Cisco UCS Manager vs HPE OneView comparison

Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Cisco is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.5, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0. Cisco holds a 1.5% mindshare in IM, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS Manager

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

HPE OneView and Cisco UCS Manager are powerful data center management solutions. HPE OneView appears to have an advantage with its focus on automation and simplicity, effectively reducing complexity and enhancing time efficiency, which is evident through positive user feedback.

Features: HPE OneView is recognized for its automation capabilities, unifying diverse IT environments for seamless management, and providing comprehensive health control and reporting. Cisco UCS Manager is noted for flexible management, efficient hardware management, and quick server deployment through service profiles, though it lacks a performance dashboard.

Room for Improvement: HPE OneView could improve with better customization, cloud integration, faster profile deployment, and advanced reporting. Cisco UCS Manager might benefit from simplifying the deployment process, more intuitive UIs, and better third-party integration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both systems are mainly used in on-premises environments, with HPE also supporting hybrid clouds. Users report varied experiences with technical support; HPE is praised for fast initial response but sometimes inconsistent follow-ups, while Cisco is generally reliable. Deployment is straightforward for both, but Cisco may require expertise.

Pricing and ROI: HPE OneView offers competitive, sometimes free pricing under certain conditions, yet seen as high in licensing costs, with positive ROI due to reduced configuration times. Cisco UCS Manager is considered costly but justified by its robust features and performance, often included with hardware purchases, offering a substantial return on investment despite expensive maintenance.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

17th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE OneView

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE OneView is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Edwin Mwosa

IT Infrastructure Manager at KTDA

Enhanced network oversight with rapid issue identification and good efficiency

We mainly use Cisco UCS Manager to integrate and manage our Cisco switches across the building. We also utilize it for network integration. It provides an integrated solution for our Cisco environment, streamlining our operations and managing multiple Cisco devices like switches and routers Cisco…

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Trevor Watkins

Server Applications Senior Administrator at Home Hardware Stores Limited

Provides firmware compliance and the ability to connect to iPO

I've been involved in various upgrades. It's pretty easy to set up with vCenter. We just push out an appliance template in vCenter. We run ours on virtual servers. Deployment can be done by just one person. The number of people needed for maintenance will depend on your server inventory. If you have more than 100 servers, you will need three to five people. If you have 500 to 1,000 servers, you will need a team of 10 to 20 people.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cisco UCS Manager is overall a good package because it gives a GUI interface and a CLI."

"The solution is highly scalable, mainly because of the templates that make it easy for you to actually edit on the system."

"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."

"Technical support has been good so far. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide our company."

"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."

"I can quickly manage the provisioned servers."

"For the blade architecture and ease of use, I consider Cisco UCS Manager the best option on the market at the moment."

"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."

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"We could literally swap out a piece of hardware, slide one back into the chassis, and immediately - about three reboots later - it was identical. We didn't have to worry about configuring it, we didn't have to spend any time getting anything into place. It came back and it healed the environment almost immediately."

"Deploys faster new virtual services."

"The template management makes the deployment of the firmware updates much faster."

"The best part is that you can integrate a two-way network. Earlier we could not manage the storage and ToR switch. Now we can create a LAN with our storage without any interface. In terms of switch management, it is now easy to understand the current configuration. It provides centralized management. It provides a single pane, and you can easily do all updates in one shot. It is a great product."

"If you have a lot of devices, like we do, then you have to have one single pane of view, otherwise we lose too much time. So, we needed this type of solution."

"We lose less time managing the machines."

"It gives us a view of all our servers, which we did not have before in real-time."

"Broad range of tools to create executive and operations dashboards."

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Cons

"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."

"The pricing aspect should be addressed."

"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."

"There is room for improvement in terms of cost and complexity to set up. It doesn't work straight out of the UCS, so someone who knows what they're doing is needed immediately, and it can be quite confusing."

"The automation within the solution needs to be simplified."

"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."

"The pricing can be better."

"There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies."

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"They can improve reporting and provide more customized reports. Currently, reporting is a bit limited. It can be complex to learn and manage for beginners. Because of my experience, I find it comfortable to manage, which might not be the case with beginners. It would be good if they can make it a little bit easier to understand. They can provide a more graphical view of connectivity and other things. Their technical support can also be improved."

"We ran into a couple of issues here and there with the baselines for the firmware and not having enough space on the appliance itself to be able to have more than two baselines."

"Technical support is not very good. The engineers do not know a lot about the product, even when asked simplistic questions."

"The solution could add storage, integration services, and end-to-end support for Cisco switches or other competitor products."

"Sometimes the interface can be a little confusing, sometimes the error messages can be very cryptic, as far as what's actually going on."

"Those features, coming in version 4, that we're looking for are the discovery, primarily. But I think the scope-based access control is of interest, although, we didn't see any directory integration, so that, in itself, seems like it's still limited."

"It needs more reporting capabilities."

"We've had a few issues. We just upgraded to the 3.9.0 version. We think that now that we are on that version, hopefully a lot of those things are going to go away for us."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."

"The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."

"With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."

"Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."

"We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum."

"Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."

"Use it. It is free."

"This license cost for OneView was $3,000 USD."

"I think that the price of OneView is $500 USD per server, which is a little high."

"I would rate the cost as six out of ten."

"Synergy does not require iLO licenses but servers and enclosures must be purchased."

"When it comes to the government, money is never an issue, so it was excellent in terms of the HPE OneView licensing cost. Hitachi was cheaper, but I'd rate HPE OneView cost-wise as eight out of ten."

"I feel the product's price falls a bit on the higher side."

"I am happy with the price."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

27%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?

When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?

My experience with the pricing of Cisco UCS Manager ( /products/cisco-ucs-manager-reviews ) is that it is reasonable. Recently, we acquired an excellent bundle with significant discounts, with offe...

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

For improvements, while the current graphical user interface is satisfactory, it could be further simplified for different tasks. While it has been improved from using Java to HTML, simplifying the...

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What do you like most about HPE OneView?

The most valuable features of HPE OneView are environment monitoring, the ease of firmware upgrade, and the ability to manage all the servers and the infrastructure from one team.

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What needs improvement with HPE OneView?

The product does not work well. The logs are not proper.

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What is your primary use case for HPE OneView?

HPE OneView is a management interface to manage hardware in a VMware environment. It is used for managing different servers and pushing out the firmware and operating software. I use HPE OneView fo...

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Overview

Cisco UCS Manager helps significantly reduce management and administration expenses by automating routine tasks to increase operational agility. Customers can extend the benefits of Cisco UCS Manager globally across an enterprise to thousands of servers in multiple domains with Cisco UCS Central Software.

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HPE OneView is your infrastructure automation engine to simplify operations, increasing the speed of IT delivery for new applications and services. Through software defined intelligence, HPE OneView brings a new level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Designed with a modern, standard-based API and supported by a large and growing partner ecosystem, HPE OneView also makes it easy to integrate powerful infrastructure automation into existing IT tools and processes. Take command with HPE OneView to deploy infrastructure faster, simplify operations and increase productivity.

HPE OneView innovations provide you the industry’s best infrastructure management experience, simplifying operations for HPE BladeSystem, HPE ProLiant servers, 3PAR storage, HPE Networking and HPE ConvergedSystems.

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