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  • Cisco ISE: 1. Bootstrap process – VM installation

    Design & Configure

    Cisco ISE: 1. Bootstrap process – VM installation

    Technology: Network Security
    Area: Access and Identity Management
    Vendor: Cisco
    Software: 2.1
    Platform: ISE Virtual Appliance

     

    Tutorial shows the Cisco ISE bootstrap and installation process for ISE 2.1. Before you start make sure that you have all the necessary information required during bootstrap:

     

    • Addressing:
      • IP, Mask, Gateway for deployments
      • Name Servers, NTP Servers, Time Zone

     

    • Naming convention:
      • Hostnames, Deployment naming
      • DNS – corporate rules and ISE services
      • How users will see Guest URL?
      • How sponsors will access the sponsor portal (URL)?

     

    • Certificates
      • Consider certificates functions (Admin, EAP, Portals, pxGRID)
      • Is it allowde to use Wildcard Certificates?

     

    If you know the answers and details are noted, you can start the installation process.

    • ISE Bootstrap – ADE-OS configuration:
      • Menu selection

    ISE boot options

     

    • Menu selection – choosing install VM Appliance (VMware ESXi)

    Cisco ISE bootstrap

     

    • Bootstrap – installation process in progress 1

    Cisco ISE installation process

     

    • Bootstrap – installation process in progress 2

    Cisco ISE installation process pos-install scripts

     

    • Bootstrap – installation process : setup

    Cisco ISE installation first setup

     

    • Bootstrap – installation process : CLI ADE-OS configuration details

    Cisco ISE CLI ADE-OS configuration

     

    • Bootstrap – installation process : CLI ADE-OS configuration details – continued

    Cisco ISE CLI ADE-OS application install

     

    • Bootstrap – after installation use show run command to see ADE OS configuration

    Cisco ISE CLI ADE-OS show running-config

     

    • Bootstrap – after installation use: node1/admin#show application status ise command to verify services that are running. Take a note that untill Application Server is not in running state the GUI is not ready to interact yet

    Cisco ISE CLI ADE-OS show application status ise

     

    • After installation is completed you can login to Web GUI.

     

    • ISE GUI Access
      • Application service must be running, access https://ise_ip_address_or_name
      • Use first login set during bootstrap installation process
      • Checking ISE App and ADE-OS version

    Cisco ISE GUI 2.1

    Author: Marcin Bialy
     
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