Cisco ISE - License consumption

[pgiouvanellis]

Hello ,

I would like to confirm something about Cisco ISE and Licenses .

We have a deployment and we have base and plus licenses .

What will happen when all the licenses consumed ?

What is going to happen with endpoints ? 

Thanks,

Palaiologos

[Arne Bier · Accepted solution]

ISE just keeps on processing and you will receive Alarms about exceeding your licenses. You will see the Alarms in the dashboard and also via SYSLOG. 

If you are consistently over your license limits then ISE will nag you every time you log in - after 45 days (I think) it will eventually constrain your GUI to the licensing page to force you to install more licenses (I think this is explained in the Admin Guide) - but all the while the processing continues as normal

Your endpoints are safe. 

[Jason Kunst · Accepted solution]

As Arne said

Also depends on you’re release. Please check admin guide

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/2-3/admin_guide/b_ise_admin_guide_23/b_ise_admin_guide_23_chapter_0110.pdf


Also consumption is mentioned in ordering guide

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/security/identity-services-engine/guide_c07-656177.pdf