New updates to be in Cisco ISE 1.2

Jih Yueh Shan Jing Leisure Farm (日月山景休閒農場).
Changhua County, Taiwan (Google Plus)

I summarize the key points I learned from this Q&A on Cisco web site.

[New Features]

• MDM Integration
• Device Feed Service
• Doubling of Scale and Performance
• Bootstrap Wizards

Six MDM platforms are supported at the beginning: AirWatch, Good Technology, Fiberlink, MobileIron, SAP/Afaria, and Citrix/Zenprise.

To update profiling patterns automatically in ISE version 1.2, we designate one ISE node with Internet connectivity to receive new Device Feed Service. This service will be available upon the release of ISE 1.2

Maximum concurrent users in 1.2 is 250,000 (before: 100,000).

* Bad news: ISE version 1.2 is still not TACACS+ ready. We have to wait for a while so ISEs can replace ACSs.

[New Hardwares]

In version 1.2, Cisco ISE can be installed on new hardware servers: Cisco Secure Network Server 3415 and 3495. They are both based on Cisco UCS C220 box with different number of processors and memory sizes.

Cisco Secure Network Server 3415 is designed for 5,000 endpoints of identity processing.

Cisco Secure Network Server 3495 is designed for 20,000 endpoints of identity processing.

[Reference]
Cisco Identity Services Engine Q&A