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Cisco UCS and Dell PowerEdge M1000e: A Comparison
June 2016
Manager that uses this XML API, enables management of multiple Cisco UCS
deployments across geographic locations, with the first five Cisco UCS Central
Software licenses free.
deployments across geographic locations, with the first five Cisco UCS Central
Software licenses free.
The PowerEdge M1000e traditional blade chassis design forces you to think of
each chassis as an island, and this concept extends to management as well (Figure
5). You can manage each individual chassis with a combination of individual blade
server integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRACs) and the Dell Chassis
Management Controller (CMC) management board physically residing in each
chassis. But to gain even limited template and policy capabilities, you must also
purchase Dell Active System Manager (ASM).
each chassis as an island, and this concept extends to management as well (Figure
5). You can manage each individual chassis with a combination of individual blade
server integrated Dell Remote Access Controllers (iDRACs) and the Dell Chassis
Management Controller (CMC) management board physically residing in each
chassis. But to gain even limited template and policy capabilities, you must also
purchase Dell Active System Manager (ASM).
ASM is a licensed, top-down software tool that sends scripted commands to
management touchpoints in the chassis. Like other management tools layered on
after product development, ASM struggles to adapt to changing configurations
and server types. Unlike Cisco UCS, which was designed from the beginning with
policy-based management at its core, ASM has a number of limitations:
management touchpoints in the chassis. Like other management tools layered on
after product development, ASM struggles to adapt to changing configurations
and server types. Unlike Cisco UCS, which was designed from the beginning with
policy-based management at its core, ASM has a number of limitations:
• ASM requires you to perform many steps to deploy, license, and implement the
initial configuration.
• You can define only seven BIOS settings, so you are tied to your hardware
configuration.
• No QoS support is available for network traffic management.
• No role-based access control (RBAC) is available for enhanced security or
• No role-based access control (RBAC) is available for enhanced security or
multitenancy. ASM provides only three default roles.
• ASM is not redundant, so no high-availability capability is available as it is with
Cisco UCS Manager.
• All managed resources must be manually configured for discovery through
the IP address, which requires an endpoint set up for IP addresses and local
authentication.
authentication.
• Server profile mobility is constrained:
• Dell recommends that you migrate between identically configured hardware.
20 ln-Chassis
Management Modules
10 Dell PowerEdge M1000e
Chassis
20 Dell PowerEdge M
I/O Aggregators
Figure 5 Dell PowerEdge M1000e Requires 20 In-Chassis Switches and 20 Management
Boards for a Total of 40 Management Points to Support 160 Dell Blade Servers
Boards for a Total of 40 Management Points to Support 160 Dell Blade Servers