topic Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS in Network Access Control

ISE 2.7 - EoS

mhabrcet — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:06:11 GMT

Hello, customer asked for upgrade from ISE 2.4 to 2.7 but afraid of EoS for 2.7 soon. Do we have known date when 2.7 will be announced EoS please?

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

Mark Elsen — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:04:33 GMT

- FYI : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/identity-services-engine/bulletin-c25-740738.html

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

mhabrcet — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:11:37 GMT

Thanks Marce, as I found release date NOV 18th, 2019 for 2.7, means that EoL have to be announced 18 month later - means EoL May 18th, 2021 ???

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

Mark Elsen — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:18:23 GMT

- Ref : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/identity-services-engine/series.html

Latest EOL announcements are only seen for 2.4 not (yet) for later versions.

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

Marvin Rhoads — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:23:10 GMT

The end of life notice for ISE 2.6 was only posted in June 2021:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/identity-services-engine/bulletin-c25-2503911.html

We would expect it to be some time later for 2.7 to be similarly end of life. Cisco doesn't pre-announce things like that, but one could expect it to be supported until October 2023. (based on the expiration date of Base licenses when converted to Smart).

Is there a reason why the customer doesn't want to upgrade to the recommended release (3.0 Patch 2 currently)?

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

david.tran — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:01:49 GMT

I was in the same boat as you two months ago. Seem to me that 2.7 is a very solid version and 3.0 is really a bump, with so many bugs. However, I bit the bullet and decided to go from version 2.2 to 3.0 patch-3.

If you're going to 2.7 now, you will have to upgrade again in less than two years because you will get the typical Cisco's response when you run into issues: upgrade.

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

mhabrcet — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 07:15:45 GMT

Yes, customer prefer permanent base licensing then subscription due to the price ...but I know, that during few years all our offer will be subscription based.

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

david.tran — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:09:56 GMT

you can obtain a permanent licensing from Cisco as well, just claim that the ISE is on an "air-gap" network.

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

Marcelo Morais — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:50:18 GMT

Hi @mhabrcet ,

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Hope this helps !!!

Re: ISE 2.7 - EoS

mohammo4 — Wed, 25 May 2022 22:34:23 GMT

EOL Announcement for ISE 2.7 March 22^nd2022

the End of Software Maintenance September 22^nd2023

End of Support September 22^nd2024

Please refer to

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/identity-services-engine/bulletin-c25-2943876.html