Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

Document Organization Map

Document Conventions

Documentation Updates

Related Documentation

Release-Specific Documents

Platform-Specific Documents

Notices

OpenSSL/Open SSL Project

License Issues

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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Revised: August 16, 2012, OL-25485-01

This guide describes how to use Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE), Release 1.0.

This chapter introduces the purpose, scope, and organization of this guide and covers the following topics:

•Audience

•Document Organization Map

•Document Conventions

•Documentation Updates

•Related Documentation

•Notices

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

This guide is written for network security administrators who are responsible for setting up and maintaining network and application security. This guide assumes that you have a working knowledge of networking principles and applications, and have experience as a network system administrator.

Document Organization Map

The topics in this guide are grouped into introduction, functional tasks, and reference categories, and are organized in the following way:

Part	Chapter
: Introducing Cisco ISE
	Overview of Cisco ISE
	Understanding the User Interface
: Administering Cisco ISE
	Cisco ISE Task Navigator
	Managing Identities and Admin Access
	Managing External Identity Sources
	Managing Network Devices
	Managing Resources
	Administering Cisco ISE
	Setting Up Cisco ISE in a Distributed Environment
	Setting Up Inline Posture
	Managing Licenses
	Managing Certificates
	Logging
	Managing Cisco ISE Backup and Restore Operations
: Managing Cisco ISE Policy Models
	Managing Authentication Policies
	Managing Authorization Policies and Profiles
	Configuring Endpoint Profiling Policies
	Configuring Client Provisioning Policies
	Configuring Client Posture Policies
	Guest Management
	Configuring Cisco Security Group Access Policies
: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco ISE
	Monitoring and Troubleshooting
	Reporting
: Reference
	Appendix A, User Interface Reference
	Appendix B, Network Access Flows
	Appendix C, Switch Configuration Required to Support Cisco ISE Functions
	Appendix D, Troubleshooting Cisco ISE

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Note Cisco sometimes updates the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

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Document Conventions

This guide uses the convention whereby the symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control. For example, the key combination ^z means "Hold down the Control key while you press the z key."

Command descriptions use these conventions:

•Examples that contain system prompts denote interactive sessions and indicate the commands that you should enter at the prompt. The system prompt indicates the current level of the EXEC command interpreter. For example, the prompt Router> indicates that you should be at the user level, and the prompt Router# indicates that you should be at the privileged level. Access to the privileged level usually requires a password.

•Commands and keywords are in boldface font.

•Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.

•Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.

•Alternative keywords from which you must choose one are grouped in braces ({}) and separated by vertical bars (|).

Examples use these conventions:

•Terminal sessions and sample console screen displays are in screen font.

•Information you enter is in boldface screen font.

•Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets (< >).

•Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets ([]).

•An exclamation point (!) at the beginning of a line indicates a comment line.

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Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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Note Means reader take note. Notes identify important information that you should think about before continuing, contain helpful suggestions, or provide references to materials not contained in the document.

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Documentation Updates

The following table lists the creation and update history of this document.

Table 1 Updates to Cisco Identity Services Engine User Guide, Release 1.0.4

Date	Description
8/16/12	Resolved defects CSCtz86916, CSCub05495, and CSCub53923
5/28/12	Added information on Remote VPN Access. See Remote Access VPN Use Case for information on remote VPN Access.
5/02/12	Resolved documentation defect CSCtz64785
4/24/12	Resolved documentation defect CSCtz48841
3/30/12	Resolved documentation defects CSCty62556, CSCty75746, CSCty80378
3/8/12	Resolved documentation defect CSCty33216
2/29/12	Resolved documentation defect CSCty13819
2/14/12	Resolved documentation defect CSCtx94875
2/3/12	Resolved documentation defect CSCtx68990
9/30/11	Cisco Identity Services Engine Maintenance Release 1.0.4.573. No content updates made.
8/26/11	Content updates for Cisco Identity Services Engine Maintenance Release 1.0.4: •Resolves documentation defects CSCtr10656, CSCtr23774, CSCtr34158, CSCtr67506, CSCtr80776, and CSCtr94168. •See Updates for Cisco Identity Services Engine, Release 1.0.4 for a list of updates. •See Configuring the DNS Probe for information to disable DNS probe.

Related Documentation

This section provides lists of the following types of documents that are relevant to this release of Cisco ISE:

•Release-Specific Documents

•Platform-Specific Documents

Release-Specific Documents

Table 2 lists the product documentation available for the Cisco ISE Release. General product information for Cisco ISE is available at http://www.cisco.com/go/ise. End-user documentation is available on Cisco.com at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.

Table 2 Product Documentation for Cisco Identity Services Engine 

Document Title	Location
Release Notes for the Cisco Identity Services Engine, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_release_notes_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine Network Component Compatibility, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/products_device_support_tables_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine User Guide, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/products_user_guide_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardware Installation Guide, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_installation_guides_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine Migration Guide for Cisco Secure ACS 5.1 and 5.2, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_installation_guides_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine Sponsor Portal User Guide, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/products_user_guide_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine CLI Reference Guide, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_command_reference_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine API Reference Guide, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_command_reference_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine Troubleshooting Guide, Release 1.0.4	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_troubleshooting_guides_list.html
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco Identity Services Engine, Cisco 1121 Secure Access Control System, Cisco NAC Appliance, Cisco NAC Guest Server, and Cisco NAC Profiler	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_installation_guides_list.html
Cisco Identity Services Engine In-Box Documentation and China RoHS Pointer Card	http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/products_documentation_roadmaps_list.html

Platform-Specific Documents

This section provides useful links to platform-specific documents. Policy Management Business Unit documentation are available on www.cisco.com at the following locations:

•Cisco ISE
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/prod_installation_guides_list.html

•Cisco Secure ACS
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9911/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

•Cisco NAC Appliance
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

•Cisco NAC Profiler
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps8464/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

•Cisco NAC Guest Server
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10160/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Notices

The following notices pertain to this software license.

OpenSSL/Open SSL Project

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).

This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

License Issues

The OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license, both the conditions of the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit. See the following information for the actual license texts. Both licenses are BSD-style Open Source licenses. In case of any license issues related to OpenSSL, please contact openssl-core@openssl.org.

OpenSSL License:

Copyright © 1998-2007 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)".

4. The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact openssl-core@openssl.org.

5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL" nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written permission of the OpenSSL Project.

6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment:

"This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)".

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT "AS IS"' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

Original SSLeay License:

Copyright © 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). All rights reserved.

This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).

The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL.

This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as the following conditions are adhered to. The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA, lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed. If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used. This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement:

"This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)".

The word `cryptographic' can be left out if the routines from the library being used are not cryptography-related.

4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgement: "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com)".

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

The license and distribution terms for any publicly available version or derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution license [including the GNU Public License].

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