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IP Device Tracking

Raminkn20
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Hi guys. I want to find out about the usage of device tracking feature on Cisco switches.

When we use that?

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You have dACL push to SW 

This dACL is permit ip any any' 

But each host have IP

Here device tracking work

It make SW detect IP of endpoint and re-config acl to be 

Permit ip host <> any 

MHM

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Greg Gibbs
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee
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You have dACL push to SW 

This dACL is permit ip any any' 

But each host have IP

Here device tracking work

It make SW detect IP of endpoint and re-config acl to be 

Permit ip host <> any 

MHM

Strange example @MHM Cisco World - what does Device-Tracking have to do with dACL?

Device-Tracking can be enabled on any switch that supports this feature, and its primary purpose is to map the L2<->L3 on interfaces where it's configured.  It literally tracks the device's L3 address, and gleans IPv4 addresses via DHCP Snooping (if configured) or via ARP probes - and in the case of IPv6, it gleans IPv6 addresses via the ND (Neighbor Discovery) ICMP packets. 

Greg Gibbs
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

There is also a section on this feature in the ISE Secure Wired Access Prescriptive Deployment Guide