ISE ERSEndPoint API name vs. mac

jorgenbl — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:13:31 GMT

Hi,

When I create a new EndPoint with the ERS API, name is replaced with the mac address. Description is preserved. Is this default behaviour?

This is OK for me, but then my followup question is if this is always the case when endpoints are created? (with or without the api)

We want to get all endpoints with the "Get-All" request, and this does not return the mac address, but the name and id. If name=mac, we can omit the call "Get-By-Id" on each endpoint to retrieve the mac addresses.

Br,

Jørgen

Re: ISE ERSEndPoint API name vs. mac

Greg Gibbs — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:14:28 GMT

Yes, this is the default and expected behaviour. In ISE, the MAC address is basically the primary key for the database entry that holds all of the information about an endpoint so everything boils down to the MAC address.

If you were to add a new Endpoint in the GUI (via Context Visibility), you would see that the MAC address is the only required attribute.

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