Cisco ISE 2.1 & WLC Version Info

[ankaushi]

Hi Team,

Customer is looking to rollout Cisco ISE for WiFi soon, and Partner has recommended they should upgrade their WLC’s to the listed supported version in the ISE 2.1 compatibility Matrix. They have come back with a specific question around version support as they don’t want to upgrade their entire WLC fleet if they don’t need to.

If I check the Cisco's website and Release Notes for the IOS 8.0.135.0, it says there are no updates in this release since 8.0.133.0. Please see the screen shot.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/release/notes/crn80mr3.html

So, The IOS 8.0.133.0 technically should also support Cisco ISE 2.1.

Please suggest as partner need a statement from Cisco on this.

Regards,

Anshul

[M. Wisely]

We're running 8.0.132.0 with ISE 2.1 and it's working fine but then we don't use all features of ISE. Since the compatability list for 2.1 (Cisco Identity Services Engine Network Component Compatibility, Release 2.1 - Cisco) lists 8.0.135.0 as supporting all features, I'd suggest you go for that version. You want a statement from Cisco then the ISE2.1 compatability list is it.

We've upgraded lots of times when the main reason is to resolve bugs that we're affected by rather than new features.

It's worth checking the security advisories page on cisco.com (Security Advisories and Alerts) regularly as you may find that the version installed on the controllers is affected by a security vulnerability.

[Timothy Abbott · Accepted solution]

Anshul,

From an interoperability perspective, 8.0.133.0 will work.  There is a bug fix in 8.0.135.0 for FCC compliance and specific access points so be sure on whether on not the customer needs it in their environment.

Regards,

-Tim

[ankaushi]

Thank you Tim.