office 365 Exchange.

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What is your primary use case for Huawei eSight?

We use the solution to monitor the hardware environment of our data center. We mainly use Huawei eSight to monitor the devices. It assists in monitoring our devices in terms of utilization and moni...

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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.

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Huawei's eSight is a unified software suite for planning, operating, and maintaining complex enterprise ICT infrastructure from global, converged networks and data centers to multimedia and video communications that includes the facilities necessary for delivering performance and IT services. eSight provides a platform that supports infrastructure and devices from third-party providers, to develop custom management applications and improves O&M efficiency.

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