HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Reviews & Ratings 2025

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Overview

What is HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)?

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), formerly known as HP Network Management Center, is a network performance monitoring option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) - Monitoring tool

Rating: 10 out of 10

December 12, 2022

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

HP IMC is used for our network monitoring and as a configuration backup solution in our environment. Here we are using multiple instances of HP IMC for different locations as ...

Bharath B

Project Manager - Information Technology

Lead Consultant

Infosys Ltd

2 years of experience

For managing networks, with HPE IMC you can clearly see.

Rating: 10 out of 10

April 30, 2021

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

HP IMC is being used to monitor our network infrastructure across our entire organization. This product helps us monitor the network proactively and also servers as a configur...

Verified user

Manager

9 years of experience

Deploy IMC now

Rating: 8 out of 10

September 28, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

Basic deployment was very straight forward, we chose to enhance our deployment by taking advantage of the topology features to import and populate maps that illustrate some 50...

Verified user

Professional

3 years of experience

IMC-you Network

Rating: 10 out of 10

September 18, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use IMC for the whole organization to monitor all the HP, Aruba, H3C, 3com and even Cisco devices. Is a very powerful tool to keep the network managed knowing and creating ...

Verified user

Engineer

3 years of experience

HP IMC Awesome App

Rating: 10 out of 10

September 18, 2019

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use it for all our district infrastructure for campus switch networks. It takes care of our alarms, script change updates, reports and changes etc.

Verified user

Engineer

8 years of experience

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What is HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)?

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), formerly known as HP Network Management Center, is a network performance monitoring option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

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No setup fee

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Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Network Performance Monitoring

A network performance monitoring system monitors the entire network for performance problems and collects performance data such as network traffic analysis performance bottlenecks, etc.

9.4

Avg 8.1

10
Automated network device discovery
(5) Ratings
Automated network device discovery allows all devices in the environment to be found and tracked
10
Network monitoring
(5) Ratings
Monitoring network device availability and performance indicators like bandwidth, packet loss, CPU, WAN links, etc.
10
Baseline threshold calculation
(5) Ratings
Calculation of baseline thresholds so to establish warning thresholds
10
Alerts
(5) Ratings
Alerts warning of critical infrastructure component failure can be sent via email or SMS or other channel
10
Network capacity planning
(5) Ratings
Capacity planning analyzes interface utilization, disk usage, etc. and allows identification of capacity problems well in advance of threshold breach
10
Packet capture analysis
(5) Ratings
Interception of data packets provides performance-related information such as network and application response times, and traffic type analysis
8
Network mapping
(5) Ratings
Dynamic mapping tool allows the network topology to be mapped showing performance metrics, and link connection and utilization
8
Customizable reports
(5) Ratings
Ability to schedule, generate, and deliver custom performance and availability reports
8
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
(4) Ratings
Ability to monitor wireless access points, controllers, and connected clients
10
Hardware health monitoring
(5) Ratings
Ability to monitor key hardware metrics including temperature, fan speed, and power supply

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Frequently Asked Questions

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), formerly known as HP Network Management Center, is a network performance monitoring option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

Reviewers rate Automated network device discovery and Network monitoring and Baseline threshold calculation highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) - Monitoring tool

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 12, 2022

Bharath B

Lead Consultant

Infosys Ltd (Automotive, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

HP IMC is used for our network monitoring and as a configuration backup solution in our environment. Here we are using multiple instances of HP IMC for different locations as a monitoring and back up solution.

Pros

Monitoring works very well
Configuration backup works
Integration to third party tool is good

Cons

User interface can be made very friendly
Nothing I could think of apart from User interface

Likelihood to Recommend

Its very good and easy to do custom polling by importing MIB files where we had challenges to do out of box monitoring.
Integration is easy.

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Feature Ratings

Network Performance Monitoring (10)

94%

9.4

Automated network device discovery: 100%
10.0
Network monitoring: 100%
10.0
Baseline threshold calculation: 100%
10.0
Alerts: 100%
10.0
Network capacity planning: 100%
10.0
Packet capture analysis: 100%
10.0
Network mapping: 80%
8.0
Customizable reports: 80%
8.0
Wireless infrastructure monitoring: 80%
8.0
Hardware health monitoring: 100%
10.0

Return on Investment

Easy to implement
Easy to configure
Overall good monitoring tool

Alternatives Considered

HP IMC is easy to install, implement and configure.
HP IMC has good features to monitor different network parameters.
HP IMC integration with third party vendor tool for ticketing purpose is easy.

