UCS C and VMware ESXi is the marriage made in heaven
May 13, 2021

UCS C and VMware ESXi is the marriage made in heaven

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

Modules Used

  • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco UCS Series

It is used by our Engineering department for managing the IBM VMs and Windows Remote Desktop machines.
  • It supports installation of hypervisors like ESXi.
  • Provide Cisco Integrated Management Controller for managing the hardware.
  • Provide good specs of hardware to support many types of virtual machines.
  • They should send it with licensed ESXi.
  • Cisco should provide server virtualization support too.
  • The hardware should provide support to network-based storage without any performance issues.
  • Virtual machine hosting
  • Support of hardware and virtual machines.
  • Developing Angular JS-based apps to automate workflows like the creation of VMs, deletion, backup, etc.
  • We recommend Cisco UCS only to all the customers and the are happy so far with it.
  • Less performance issues due to in built storage makes it a better choice.
  • CIMC and hot swappable drives makes it the first choice.
  • RAID support.
RAID support, hot-swappable drives, CIMC management of hardware, and ESXi support make it the first choice.

Do you think Cisco UCS Series delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco UCS Series's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco UCS Series live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco UCS Series go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Cisco UCS Series again?

Yes

Cisco UCS is best for managing virtual machines and it integrates well with ESXi which runs as a hypervisor on it. Also, inbuilt CIMC provides management of hardware.