topic licence ise in Network Access Control

licence ise

amjed.aouissaoui — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:02:12 GMT

Hello Experts

I have ise 2.4.0.357 , and i have 2500 based licence , i have registred 800 endpoints but the licence write that i use only 174.

Licensed :2500 (Consumed :174)

see picture please

it is normal ?

Re: licence ise

Mike.Cifelli — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:41:44 GMT

Base licensing is consumed for features such as basic network access, guest services, trustsec, and a few other functionalities. To gain a better understanding see: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/2-1/admin_guide/b_ise_admin_guide_21/b_ise_admin_guide_20_chapter_0110.html

Re: licence ise

Damien Miller — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:06:36 GMT

License count/usage should be aligned relatively close to the "active endpoints" counter on the dashboard. It's not uncommon for counts to be mismatched from expectations. An accurate count relies on RADIUS accounting to be properly configured. I would expect most deployments to use less licenses than known endpoints, it's not very common for all endpoints to be actively authenticated at the same time. On the contrary, some deployments use way more licenses than corporate endpoints because they can have a huge numbers of guests.

The ISE ordering guide actually covers license usage quite well too.
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/security/identity-services-engine/guide_c07-656177.pdf