Take a free trial of VMware virtualization products to optimize and manage IT resources for the server, desktop, and the data center. Deliver IT as a service with an. All Downloads.

Install ISE on a VMware Virtual Machine Supported VMware Versions Cisco ISE supports the following VMware servers and clients: • VMware version 8 (default) for ESXi 5. X • VMware version 11 (default) for ESXi 6. X Support for VMware vMotion Cisco ISE supports the VMware vMotion feature that allows you to migrate live virtual machine (VM) instances (running any persona) between hosts. For the VMware vMotion feature to be functional, the following conditions must be met: • Shared storage—The storage for the VM must reside on a storage area network (SAN), and the SAN must be accessible by all the VMware hosts that can host the VM being moved. Luigi there.

• VMFS volume sharing—The VMware host must use shared virtual machine file system (VMFS) volumes. • Gigabit Ethernet interconnectivity—The SAN and the VMware hosts must be interconnected with Gigabit Ethernet links. • Processor compatibility—A compatible set of processors must be used. Processors must be from the same vendor and processor family for vMotion compatibility. Support for Open Virtualization Format Cisco ISE supports the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) and offers OVA templates that you can use to install and deploy Cisco ISE on virtual machines (VMs).

The following OVA templates are available: • ISE- 2.0. Xxx-eval.ova—Use this template if you are evaluating Cisco ISE and the evaluation license would support up to 100 endpoints. Xxx-virtual-SNS3415.ova—Use this template if your VMware appliance specification is comparable with an SNS-3415 appliance. Xxx-virtual-SNS3495.ova—Use this template if your VMware appliance specification is comparable with an SNS-3495 appliance.

Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden Rar File. The following table provides OVA template reservations. OVA Template Memory CPU Virtual Eval OVA 4 GB RAM (no reservation) Note For evaluating guest access and basic access policy flows, a minimum of 4 GB RAM is required. For evaluating advanced features such as pxGrid, internal CA, and SXP, we suggest that you configure your VM to have 16 GB RAM after deploying the Eval OVA. 2300 MHz (no reservation) Virtual SNS-3415 OVA 16 GB RAM 8000 MHz Virtual SNS-3495 OVA 32 GB RAM 16000 MHz Virtual Machine Requirements To achieve performance and scalability comparable to the Cisco ISE hardware appliance, the VMware virtual machine should be allocated system resources equivalent to the Cisco SNS 3415 and 3495 appliances. Table 1 VMware System Requirements Requirement Type Specifications CPU • Evaluation: • Clock Speed:2.0 GHz or faster • Number of Cores:2 CPU cores • Production: • Clock Speed:2.0 GHz or faster • Number of Cores:4 (Small) to 8 (Large) CPU cores Cisco ISE supports Hyperthreading.

You can install ISE on VMware hosts that have the Hyperthreading option enabled or disabled. Note Even though Hyperthreading might improve overall VM performance, it does not change the supported scaling limits per VM appliance. Additionally, you must still allocate CPU resources based on the required number of physical cores, not the number of logical processors. Note Refer to for CPU Reservations. Memory • Evaluation: • Basic—4 GB (for evaluating guest access and basic access policy flows) • Advanced—16 GB (for evaluating advanced features such as pxGrid, internal CA, and SXP) • Production: • Small—16 GB • Large—32 GB Note Refer to for Memory Reservations. Hard Disks • Evaluation: • Minimum (only for lab testing; supports about 20 endpoints) —100 GB • Recommended—200 GB • Production: • 200 GB to 2 TB of disk storage (size depends on deployment and tasks). • We recommend that your VM host server uses hard disks with a minimum speed of 10,000 RPM.

Note When you create the Virtual Machine for Cisco ISE, use a single virtual disk that meets the storage requirement. If you use more than one virtual disk to meet the disk space requirement, the installer may not recognize all the disk space. Storage and File System The storage system for the Cisco ISE virtual appliance requires a minimum write performance of 50 MB per second and a read performance of 300 MB per second. Deploy a storage system that meets these performance criteria and is supported by VMware server. Cisco ISE provides a number of methods to verify if your storage system meets these minimum requirements before, during, and after Cisco ISE installation. See for more information. We recommend the VMFS file system because it is most extensively tested, but other file systems, transports, and media can also be deployed provided they meet the above requirements.

