Clarifications on ISE Hardware (SNS-3415)

Hi Experts,
Good Day!
I just want to have some clarifications if what I did in my installation it correct.
Basically, my I connected 3 cables in my SNS3415 for my ISE and below is the arrangement of the cables
1 cable is connected to the port dedicated for the CIMC
1 cable is connected to the port dedicated for the ISE MGMT
1 cable is connected to the port for the DATA traffic
My question is, is it correct that I allocated 1 dedicated port for my DATA where the RADIUS traffic from user to the server passes through? Could it work if I configure WEB authentication in ISE?
Thank you.
niks

Yes. In the configuration of the portal for Web Authentication, you can choose the interface that is allowed to respond to the requests. You can also disallow interfaces from responding.
Go to Administration > Device Portal Management > Client Provisioning
Choose your portal or create a new one. Allow or disallow interfaces from this page and Save.
Of course, you can do this for any portal that is used (BYOD, MDM, etc).
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http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/1-3/admin_guide/b_ise_admin_guide_13/b_ise_admin_guide_sample_chapter_0111.html#concept_E664BCA9F4164C7F8DE590B7C2C4AD99
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check Cisco how to guides for step by step configuration just follow the instruction and you can easily configure the setup also when you first open the ISE there is an option for express setup (Auto config) but i would suggest for the guide (link given below)
https://www.cisco.com/en/go/trustsec.
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Received answer from Cisco...
Posting in case anyone else needs this info
Your Question:
If I am using a distributed deployment, for example, running 1 node as admin and monitoring, another node for PSN, would I need 250gb disk space for each node? Or would I use a shared 250gb disk space on a storage server?
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As you informed that you are " running 1 node as admin and monitoring, another node for PSN, would I need 250gb disk space for each node ", so YES each node will have individual 250Gb of space.
Now the node running as admin and monitoring would have to share the 250Gb available on the ISE on which they would be implemented.
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Additionally, say I were to scale and create 2 admin nodes, and 4 PSNs, how would the disk space work in that case?
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.0.4/install_guide/ise104_vmware.html
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5712/ps11637/ps11195/data_sheet_c78-656174.html

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Hi board,
I'm quite confused about the supported ISE versions for the new Cisco Secure Network Server 3415 and 3495.
In nearly all documents it is stated, that the support for this HW will be introduced with ISE 1.2
For example ISE Q&A
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5712/ps11637/ps11195/qa_c67-658591.html
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What is true now? What HW appliance do I chose, if I want to order today?
I don't want to order the old appliances (33xx), because they are already EoL announced:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5712/ps11640/eol_C51-728424.html
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Hi Johanne,
Cisco ISE software is packaged with your appliance or image for installation. Cisco ISE, Release 1.2 is shipped on the following platforms. After installation, you can configure Cisco ISE with specified component personas (Administration, Policy Service, and Monitoring) or as an Inline Posture node on the platforms.
Supported Hardware and Personas:
Hardware Platform Persona Configuration
Cisco SNS-3415-K9
(small)
Any
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•Single socket Intel E5-2609 2.4-GHz CPU, 4 total cores, 4 total threads
•16-GB RAM
•1 x 600-GB disk
•Embedded Software RAID 0
•4 GE network interfaces
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Policy Service
Monitor
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•Dual socket Intel E5-2609 2.4-GHz CPU, 8 total cores, 8 total threads
•32-GB RAM
•2 x 600-GB disk
•RAID 0+1
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Cisco ISE-3315-K9 (small)
Any
•1x Xeon 2.66-GHz quad-core processor
•4 GB RAM
•2 x 250 GB SATA3 HDD4
•4x 1 GB NIC5
Cisco ISE-3355-K9 (medium)
Any
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•4 GB RAM
•2 x 300 GB 2.5 in. SATA HDD
•RAID6 (disabled)
•4x 1 GB NIC
•Redundant AC power
Cisco ISE-3395-K9 (large)
Any
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•4 GB RAM
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•4x 1 GB NIC
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–Administration—200 GB
–Policy Service and Monitoring—600 GB
–Monitoring—500 GB
–Policy Service—100 GB
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•Supported VMware versions include:
–ESX 4.x
–ESXi 4.x and 5.x
1 Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
2 Inline posture is a 32-bit system and is not capable of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP). Therefore, it is not available on the SNS-3495 platform.
3 SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
4 HDD = hard disk drive
5 NIC = network interface card
6 RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks
7 Memory allocation of less than 4GB is not supported for any VMware appliance configuration. In the event of a Cisco ISE behavior issue, all users will be required to change allocated memory to at least 4GB prior to opening a case with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center.
Please check the following link for fruther information.
https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3986953#3986953

