ISE with UCS server

[Adnan Jameel]

Hi,

I need a guidance that Can I run ISE on physical UCS server

Thanks

[Karsten Iwen]

Installing on the physical machine is only supported on the SNS appliances. For everything else you need a hypervisor:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/3-1/install_guide/b_ise_InstallationGuide31/b_ise_InstallationGuide31_chapter_2.html

[Adnan Jameel]

Means I can't install ISE on simple USC server?

[Karsten Iwen]

You can after putting a hypervisor on that UCS. I never tried to install it without as it is not supported. The Cisco ISE is always a critical element in the network, and doing something that Cisco explicitly says is not supported, is typically a bad idea.

[Adnan Jameel]

I found Hardware specification which is stating UCS server for ISE. Specs attached and link pasted below.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/sns3500hig/b_ise_SNS3500HIG/b_ise_SNS3500HardwareInstallationGuide22_chapter_00.html

[UdupiKrishna]

As pointed out by @Karsten Iwen ISE cannot be installed on baremetal server unless its an SNS appliance. While the underlying hardware is still a UCS server (for SNS), ISE cannot be installed on other non-SNS UCS servers and it isnt supported either by Cisco.

You can always have a hypervisor on top of any servers and deploy virtual ISE.

[Adnan Jameel]

Thanks for your valuable responses.