* Cisco UCS showed a lower initial cost and much lower management cost. Both CapEx and OpEx costs are lower initially and ongoing.
* While the servers compared are based on similar specs, the Cisco UCS provides a lower hardware cost by deploying simplified intra-chassis switching for blades and minimizing the number of adapters and ports required for rack servers.
* In blade configuration, Cisco UCS showed a 38% lower power and cooling cost. In rack configuration, Cisco showed a 2% higher power and cooling cost.
* The HPE rack environment used 14 network switches compared with two in the Cisco environment.
* The HPE rack environment used 520 cables compared with 48 with Cisco.
