ISE versus ACS

[ciscokid7181]

Dear Folks,

I would like to know, what box would be perfect for wireless authentication. ACS or ISE ?

If i am not wrong , Isnt ISE = ACS + NAC + NAC Guest Server .

Regards,

SID

[Tarik Admani · Accepted solution]

For wireless authentication yes this is fine, for other services then ISE is what you need, and it is slated to have support for TACACS as well.

One more feature of ISE is that you can purchase base and advanced licenses in order to adjust the cost based on your deployment, if you need more features then all you do is purchase the license and configure those services.

You are right but you left off a few other products:

ISE = ACS = NAC + NGS + Nac profiler and collector as well.

Thanks,

Tarik Admani
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[Karsten Iwen · Accepted solution]

There is another thing to consider when comparing the ACS and ISE: If the amount of clients is quite small, the ISE could be cheaper then the ACS (when just looking at the list-prices).

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[manjeets]

For wireless authentication ISE will be fine,

One more feature of ISE is that you can purchase base and advanced  licenses and wireless license in order to adjust the cost based on your  deployment, if you need more features then all you do is purchase the  license and configure those services.

You are right :

ISE = ACS = NAC + NGS + Nac profiler and  collector .

[kaaftab]

Yes you are right ISE is the combination of both ACS and NAC and has both the functionalities.