Cisco UCS Manager to manage all your UCS hardware
February 21, 2021
Cisco UCS Manager to manage all your UCS hardware
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco UCS Manager
UCS Manager is used exclusively by the Systems Engineering team to manage several hundred UCS blades we have across multiple datacenters. Using UCS Manager, we are able to efficiently provision, manage, and upgrade hundreds of blades without using tons of employee resources.
- Service Templates: Provision new hardware using templates in the matter of minutes.
- Firmware updates: Modifying the FW level on a template will kick off an FW upgrade on all attached equipment.
- Consolidated Views: See all equipment in a single view.
- Automation: There is a simple power-shell CMD lets, but it leaves more to be desired.
- Navigation: Navigating the interface can be confusing.
- Integration: Integration with ESXi hosts while doing FW upgrades would be hugely beneficial without the need for additional tools.
- Manage equipment with less resources
- Quicker upgrades
- Faster deployments
Cisco UCS Manager is much more robust than any other all-in-one platform that I have evaluated. The stateless configuration makes it easy to add and replace existing equipment with little downtime. Provisioning new hardware using existing templates takes minutes rather than hours and replacing a failed blade puts you back where you were in no time.
Do you think Cisco UCS Manager delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco UCS Manager's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco UCS Manager live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco UCS Manager go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco UCS Manager again?
Yes