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Cisco UCS Director Delivers Infrastructure as a Service
December 2015
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networking, and storage resources that are primarily software defined:
- SimpliVity: Cisco UCS with SimpliVity OmniStack
- Springpath: Cisco UCS with Springpath Data Platform
• The entire Cisco UCS server portfolio
• Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
• Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
• Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Servers (Cisco Composable Infrastructure)
• Cisco UCS C3260 Rack Server (Cisco Composable Infrastructure)
• Cisco UCS Mini
• Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
• Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Servers (Cisco Composable Infrastructure)
• Cisco UCS C3260 Rack Server (Cisco Composable Infrastructure)
• Cisco UCS Mini
• Cisco networking products
• Cisco IOS® Software switches, Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco Application Centric
Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™), and Cisco MDS 9000 Family multilayer switches
Not only does Cisco UCS Director support the automated provisioning and
management of these platforms—it also integrates at a deep level to help ensure
proper and consistent provisioning, security, and management of your resources.
When Cisco UCS Director is deployed, it creates an inventory of every component
in its sphere of control. When new components are added, they are automatically
placed in a resource pool.
management of these platforms—it also integrates at a deep level to help ensure
proper and consistent provisioning, security, and management of your resources.
When Cisco UCS Director is deployed, it creates an inventory of every component
in its sphere of control. When new components are added, they are automatically
placed in a resource pool.
HPE OneView Supports a Limited Portfolio
You should not confuse
with HP OpenView, the monitoring product
that HPE acquired. OpenView was designed to be open, as the name implies. It
supports HPE as well as a wide variety of third-party servers and network devices.
OneView focuses on managing a limited environment. It provides support for only a
portion of HPE’s server, storage, and converged infrastructure portfolio. If you want
to configure third-party infrastructure, you need to use other HPE products, such as
HPE Server Automation Virtual Appliance (SAVA). OneView also makes a distinction
between the products and models that it can manage and those that it can only
monitor. Cisco UCS Director has no need to make this type of distinction, because it
can manage and monitor all the platforms it supports.
supports HPE as well as a wide variety of third-party servers and network devices.
OneView focuses on managing a limited environment. It provides support for only a
portion of HPE’s server, storage, and converged infrastructure portfolio. If you want
to configure third-party infrastructure, you need to use other HPE products, such as
HPE Server Automation Virtual Appliance (SAVA). OneView also makes a distinction
between the products and models that it can manage and those that it can only
monitor. Cisco UCS Director has no need to make this type of distinction, because it
can manage and monitor all the platforms it supports.
According to documentation that has been released, Synergy Composer supports
only a very limited portfolio: the Synergy platform and external HPE storage
arrays. As reported by Forrester, a Synergy management domain can include up
to 20 chassis, and the Synergy resource domain can include external storage
arrays (Forrester blog,
only a very limited portfolio: the Synergy platform and external HPE storage
arrays. As reported by Forrester, a Synergy management domain can include up
to 20 chassis, and the Synergy resource domain can include external storage
arrays (Forrester blog,
Self-Service Provisioning
Cisco UCS Director provides a self-service portal (Figure 3). This critical component
allows clients to actually request infrastructure as a service in both private and
hybrid cloud deployments, as well as to request infrastructure as bare-metal
allows clients to actually request infrastructure as a service in both private and
hybrid cloud deployments, as well as to request infrastructure as bare-metal