11-13-2018 03:56 AM - edited 03-11-2019 01:51 AM
Customer needed a new appliance for their ACS deployment.
says that SNS-3595-K9 is supported with ACS 5.8.1:
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Table 1 Supported Hardware Platforms
Cisco SNS-3495-K9
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However it appears that the SNS-3595-K9 appliance is shipped with ISE firmware and secure boot prevents running other software. Is it possible to run ACS on that appliance ?
Thanks,
Leo
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11-13-2018 04:49 AM
In that case just stand up a new VM.
Even if they don't have an ESXi infrastructure, they could use the free ESXi server on an inexpensive server and be done with it.
11-13-2018 05:40 AM
True. I just submitted document feedback on the release notes. In my experience the documentation teams take this feedback to heart - I have had several errata corrected via that avenue.
Just click the Feedback link on the top right of most documentation and you can fill out a short form with your comments. Here's what I sent just now:
"I realize the product is end of sales, but table 2 should be updated to note that the currently offered hardware appliances are the ones with UEFI secure boot firmware and ISE image pre-installed. Those are NOT compatible with ACS."
11-13-2018 04:06 AM
The SNS-3595 can only run ACS if it has the older non-secure-boot (UEFI) firmware.
Is there a reason why they don't just upgrade to ISE since ACS is post-end-of-sales?
11-13-2018 04:45 AM
> Is there a reason why they don't just upgrade to ISE since ACS is post-end-of-sales?
I don't know but my guess is that adding a server to an ACS deployment is a significantly smaller effort than migrating an ACS deployment to ISE.
11-13-2018 04:49 AM
In that case just stand up a new VM.
Even if they don't have an ESXi infrastructure, they could use the free ESXi server on an inexpensive server and be done with it.
11-13-2018 05:27 AM
Technically running a VM is a viable solution, however there are OSI layer 8+ issues to consider.
I just wish ACS release notes would have said that only SNS-3595-ACS-K9 (now EOS) is supported. This would be closer to truth.
11-13-2018 05:33 AM
11-13-2018 05:40 AM
True. I just submitted document feedback on the release notes. In my experience the documentation teams take this feedback to heart - I have had several errata corrected via that avenue.
Just click the Feedback link on the top right of most documentation and you can fill out a short form with your comments. Here's what I sent just now:
"I realize the product is end of sales, but table 2 should be updated to note that the currently offered hardware appliances are the ones with UEFI secure boot firmware and ISE image pre-installed. Those are NOT compatible with ACS."
11-13-2018 05:59 AM
@kegagnon has been informed as the PM
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