ISE question about switches

I am implementing ISE and have run into several locations that have used consumer brand 4 ports switches to connect multiple workstations on one cable. I realize there is a list of supported Cisco switches for ISE, but I was wondering if anyone has used a lower end Cisco or other vendor switch (i.e. Cisco SG200-08 or SF300-08) to do basic authentication against ISE as it relates to enabling the port once the 802.1x authenitcation is passed?
Realize this is a bit vague, just looking for anyone with practical experience with this.
Thanks

I have not configured dot1x for the mentioned switches, if the switches do support dot1x you should be able to do basic authentication. If there are multiple endpoints on the same port, you should use the Multi-Auth host mode on switchport. Also you will have to choose an authentication method that is supported by the endpoints.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps11229/data_sheet_c78-634369.html
• Network security: Cisco 200 Series switches provide basic security and network management features you need to maintain a level of security for your business, keep unauthorized users off the network, and protect your business data. The switches provide integrated network security to reduce the risk of a security breach, with IEEE 802.1X port security to control access to your network.
and
802.1X: RADIUS authentication and accounting, MD5 hash
There wont be CoA and authorization, you may apply manual ACL on switchport for the controlled access.
the answer to your post, yes you should be able to do basic dot1x authentication.
HTH

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Dear,
I have just joined this helpful community. Since I am still a newbie, it is my hope to comprehend through our discussions. I would like to ask few questions about 3750X stack switch:
What kind of switches are considered as provisioned switch?
What is the purpose of using provision switch?
Which advantages does a provision switch provide? If we don't use provision feature, what would be happened?
Thank you very much. Look forward to reading your replies.

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Hey Taantumus!
Here is an article that will provide some guidance on this question:
Apple ID: Changing your password
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5624
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thanks in advance,
Regards,
Dariyoosh

>
and also v$session page, yet I didn't find anything indicating that SERVEROUTPUT should be switched off whenever views such as v$sql, v$session
are queired. I don't really understand the link in terms of impact that one can have on the other or better to say rather, why there is an impact
Hi Dariyoosh,
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON has the effect of executing dbms_output.get_lines after each and every statement. Not only related to system view.
Here below what Tom Kyte is explaining in this page:
Now, sqlplus sees this functionality and says "hey, would not it be nice for me to dump this buffer to screen for the user?". So, they added the SQLPlus command "set serveroutput on" which does two things
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2) SQLPLUS automatically calls the dbms_output API "enable" to turn on the buffering that happens in the package.Regards.
Al

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pgsmick wrote:
> 1. Is the progress I am seeing real progress? For example I have a user with
> over 100,000 messages to be indexed and every time I check the logs, the count
> drops by about 500 messages per hourly QF cycle. I assume that if I just let
> it keep running, it will eventually get caught up and fixed. Not only with
> this user, but with all the others as well. Will my patience (and theirs) be
> rewarded? Are there any gotchas I need to prepare for?
Set this switch for this indexing POA - /qflevel=999 - this will index
everything in one run. It will take a long time, but with no qflevel switch you
are indeed only indexing 500 messages at a time, and if the user has that much
mail, it might never really catch up.
>
> 2. One user has recently had virtually all of her messages successfully moved
> to archive. I can see them in the Archive, and do not see them in the online
> account. However, now over a week later, QF still shows >130,000 items still
> left to index for that user. The POA-QF is making slow, steady progress
> reducing that number, but why is this user's QF count still so high? Does it
> just need more time, or is there something amiss for this user?
>
This is odd, because really the index count should drop to nothing, but with the
above switch this might get resolved as well.
> 3. I may want to rebuild indexes for single users from scratch. I have seen
> the TID 3105742 which tells how to do this: Essentially you turn off mail
> delivery functions, and make some other switch changes to dedicate the POA to
> indexing for just a single user, and then you let the POA rebuild the indexes.
> The implication of that scenario is that the POA is now enjoying exclusive
> access to the user's databases.
Not really - the POA is not enjoying exclusive access to the user's database,
the indexer is just avoiding an attempt to index anything else.
> If I want to use my secondary POA-QF to rebuild a user's index from scratch,
> does the main POA have to be offline and the user out of GWise? That is, Does
> the QF process require exclusive access in order to rebuild indexes from
> scratch?
No - QF never requires exclusive access. That said, you may find that an
extremely vigorous QF can cause slowdowns for the user.
Danita
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