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Streamline server management
duties to increase productivity
95 steps
Dell EMC
allows admins
to select multiple
51:15 devices and deploy
2. Organizations are increasingly using compute
them simultaneously.
and storage as services. Choose the ability
Cisco toUCS Manager
assign the right resources for the right workload.
only allows
for linear
Deploying server nodes Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution
Provisioning assignable storage with deployments.
Up to 91.3% less time and 21 fewer steps vs Cisco UCS
no downtime 1:37
5 steps
Less time and fewer steps are better (min:sec)
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution Cisco UCS solution
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1:37 Option not available
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5 steps Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution
2:18 Cisco
0:43UCS solution 0:48
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9:12
17 steps 10 steps
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution
Updating firmware
2:18 0:43 0:48
Up to 73.9% less time and Up to 86% less time and
19 fewer steps two-thirds fewer steps
12 steps
vs Cisco UCS 9 steps
vs HPE Synergy 9 steps
3:29 2:32
15 steps
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Assign the right resources for each
workload with flexible infrastructure
1:37 1:37
5 steps 5 steps
Updating firmware
Up to 73.9% less time and 19 fewer steps vs Cisco UCS
Less time and fewer steps are better (min:sec)
1:42
10 steps
Cisco UCS solution
6:32
29 steps
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution Dell EMC PowerEdge MX solution
4:14 3:45
13 steps 7 steps
11:15
21 steps
*The Dell EMC firmware update process is automated. We performed the Dell EMC vs. Cisco and Dell EMC vs. HPE
head-to-head comparisons on different dates with different results.
Copyright 2019 Principled Technologies, Inc. Based on “Maximize time savings for your IT admins with
the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX platform and OpenManage Enterprise,” a Principled Technologies report, March 2019.
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