Cisco UCS Series - Perfectly adequate, cost still the deciding factor against Dell/HP
December 05, 2023
Cisco UCS Series - Perfectly adequate, cost still the deciding factor against Dell/HP
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco UCS Series
We currently use Cisco UCS Series to host our primary Virtualised Infrastructure (VMWare) - It hosts our core services.
- Management
- IPMI
- Observability
- Automation
- Integration with Open Source Software
- ZTP
- It hosts core services, it does its job
Cisco UCS Series is potentially worse as far as experience and reliability, however, not to the point that cost should not be the deciding factor.
Integration with Ansible
It is definitely limited compared to using iLO or iDRAC - However, templating is very good.
Do you think Cisco UCS Series delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Cisco UCS Series's feature set?
No
Did Cisco UCS Series live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of Cisco UCS Series go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco UCS Series again?
Yes