topic Re: Creating a bootable usb to reimage 3655 appliance not working in Network Access Control

Creating a bootable usb to reimage 3655 appliance not working

ajc — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:16:08 GMT

The following link to create a bootable USB to reimage my 3655 into ISE 3.3 using the corresponding ISO is NOT WORKING.

Cisco Identity Services Engine Installation Guide, Release 3.1 - Additional Installation Information [Cisco Identity Services Engine] - Cisco

Attached a sequence of pictures showing the ERROR and the steps I followed:

Re: Creating a bootable usb to reimage 3655 appliance not working

Arne Bier — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:58:47 GMT

Cisco mentions the Rufus installer, and perhaps in the past might have mentioned others. I don't know which one is applicable these days for ISE 3.1 and SNS 36xx - but either way, have you checked the ISO checksum to ensure the file downloaded correctly?

And try the rufus installer to see if it's any better.

Even once the USB has been created, you still have to edit a file, as described in the Cisco documentation - it has to do with how the USB is detected in the UCS server - without this mod, the USB won't start the ISE installer.

Re: Creating a bootable usb to reimage 3655 appliance not working

Kasun Bandara — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 02:21:04 GMT

@ajc hi, try rufus to create bootable installer.

Re: Creating a bootable usb to reimage 3655 appliance not working

ajc — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 02:50:18 GMT

Even though the link says that Rufus is for 3700 appliances, I will give a try, thanks

Re: Creating a bootable usb to reimage 3655 appliance not working

ajc — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:42:23 GMT

UPDATE, more information regarding this post and RUFUS as an option. I will be posting the end results later.