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This time zone setting ensures that the reports, logs, and posture agent log files from the various nodes in the deployment are always synchronized with regard to the time stamps. To verify that you have correctly completed the initial setup process, use one of the following two methods to log in to the Cisco ISE appliance:. After you log in to the Cisco ISE user interface, you should perform the following tasks:. Skip to content Skip to search Skip to footer.

Book Contents Book Contents. Find Matches in This Book. PDF - Complete Book 3. Updated: January 28, Step 2 Click Download Software for this Product The Cisco ISE software image comes with a day evaluation license already installed, so you can begin testing all Cisco ISE services when the installation and initial configuration is complete. You must configure the CIMC to perform this remote installation. Configure CIMC. Procedure Step 1 Plug in the power cord. Step 2 Press the Power button to boot the server.

Step 6 Choose whether to enable DHCP for dynamic network settings or to enter static network settings. Note Changes to the settings take effect after approximately 45 seconds. Step 8 Press F10 to save your settings and reboot the server. Step 2 Copy the iso-to-usb. Step 3 Enter the following command: iso-to-usb. Step 4 Enter a value for the appliance that you want to install the image on. Step 5 Enter Y to continue. Step 6 A success message appears.

Step 7 Unplug the USB drive. Table 1. Note We recommend that you use lowercase letters to ensure that certificate authentication in Cisco ISE is not impacted by minor differences in certificate-driven verifications. System Time Zone Must be a valid time zone. Note The default username for the server is admin. Step 5 Click the Virtual Media tab. Step 8 Click the KVM tab. Step 10 Press F6 to bring up the boot menu. Step 12 At the boot prompt, enter 2 and press Enter.

For cloning, you need VMware vCenter. Cloning must be done before you run the Setup program. Ensure that you change the IP Address and Hostname of the cloned machine before you power it on and connect it to the network. Log in to the ESXi server as a user with administrative privileges root user. Enter a name for the new machine that you are creating in the Name and Location dialog box and click Next.

This datastore could be the local datastore on the ESXi server or a remote storage. Ensure that the datastore has enough disk space. Click the Same format as source radio button in the Disk Format dialog box and click Next. Click the Do not customize radio button in the Guest Customization dialog box and click Next.

Cloning a virtual machine using a template is a two-step process:. Create a Virtual Machine Template. Deploy a Virtual Machine Template. We recommend that you create a template from a Cisco ISE VM that you have just installed and not run the setup program on.

You can then run the setup program on each of the individual Cisco ISE nodes that you have created and configure IP address and hostnames individually. Enter a name for the template, choose a location to save the template in the Name and Location dialog box, and click Next. Choose the ESXi host that you want to store the template on and click Next. Choose the datastore that you want to use to store the template and click Next.

Ensure that this datastore has the required amount of disk space. After you create a virtual machine template, you can deploy it on other virtual machines VMs. Click the Do not customize radio button in the Guest Customization dialog box. Check the Edit Virtual Hardware check box and click Continue.

Ensure that the Cisco ISE node is in the standalone state. Uncheck the Connected and Connect at power on check boxes. Otherwise, if this node comes up, it will have the same IP address as the source machine from which it was cloned.

Ensure that you have the IP address and hostname that you are going to configure for the newly cloned VM as soon as you power on the machine. You cannot use "localhost" as the hostname for a node. The hostname is the new hostname that you are going to configure. The Cisco ISE services are restarted. The system will prompt you to restart the Cisco ISE services. After you power on and change the ip address and hostname, you must connect the Cisco ISE node to the network.

Click Network adapter in the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box. In the Device Status area, check the Connected and Connect at power on check boxes. After evaluating the Cisco ISE release, you can migrate the from an evaluation system to a fully licensed production system. When you move the VMware server to a production environment that supports a larger number of users, be sure to reconfigure the Cisco ISE installation to the recommended minimum disk size or higher up to the allowed maximum of 2.

You can only migrate data from VMs created with GB or more disk space to a production environment. Back up the configuration of the evaluation version. Ensure that your production VM has the required amount of disk space. Restore the configuration to the production system. You can run the show tech-support command from the CLI to check the VM performance at any point of time. The output of this command will be similar to the following:. You can check for virtual machine resources independent of Cisco ISE installation from the boot menu.

