HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)

Score9 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM)?

HPE Systems Insight Manager (SIM) is a solution for managing hardware across a variety of HP servers, in addition to storage and networking product. Some key features include: Inventory Management and Reporting, Health Management, and Firmware and System Software Updates Management.

Categories & Use Cases

System Monitoring

Alex Gouskos View profile

Senior System Engineer in Information Technology at Sandata Technologies (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

HP Systems Insight Manager is very good at scanning for devices and adding them for monitoring is almost effortless.
HP Systems Insight Manager is very good at detecting most HP hardware and integrating with local management software.

Cons

I think some of the areas that HP Systems Insight Manager can improve is non HP hardware.
This software also sometimes struggles handling larger environments.
This software also has issues managing environments that aren't set up perfectly.

Return on Investment

Since this software is free if you buy HP hardware the cost is nothing which is nice for cash strapped businesses.
This software has a somewhat difficult time handling large environments where systems are not configured perfectly for this software.
I would always recommend having multiples of this software installed for redundancy because generally unless it and the environment is properly configured it can require maintenance.

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, HP SiteScope

Usability