Cisco is transforming the way customers deploy and manage Cisco UCS and Cisco Hyperflex systems. Intersight, a software as a service (SaaS) management platform, introduced the benefits of connecting these systems to intelligence and best practices from Cisco allowing customers to significantly simplify operations and reduce operating costs.

Guest Blogger:Jeff New, Intersight Product Manager

Why do I need the Cisco Intersight virtual appliance?

Some customers have additional data locality and security requirements for managing systems whether on the edge or in more traditional data centers that may not be possible to fully meet with SaaS delivered management. These customers have significant regulatory and compliance needs that require certain details about systems under management to remain within the borders of countries or on their premises.

For these customers, additional control over the data collection is necessary. The Cisco Intersight virtual appliance enables the additional control to specify what data is sent back to Cisco with a single point of egress from your network.

The Cisco Intersight virtual appliance can provide this benefit while still maintaining access to the great SaaS capabilities that Cisco Intersight delivers. We