Cisco ISE 1.1.2.145 Admin Authentication using LDAP

I have configured the LDAP and able to retrive our LDAP directory structure. Now, I am trying to point the 'Admin Access' authentication to "External Identity" Source which is the new LDAP IS I created. But I couldn't find an option to authenticate locally if for any reason the LDAP configuration doesn't work. I learnt that ISE can automatically revert to local auth provided the External Idenitity sources are unreachable. How can I test the LDAP authentication with out breaking our Admin Access? I thought of opening two parallel sessions, one with Super Admin Local Account and the other with Domain account. But I noticed that ISE communication is smart enough to logoff/login any other sessions in different browsers so basically I can't open two parallel sessions from same machine to do the tests. Suggestions? or Am I missing something here?
Many thanks in advance.

Hi Srinivas,
Even if you set up LDAP as an External Identity source for admin access, you can still fallback to Internal without getting locked out. As per the ISE user guide :
During operation, Cisco ISE is designed to "fall back" and attempt to perform authentication from the internal identity database, if communication with the external identity store has not been established or if it fails. In addition, whenever an administrator for whom you have set up external authentication launches a browser and initiates a login session, the administrator still has the option to request authentication via the Cisco ISE local database by choosing "Internal" from the Identity Store drop-down selector in the login dialog.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.1/user_guide/ise_man_identities.html#wp1351543
Please refer to the attached screenshot from my lab ISE:
I have configured admin authentication against AD, but I still see both "Internal" and "AD" at the time of login.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Aastha

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Need help from ISE experts/gurus in this forum.
Due to a nasty bug in Cisco ISE (bug ID CSCue38827 ISE Adclient daemon not initializing on leave/join), this bug will make the ISE stopping working completely and a reboot is required (very nice bug from cisco) . This leaves me no choice but to upgrade to version 1.2.0.899-2-85601.
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- node 2 is Secondary Admin and Primary Monitoring - hostname is node2
- node 3 is Policy service node - hostname is node3
- node 4 is Policy service node - hostname is node4
Objective: Upgrade the ISE environment to ISE version 1.2 with patch version 1.2.0.899-2-85601.
My understand is that I have to upgrade the existing environment from ISE version 1.1.2.145 patch 3
to ISE version 1.1.2.145 patch 10 (patch 10 was released on 10/04/2013) before I can proceed with
upgrading to ISE version 1.2 and patch it with 1.2.0.899-2-85601.
Can I patch my exsiting environment from 1.1.2 patch 3 to patch 10 prior to upgrading to version 1.2.0.899-2-85601?
I look at Cisco website and patch 10 was released on 10/04/2013 while version 1.2 was released back in 07/05/2013.
I am trying to get a definite answer from Cisco TAC but it seems like they don't know either.
Question #1: How do I proceed with upgrading the current ISE environment from 1.1.2.145 patch 3 to 1.1.2.145 patch 10?
Propose solution:
step #1: make ISE node1 to be both Primary Admin and Primary monitoring. ISE node2 is now Secondary Admin and Secondary Monitoring.
         Then go ahead and apply ISE version 1.1.2.145 patch 10 to ISE node2 via the GUI,
step #2: Once ISE node2 patch 10 is completed, make node2 Primary Admin and Primary Monitoring. At this point, apply ISE 1.1.2.145 patch 10
         to ISE node1 via the GUI,
step #3: Once ISE node1 patch 10 is completed, make node1 Primary Admin and Secondary Monitoring and node2 Secondary Admin and Primary Monitoring,
step #4: apply ISE 1.1.2.145 patch 10 to ISE Policy Service node3. Once that is completed, verify that node2 is working and accepting traffics,
step #5: apply ISE 1.1.2.145 patch 10 to ISE Policy Service node4. Once that is completed, verify that node2 is working and accepting traffics,
Question #2: How do I proceed with upgrading the current ISE environment from 1.1.2.145 patch 10 to ISE version 1.2 with patch version 1.2.0.899-2-85601?
Propose solution:
step #1: Make ISE node1 the Primary Admin and Primary monitoring. At this point ISE node2 will become Secondary Admin and Secondary Monitoring
step #2: Perform upgrade on the ISE node2 via the command line "application upgrade <app-bundle> <repository>". Once ISE node2 upgrade is completed, it will
          form a new ISE 1.2 cluster independent of the old cluster,
step #3: Perform upgrade on the ISE Policy Service node3 via the command line "application upgrade <app-bundle> <repository>". After the upgrade the ISE
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step #4: Perform upgrade on the ISE Policy Service node4 via the command line "application upgrade <app-bundle> <repository>". After the upgrade the ISE
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step #7: Perform the upgrade on the ISE node1 from command line "application upgrade <app-bundle> <repository>"
step #8: Once upgrade on ISE node1 is complete, ISE node1 will automatically join the new ISE 1.2 cluster,
step #9: Make ISE node1 Primary Admin and Secondary and ISE node2 Secondary Admin and Primary Monitoring,
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Propose solution:
step #1: make ISE node1 to be both Primary Admin and Primary monitoring. ISE node2 is now Secondary Admin and Secondary Monitoring.
         Then go ahead and apply ISE 1.2.0.899-2-85601 to ISE node2 via the GUI,
step #2: Once ISE node2 1.2.0.899-2-85601 is completed, make node2 Primary Admin and Primary Monitoring. At this point, apply 1.2.0.899-2-85601
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step #3: Once ISE node1 patch 10 is completed, make node1 Primary Admin and Secondary Monitoring and node2 Secondary Admin and Primary Monitoring,
step #4: apply ISE 1.2.0.899-2-85601 to ISE Policy Service node3. Once that is completed, verify that node2 is working and accepting traffics,
step #5: apply ISE 1.2.0.899-2-85601 to ISE Policy Service node4. Once that is completed, verify that node2 is working and accepting traffics,
does these steps make sense to you?
Thanks in advance.

David,
A few answers to your questions -
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https://supportforums.cisco.com/community/netpro/security/aaa/blog/2013/07/19/upgrading-to-identity-services-engine-ise-12
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