Disk Controller Paravirtual (default for RHEL 6 64-bit) or LSI Logic Parallel For best performance and redundancy, a caching RAID controller is recommended. Controller options such as RAID 10 (also known as 1+0) can offer higher overall write performance and redundancy than RAID 5, for example. Additionally, battery-backed controller cache can significantly improve write operations. NIC 1 GB NIC interface required (two or more NICs are recommended). Cisco ISE supports E1000 and VMXNET3 adapters.

Note We recommend that you select E1000 to ensure correct adapter order by default. If you choose VMXNET3, you might have to remap the ESXi adapter to synchronize it with the ISE adapter order.

VMware Virtual Hardware Version/Hypervisor VMware Virtual Machine Hardware Version 8 or higher on ESXi 5. X • • • Virtual Machine Appliance Size Recommendations When sizing the Cisco ISE deployment, see the section for details on the number and size of appliances required for your deployment. The virtual machine (VM) appliance specifications should be comparable with physical appliances run in a production environment.

The following table provides the minimum resources required to size your virtual appliance comparable to that of an SNS-3415 or SNS-3495 physical appliance. Keep the following guidelines in mind when allocating resources for the appliance: • Failure to allocate the specified resources might result in performance degradation or service failure. We highly recommend that you deploy dedicated VM resources and not share or oversubscribe resources across multiple guest VMs. Deploying Cisco ISE virtual appliances using the OVF templates ensures that adequate resources are assigned to each VM. If you do not use OVF templates, then ensure that you assign the equivalent resource reservations when you manually install Cisco ISE using the ISO image. Note If you choose to deploy Cisco ISE manually without the recommended reservations, you must assume the responsibility to closely monitor your appliance’s resource utilization and increase resources, as needed, to ensure proper health and functioning of the Cisco ISE deployment. Note OVF templates are not applicable for Linux KVM.

OVF templates are available only for VMware virtual machines. • Policy Service nodes on VMs can be deployed with less disk space than Administration or Monitoring nodes. The minimum disk space for any production Cisco ISE node is 200 GB.

See for details on the disk space required for various Cisco ISE nodes and personas. • VMs can be configured with 1 to 4 NICs.

The recommendation is to allow for 2 or more NICs. Additional interfaces can be used to support various services such as profiling, guest services, or RADIUS. Table 2 Minimum VM Appliance Specifications for a Production Environment Platform Small VM Appliance (based on SNS-3415) Large VM Appliance (based on SNS-3495) Processor 4 total cores (at 2.0 GHz or above) or a total minimum CPU allocation of 8000 MHz. 8 total cores (at 2.0 GHz or above) or a total minimum CPU allocation of 16000 MHz. Memory 16 GB 32 GB Total Disk Space 200 GB to 2 TB. See for more information.

200 GB to 2 TB. See for more information.

Ethernet NICs Up to 4 Gigabit Ethernet NICs Up to 6 Gigabit Ethernet NICs Disk Space Requirements The following table lists the Cisco ISE disk-space allocation recommended for running a virtual machine in a production deployment. Note Disk size of 2 TB or greater is currently not supported. Ensure that the maximum disk size is less than 2 TB. Table 3 Recommended Disk Space for Virtual Machines ISE Persona Minimum Disk Space for Evaluation Minimum Disk Space for Production Recommended Disk Space for Production Note Additional disk space is required to store local debug logs, staging files, and to handle log data during upgrade, when the Primary Administration Node temporarily becomes a Monitoring node.

Attention, Internet Explorer User Announcement: VMware Communities has discontinued support for Internet Explorer 7 and below. In order to provide the best platform for continued innovation, VMware Communities no longer supports Internet Explorer 7.

VMware Communities will not function with this version of Internet Explorer. Please consider upgrading to Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10, or trying another browser such as Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome.

(Please remember to honor your company's IT policies before installing new software!) • • • •.