Licensing: Context Sharing License Requirements

[rdediana]

hello team. 

Looking to understand when "context sharing" requires or consumes a plus license.

The ISE ordering guide has "Context Sharing" feature listed in two places;  under the "Cisco ISE features and licenses mapping" and "Plus license and corresponding features"

the table "Cisco ISE features and licenses mapping" indicates that a plus license is required.

Question: is a plus license required for every endpoint that context is being shared?

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

Regan

[kthiruve · Accepted solution]

Corrected answer after consultation with PMs.

For context sharing itself we need 1:1 plus for each base license. This is for entitlement

That said, just for exchanging information between ISE and eco-system partners license is not consumed, it will be consumed during enforcement(when the authz condition has this in the policy)

Please see the note at the end of pg 22 that clarifies that.

-Krishnan