Understanding the WHY behind why we use Dell EMC PowerEdge in HCI (VxRail and VxRack), and Cisco UCS in VxBlock

All – I get a question pretty consistently: “surely you are planning on moving Cisco UCS out of the Vblock/VxBlock business”.  

The answer has been constant (from me, from Michael Dell, from Chuck Robbins): No, there is no current plan to do that.  

We have moved the VxRack and VxRail HCI portfolio to PowerEdge at the speed of light…. But in Vblocks/VxBlocks are staying with UCS.

Ultimately – having the most potent rack mount and modular systems on the planet is a huge accelerant for our HCI portfolio.   When it comes to our CI block portfolio, we have a working formula, and we’re in no rush to change it.

I wrote a blog on the topic here - Vblock and VxBlock use Cisco UCS - got it?

But – the next question is: “Why?”…. and the question right after that is “Does the Dell EMC PowerEdge team agree – or is it just you Chad?”.   It’s inevitable as a big company that “not everybody has read the memo” (me included!)

Here’s the answer right from us together, as a single Dell EMC team (I’m joined by my new Dell EMC friend Ravi Pendekanti – who is the SVP Product Management/Marketing for PowerEdge).  

Comments

[Pedro]

Yay for letting the ucs stay!

[Mingo Diaz]

The Hunger Games continue...

[Karim Elberay]

I think you are still keeping UCS on the vblock solution because there is no equal powerfull product in dell portfolio can able to compete with UCS unified technology.

[Michael Dominguez]

Thanks for this, Chad. It's nice to see the PowerEdge folks singing from the same hymnal as CPSD!

[Josh Haynes]

It's a contractual issue. I wouldn't sell my competitor's product if I didn't have to. That's lunacy, especially since you own a good chunk of their market share.