topic Re: ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches in Network Access Control

ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches

shaunlss — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:15:46 GMT

Hi,

There is a customer who posted a specific question to us regarding the compatibility support for their current HP switches running on Comware.

I have searched https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/2-4/compatibility/b_ise_sdt_24.html#thirdpartyaccessswitches but it does not specifically mentioned the Comware support, although H3C and Procurve is listed.

Any information would be great.

Regards,

Shaun

This question was posted in reference to a tender that was submitted and was asked during a clarification which we have to get back to the customer in writing.

Re: ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches

ldanny — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:28:20 GMT

Cisco cannot validate every vendor and model in the market , that being said if your device supports radius then it will work with ISE , really depends the features your looking to use.

Best is to test this in a lab environment to be absolutely sure what features will or wont work.

Re: ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches

shaunlss — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:45:23 GMT

Because this is a tender, the customer would like to know the feature set supported by ISE for the Comware switches. Other than the Radius support, which is standard, it also need to state support for other features from ISE like AAA, Profiling, BYOD, Guest redirection, CoA, posture, etc.

If there are any caveat to the compatibility and support of Comware to ISE, preferably to be made known as well.

In our proposal, Base, Plus, Apex and AnyConnect Apex license were included.

Re: ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches

ldanny — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:54:40 GMT

As mentioned we do not have the resources to validate every vendor/model.

You would need to test the specific features to be sure.

Re: ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches

shaunlss — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:01:16 GMT

Noted Idanny.

Do you know when the refreshed compatibility information is expected to be released?

Re: ISE compatibility with HP Comware switches

ldanny — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:18:55 GMT

With each new ISE version we have a compatibility document as well.

But the changes are minor due to the reasons I mentioned.

Testing in a lab will be the way to go , and we would be happy to update these findings in our documentation if you care to share.