Inline Posture between Cisco ISE and Wireless LAN Controller

[sinan.tekincan]

Hi,

I was looking into Cisco ISE solution for deploying NAC.

I have a question about the network topology.

In  the user guide documents of cisco ISE, it is written that for Wireless  LAN Controllers (WLC) and VPN devices, an additional server, Inline Posture, is needed.

However, in the following integration document, there is not an inline posture between WLC and Cisco ISE server.

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-18121

I  want to know if Inline Posture is a requirement, if not a  requirement, what are the benefits of having it between Cisco ISE Server  and WLC.

Thanks & Regards

Sinan

[jilahbg]

When doing posture assesment, ISE Needs to send information ack to the network device to change parameters, for example vlan change. In switches this is done with CoA, an extention to the radius protocol.

WLC doesnt support CoA as of v7.1.

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[jrabinow]

Later versions of WLC do support COA. There are versions currently shipping that do support COA

[muhammk2]

Hello,

Please go through below mentioned links which might be helpful for you.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/user_guide/ise_ipep_deploy.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/installation_guide/ise_deploy.html

Best Regards,

[Venkatesh Attuluri]

An Inline Posture node is a gatekeeper that enforces access policies and handles change of authorization (CoA) requests.

following link "Cisco Identity Services Engine Network Component Compatibility, Release 1.2" Lists NAD that support "Session CoA"

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ise/1.2/compatibility/ise_sdt.html