I'm seeing somewhat conflicting messaging when it comes to requiring vCenter.
Here, it states it is mandatory when running on third party spec based hardware:
"VMware vCenter is mandatory when deploying on UC on UCS Specs-based and Spec-based 3rd-party infrastructure."
Here it says it is optional:
"VMware vCenter is not a pre-requisite to install, first-time-setup, administer or engage to support Cisco Collaboration apps; the local management client ... is sufficient"
I have three physical hosts on "third-party" Dell servers. Does that qualify as needing vCenter? More importantly, what features are actually required of vCenter? Is it just the logging? We will not be using any other features ourselves, such as vMotion, etc. So we will likely just go with the vCenter Essentials Kit if it is just logging.
