Densely packed powerful servers
February 11, 2023

Densely packed powerful servers

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • UCS X-Series Servers

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco UCS Manager

We are using UCS Manager to manage our one of the biggest Virtualization workloads. Private could and VDI workloads.
It helps save precious datacenter space. Easy to configure, use and troubleshoot. Server management approach using server profiles saves a lot of time configuring and managing servers. Also server hardware maintenance is very flexible and easy.

Pros

  • Server profiles
  • Footprint
  • Flexibility

Cons

  • Navigation system
  • Interface
  • Server profiles
  • FCoE
  • Rack space
  • Server resource utilization
  • server resource optimization

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

If you have really thigh datacenter space where every inch matters Cisco UCS manager would be one of the perfect solutions to apply.
Server profiles are very easy and time friendly option to apply settings for multiple blade servers. Easy to setup and manage.
If you have very fast changing and demanding workloads blade option could lack the vertical server scale option.

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