Item: HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

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 and Cons

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

Visibility of both LAN and WiFi network components.

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.

Key Insights

Do you think HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)'s feature set?

Yes

Did HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer

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.

Support Rating

9

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

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

Overall Satisfaction with HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)