Want to install ISE on 3515

[vijaysingh20]

Hi, 

We have purchased a Cisco SNS 3515 for ISE, I want to install ISE and configure that.

Do I need to install an image on this server?

What is the recommended software version for that?

Any documentation for doing that? 

Looking forward for your reply guys.. Thanks!!

[paul]

Connect to the CIMC, mount the .iso for the ISE version you want to run and install ISE.  I would probably go right to 2.4, but not sure what you are trying to do.

[Marvin Rhoads]

The SNS-3515 should have an ISE image pre-installed if it was ordered properly. If it was delivered recently it would most likely have ISE 2.3. 

If that's the case, bootstrap it per the ISE installation Guide and then upgrade it to 2.4 plus Patch 2 (currently).

If it's not the case then mount the ISE 2.4 IOS file as @paul suggested and install it.

[thomas · Accepted solution]

Hopefully you've already looked at the Identity Services Engine (ISE) Community Resources and saw the convenient links to the ISE Installation and other guides:

2.4	RN	Compatibility	Admin	Install	-	CLI	-
2.3	RN	Compatibility	Admin	Install	API	CLI	-

Please follow the instructions in the Installation Guide for your appliance.

Also read Getting Started with ISE which includes a link to a YouTube video for doing the initial ISE configuration.

[vijaysingh20]

Thank you all for your reply. It's been installed. Is there any way to save the config  after making the changes to the ISE. 

[hslai]

It seems you are asking about backups, so see Back Up Cisco ISE Configuration and Operational Data from the Primary Administration Node. If you have only a standalone ISE node, then just treat it as if a primary admin node.

[Capricorn]

I did it many times with older version for 1.4 OS. I downloaded the image from Cisco site. Burn it on DVD and just installed it. 

You can do upgrade directly from the ISE box using CLI or GUI.