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm), Micro Focus Network Node Manager i, Nagios Core

HP IMC Awesome App

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 18, 2019

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

8 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for all our district infrastructure for campus switch networks. It takes care of our alarms, script change updates, reports and changes etc.

Pros

Alarm notification
Reporting and inventory
Easy GUI and very good with compatibility with other switched network
Easy management interface and maps

Cons

More Cisco switch support such as nexus
SNMP walker tool needs a little improvement
Fresh look for the Gui

Likelihood to Recommend

It is suited best for large enterprise networks, or where you will need visibility for down up scenarios. Topology maps that are needed are well suited for large WAN environments.

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Feature Ratings

Network Performance Monitoring (9)

96.66666666666666%

9.7

Automated network device discovery: 100%
10.0
Network monitoring: 100%
10.0
Baseline threshold calculation: 70%
7.0
Alerts: 100%
10.0
Network capacity planning: 100%
10.0
Packet capture analysis: 100%
10.0
Network mapping: 100%
10.0
Customizable reports: 100%
10.0
Hardware health monitoring: 100%
10.0

Return on Investment

Positive impact would be we are still purchasing licenses for the product has been very dependable
The cost has been within our budget which affects our entire business

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Cause of the great gui and easy management can be customized to your liking. The awesome topology maps you can make easy to change make it your own design. Great support. Don't need a large database to run. Can handle multiple users at once with ease. Overall a great product recommend to anyone.

Support Rating

Never has any issue looking for help with HP IMC or any help with the setup any module we need.

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Log Analyzer, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, Allot NetEnforcer

IMC-you Network

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 18, 2019

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Primary/Secondary Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IMC for the whole organization to monitor all the HP, Aruba, H3C, 3com and even Cisco devices. Is a very powerful tool to keep the network managed knowing and creating alerts with different levels of severity.

Pros

Different Level of Severity Alerts
Get traps and syslogs to evaluate any critical problem.
Works great with HP switches.

Cons

Is not fully compatible with other vendor switches
Last version have some bugs and installation issues.

Likelihood to Recommend

Good for Datacenters or any LAN network with many devices. We use to monitor all the devices using SNMP and getting traps. Then using the system to generate alerts and reports. We use it 24/7 because our network is very big.

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Feature Ratings

Network Performance Monitoring (10)

98%

9.8

Automated network device discovery: 100%
10.0
Network monitoring: 100%
10.0
Baseline threshold calculation: 100%
10.0
Alerts: 100%
10.0
Network capacity planning: 100%
10.0
Packet capture analysis: 100%
10.0
Network mapping: 100%
10.0
Customizable reports: 100%
10.0
Wireless infrastructure monitoring: 100%
10.0
Hardware health monitoring: 80%
8.0

Return on Investment

If you have HP switches in your network, this software is a must have, because it going to check all switches status for you.
Excellent for export configs and push configs to the devices.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Support Rating

They are fast responding when you create a support case. But they also have a forum (community) where you can find knowledge-base information that is very useful.

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

For managing networks, with HPE IMC you can clearly see.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 30, 2021

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

9 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

HP IMC is being used to monitor our network infrastructure across our entire organization. This product helps us monitor the network proactively and also servers as a configuration back up tool that comes in handy when a network switch fails. HP IMC is vendor agnostic and provides some great features to keep taps on the network.

Pros

Stores equipment configurations to easily restore.
Quick notification of equipment status across the network
Trending information helps keep us proactive on possible issues.

Cons

Visibility of both LAN and WiFi network components.

Likelihood to Recommend

HPE IMC is well suited for network environments that need to support multi vendor equipment. It has the capability to gather full status information regardless of equipment brand. It may not be well suited for WiFi stats monitoring although this may change in the near future.

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Feature Ratings

Network Performance Monitoring (10)

99%

9.9

Automated network device discovery: 90%
9.0
Network monitoring: 100%
10.0
Baseline threshold calculation: 100%
10.0
Alerts: 100%
10.0
Network capacity planning: 100%
10.0
Packet capture analysis: 100%
10.0
Network mapping: 100%
10.0
Customizable reports: 100%
10.0
Wireless infrastructure monitoring: 100%
10.0
Hardware health monitoring: 100%
10.0

Return on Investment

HPE IMC is one of several tools we use to to ensure we meet our SLA with our customers.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

HPM IMC is simpler to use. Solarwinds is too complicated to setup.

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer

Support Rating

We've only had to engage support when it's time to upgrade. So far they have been responsive to our needs.

Deploy IMC now

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 28, 2019

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Primary/Secondary Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Basic deployment was very straight forward, we chose to enhance our deployment by taking advantage of the topology features to import and populate maps that illustrate some 500 comms room locations.