Integrating IND into ISE and its level of Visibility

[lokesh279]

Hi all,

1. If ISE supports with Stratix 5700 switch or IE2000 how do we add it into ISE and does we able to see all the switch ports up to what level we will get visibility?

The Scenario is, we have multiple Stratix 5700 switches and these are connected to one Industrial 3750x Distribution switch. So, how do we integrate the IND into ISE and will it see all the switch ports in IND connected switches in ISE?

We are looking for the above Scenario whether how does it works or not. looking for more information into how to implement this. Which will be helpful information.

[Arne Bier]

Not sure what your actual concerns are.

ISE is predominantly a standards based Radius and TACACS+ server.  Any device that speaks stands compliant Radius or TACACS client will be able to communicate to ISE.  Radius and TACACS is initiated by the client and ISE will be able to handle whatever the client throws at it.

If you are speaking of visibility, then perhaps you mean Profiling compatibility?  I would bet that Device Sensor is a feature that only works on certain Cisco boxes, and not third party.  But you can still feed profiling data into ISE via things like DHCP IP Helper forwarding to ISE (any switch will have this feature), Port SPANS, Netflow, etc.  Variances might occur with Profiling features like SNMP trap - some switches might not be able to send an SNMP Trap when a link goes up.  But again - what is it exactly that you want to achieve?

ISE is not an NMS application that will allow you to visualize switch ports.