ISE Architecture

Monitoring (MnT)

Inline Posture Node (IPN)Policy Service (PSN)

Administration (PAN)

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

ISE Architecture Scalability

IPN

MnTPAN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSN

IPN

PAN MnTPSN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSN

IPN

Infinite

Infinite

Infinite

40

5

5

Active

Standby

Active

Active

Standby

Standby

Dual OR Single

ISE Architecture Scalability

Max Endpoints 2000

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSN

5

Max Endpoints 50000 (10000/3395)

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

PSNPSN

40

Max Endpoints 100000

ISE Architecture Node Interaction

PAN PSN

MnT

Ext ID SourceActiveDirectory

ClientCat Switch

NADEg Catalyst Switch Resource802.1x

No802.1x

Radius

IPN

PSN

MnT

PAN