HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)

Score10 out of 10

9 Reviews and Ratings

What is HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)?

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), formerly known as HP Network Management Center, is a network performance monitoring option, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

Categories & Use Cases

Network Performance Monitoring

Automated network device discovery
Automated network device discovery allows all devices in the environment to be found and tracked
Category average: 8.3
Network monitoring
Monitoring network device availability and performance indicators like bandwidth, packet loss, CPU, WAN links, etc.
Category average: 8.9
Baseline threshold calculation
Calculation of baseline thresholds so to establish warning thresholds
Category average: 8.3

Network mapping
Dynamic mapping tool allows the network topology to be mapped showing performance metrics, and link connection and utilization
Category average: 7.8
Customizable reports
Ability to schedule, generate, and deliver custom performance and availability reports
Category average: 7.2
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Ability to monitor wireless access points, controllers, and connected clients
Category average: 7.6

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

23.5%

16 installations of 68

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

14.7%

10 installations of 68

#3 most frequent

Educational Services

14.7%

10 installations of 68

Bharath B

Lead Consultant in Information Technology at Infosys Ltd (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

HP IMC is used for our network monitoring and as a configuration backup solution in our environment. Here we are using multiple instances of HP IMC for different locations as a monitoring and back up solution.

Pros

Monitoring works very well
Configuration backup works
Integration to third party tool is good

Cons

User interface can be made very friendly
Nothing I could think of apart from User interface

Return on Investment

Easy to implement
Easy to configure
Overall good monitoring tool

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), Micro Focus Network Node Manager i, Nagios Core

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Stores equipment configurations to easily restore.
Quick notification of equipment status across the network
Trending information helps keep us proactive on possible issues.

Cons

Visibility of both LAN and WiFi network components.

Return on Investment

HPE IMC is one of several tools we use to to ensure we meet our SLA with our customers.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Multivendor flexibility.
Topology map features.
Backup configurations.

Cons

Licensing model is not good.

Return on Investment

IMC has so many aspects that in some ways we were learning the best way to use it as we deployed it.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Different Level of Severity Alerts
Get traps and syslogs to evaluate any critical problem.
Works great with HP switches.

Cons

Is not fully compatible with other vendor switches
Last version have some bugs and installation issues.

Return on Investment

If you have HP switches in your network, this software is a must have, because it going to check all switches status for you.
Excellent for export configs and push configs to the devices.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Alarm notification
Reporting and inventory
Easy GUI and very good with compatibility with other switched network
Easy management interface and maps

Cons

More Cisco switch support such as nexus
SNMP walker tool needs a little improvement
Fresh look for the Gui

Return on Investment

Positive impact would be we are still purchasing licenses for the product has been very dependable
The cost has been within our budget which affects our entire business

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Log Analyzer, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, Allot NetEnforcer

HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)

What is HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)?

Categories & Use Cases