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two years ago I wanted to buy ISE-3315 and when we prepared order we were told we have to order following components:
- ISE-3315-K9
- L-ISE-ADV3Y-100=
Today ISE-3315 is EOS and the solution for small business is ISE-3415. The problem is we have to order following components:
- SNS-3415-K9
- SW-3415-ISE-K9 Cisco ISE Software version 1.2 for the SNS-3415-K9
- L-ISE-ADV-S-100=
The main problem is the new solution costs almost 50% more. Can someone confirm that it is correct? Or maybe I had wrong information two years ago with ISE-3315.
BTW - I need the appliance for lab and study. Do we need to buy a full license in this case?
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Yes you can buy the appliance and then install the trial version. just keep in mind that once the trial time has run out you must buy the license to continue to use the features that were available with the trial version.
If using VMware, you can rollback to a snapshot prior to the installation of the ISE and reinstall the trial license and continue to use it for your studies.
Of course, if you have a budget that will allow you to buy the appliance and a full license that is provided by the trial license, then go for it. But if you want to save some money then the VMware is the way to go.
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ISE Endpoint clarification

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just trying to find some clarification on ISE end points for licensing. Im looking at moving AAA authentication for switches onto ISE. The end point licensing at the moment is primarily for mac based devices on Wireless. Will adding switches onto ISE eat into these liscense?I know on ACS5.1 had a license for Configured IP Addresses in Network Devices
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In Cisco ISE, licensing enables you to provide coverage for increasing numbers of endpoints and offer more complex policy services depending on the capabilities of the license or licenses that you choose to apply.
Cisco ISE licenses are available in Base and Advanced packages. Each package includes a number of SKUs that is equal to the number of licenses included in the package. To use Cisco ISE, you must have a valid base and advanced license package.
The base package includes all of the base services required to enable 802.1X, Guest, and Monitoring and Troubleshooting. The advanced package includes Posture, Profiler, and Security Group Access services.
Cisco ISE is bundled with a licensing mechanism that has the following important features:
• Built-in License—Cisco ISE comes with a built-in evaluation license, which is valid for 90 days. The evaluation license includes both base and advanced packages and limits the number of endpoints to 100 for both the base and advanced packages. Therefore, it is not required to install a regular license immediately upon installation.
• Central Management—Licenses are centrally managed by the ISE administration node. In a distributed deployment, where two ISE nodes assume the Administration persona (primary and secondary), upon successful installation of the license file, the licensing information from the primary Administration node is propagated to the secondary Administration node. So there is no need to install the same license on each Administration node within the deployment.
• Concurrent Endpoint Count—The Cisco ISE license includes a count value for base and advanced packages, which restricts the number of endpoints that use those services. The count value is the number of endpoints across the entire deployment that are concurrently connected to the network and accessing the service.
Please check the below links which can give your better understanding:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.0/user_guide/ise10_man_license.html

ISE disk system IOPS

            Clarifying the ISE vmware appliance specifications, Can anyone provide me the ISE hardware requirement for disk system IOPS equivalent to an SNS-3495?
Thanks much,
David D.

                 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/installation_guide/ise_vmware.html
Cisco ISE Appliance
3495
3415
Endpoint Supported
20,000
5,000
CPU
2 X Quad Core
2.4 GHz
Intel Xeon
1 X Quad Core
2.4 GHz
Intel Xeon
CPU Model
E5-2609
E5-2609
# of Cores per CPU
4
4
# of Threads per CPU
4
4
Total CPU's
8
4
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
No
No
Memory
32 GB
16 GB
Hard Disk
2 x 600GB 6Gb   SAS 10K RPM
Raid 0 + 1
1 x 600GB 6Gb   SAS 10K RPM
Operating System
64bit
64bit

ISE 1.2 and MDM integration.

What kind of device information I can collect by MDM integartion with ISE.

Hello,
ISE Release 1.2 delivers integration between Identity Services Engine and MDM platforms, which can ensure that all mobile devices are compliant with security policy before they are allowed to access the network. This feature enables posture compliance assessment and network access control of mobile endpoints attempting to access the network. The solution also performs ongoing posture checks to ensure that devices remain compliant and that the correct network access level is maintained. The specific posture attributes collected by MDM partner platforms for compliance and access policy enforcement in the Identity Services Engine are:
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In terms of global compliance, posture compliance decisions may be made by the MDM platform instead of the Identity Services Engine. In this scenario, additional attributes such as blacklisted applications or presence of an enterprise data container may be checked. The MDM platform simply informs the Identity Services Engine if a device is in compliance, then the Identity Services Engine enforces the appropriate network access policy.
This integration brings great value to MDM customers as it automates to the device registration process. As MDM solutions are network-blind, they can't detect a new device when it connects to the wireless network, so the administrator needs to send a notification to the users who wish to enroll their devices. With ISE integration, device enrollment is done automatically when users connect their device to the Wi-Fi network.
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Hi,
You could use SNS-3495 platform that has total of 8 cores.
VMware Appliance Specifications for a Production Environment
Platform
SNS-3415
SNS-3495
Processor1
Single socket Intel E5-2609 2.4 Ghz CPU
4 total cores
Dual socket Intel E5-2609 2.4 Ghz CPU
8 total cores
Memory
16 GB
32 GB
Total Disk2 Space
600 GB
600 GB
Ethernet NICs3
4 x Integrated Gigabit NICs
4 x Integrated Gigabit NICs
Source,
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/installation_guide/ise_vmware.html#wp1104790
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