Customer asking about split licensing for single ISE deployment

[jveteto]

From the customer on ISE split licensing question:

Originally we had a single deployment, but that 1 deployment has now been split into 2 because each deployment communicates with different domains. However, we currently have1 license on the original domain with none on the new one. Is there a way to "split" that license between the two deployments?  Total license is 2,500 but we need to split it 1,250/1,250 even between both sites.

[Timothy Abbott · Accepted solution]

Hi Jay,

Please see the ISE Ordering Guide at the URL below.  It breaks out the amount of licenses that can be ordered.  Unfortunately, it does not list a count for 1,250.  The nearest count would be 1,500.

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

Regards,

-Tim

[jveteto]

Thanks, Tim.

They already own the 2,500 licenses, but are seeing if they can break it up into 1,250 for one location deployment and 1,250 for another location deployment.

[Timothy Abbott]

In short, no.  I'm operating under the impression they purchased one SKU for 2,500.  Since they are currently entitled to 2,500 sessions, the only way I see this working would be for them to have 1,000 x2 SKUs and 250 x2 SKUs and then using one of each per deployment.  Not sure if this something the TAC can handle but worth a shot. I would also ask the AM if this is something that be swapped out.

Regards,

-Tim

[gbekmezi-DD]

Maybe converting to Smart Licensing would help here. Licenses should be consumed as needed and not bound to a single deployment in that model. I haven’t tried this, so I’m speaking in theory :).

Warning: I either dictated this to my device, or typed it with my thumbs. Erroneous words are a feature, not a typo.

[Dustin Anderson]

You could also see if they are willing to go to smart licensing. This would allow both servers to putt from the available pool of 2500 instead of trying to split etc.