The following screen appears:. Enter 2 to check for VM resources. The output will be similar to the following:. You must see either the vmx or the svm flag. From the virt-manager, click New. The Create a new virtual machine window appears. Uncheck the Automatically detect operating system based on install media check box, choose Linux as the OS type, choose supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux version, and click Forward. Check the Enable storage for this virtual machine check box and choose the storage settings.

Click the Select managed or other existing storage radio button. Click Browse. Click New Volume. A Create storage volume window appears. Enter a name for the storage volume. Choose raw from the Format drop-down list. Choose the volume that you created and click Choose Volume. Click Forward. The Ready to begin the installation screen appears.

Check the Customize configuration before install check box. Under Advanced options, choose the macvtap as the source for the interface, choose Bridge in the Source mode drop-down list, and click Finish. Choose macvtap as the Network source and virtio as the Device model. See the following image for RNG configuration. In the Virtual Machine screen, choose the disk device and under Advanced and Performance Options, choose the following options, and click Apply.

At the system prompt, enter 1 to choose a monitor and keyboard port, or 2 to choose a console port, and press Enter. Click the Generation 1 radio button and click Next.

Click the Create a virtual hard disk radio button and click Next. From the Media area, click the Image file. Select Processor. Enter the number of virtual processors, for example, 6, and click OK. If this issue occurs, you might have to reimage the VM and disable VM snapshot.

In a multi-node Cisco ISE deployment, data in all the nodes are continuously synchronized with current database information. Restoring a snapshot might cause database replication and synchronization issues.

We recommend that you use the backup functionality included in Cisco ISE for archival and restoration of data. A reboot is required to bring up the ISE node. The GB and 1. For additional information about disk space requirements, see Disk Space Requirements. However, it is important that you ensure the minimum requirements and resource reservations specified in this document are met.

The OVA templates simplify ISE virtual appliance deployment by automatically applying the minimum resources required for each platform. We strongly recommend that you reserve CPU and memory resources to match the resource allocation. Failure to do so may significantly impact ISE performance and stability.

The following table lists the VMware virtual machine requirements. SNS Series Appliance:. The number of cores is twice of that present in equivalent of the Cisco Secure Network Server series, due to hyperthreading. If you use more than one virtual disk to meet the disk space requirement, the installer may not recognize all the disk space. The storage system for the Cisco ISE virtual appliance requires a minimum write performance of 50 MB per second and a read performance of 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. 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.

For best performance and redundancy, a caching RAID controller is recommended. Additionally, battery-backed controller cache can significantly improve write operations. We recommend that you select E to ensure correct adapter order by default.

Use preallocated RAW storage format. We recommend VirtIO drivers for better performance. See the following topics for more information:. Configure a VMware Server.

See the following document for more information:. Cisco SNS appliance: Install the hardware appliance. Connect to CIMC for server management. Virtual Machine: Ensure that your VM is configured correct. You must already have valid Cisco. The Cisco ISE image comes with a day evaluation license already installed, so you can begin testing all Cisco ISE services when the installation and initial configuration is complete. If the SNS appliances are placed in a remote location for example, data centers , to which you do not have any physical access and need to perform CIMC install from remote servers, it might take long hours for installation.

We recommend that you copy the ISO file on a USB drive and use that in the remote location to speed up the installation process. A screen similar to the following one appears. The following message and installation menu are displayed. The following message appears. At the prompt, type setup to start the Setup program. See Run the Setup Program for details about the Setup program parameters. After you enter the network configuration parameters in the Setup mode, the appliance automatically reboots, and returns to the shell prompt mode.

Continue with Verify the Installation Process. This section describes the setup process to configure the ISE server. The setup program launches an interactive command-line interface CLI that prompts you for the required parameters.

An administrator can use the console or a dumb terminal to configure the initial network settings and provide the initial administrator credentials for the ISE server using the setup program.

This setup process is a one-time configuration task. Consult with the staff in your organization responsible for AD and retrieve the relevant IP and subnet addresses for your ISE nodes prior to installation and configuration. It is not recommended to attempt offline installation of Cisco ISE as this can lead to system instability.

When you run the Cisco ISE installation script offline, the following error is shown:. Sync with NTP server failed' Incorrect time could render the system unusable until it is re-installed.