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MAC addresses in a VSS cluster

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As you might know, creating a VSS on Cisco Catalyst 4500-X switches is pretty easy and there are many many guides with information how to do this. I think THIS guide is one of the best to do this.
However, there is one additional note which is not mentioned on that (and other) blogs if you are planning to use multiple Catalyst 4500-X VSS clusters. This is related to the switch MAC address.
By default, all MAC addresses used by the Catalyst 4500-X VSS cluster is automatically generated and is based on the VSS domain ID. But what does this mean?
If you’re planning to use multiple VSS clusters in the same network and in the same VLAN(s), you’ll end up with duplicate MAC addresses. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that this is something you don’t want: it brakes a lot of things in your network.
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Cisco ISE Part 2: Installation

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This is a Cisco ISE blog post series with some how-to’s for configuring the ISE deployment, This blog post series exists of 10 parts.
The blogpost Agenda:

  • Part 1: introduction
  • Part 2: installation
  • Part 3: Active Directory
  • Part 4: High Availability
  • Part 5: Configuring wired network devices
  • Part 6: Policy enforcement and MAB
  • Part 7: Configuring wireless network devices
  • Part 8: Inline posture and VPN
  • Part 9: Guest and web authentication
  • Part 10: Profiling and posture

This week, part 2: installation.
Cisco ISE installation
After installation of the software, type “setup” in the username field on the console.
A wizard appears, complete this wizard with the following information:

  • Hostname
  • IP adress
  • Netmask
  • Default Gateway
  • DNS domain
  • Nameservers
  • NTP server
  • Timezone (try to use UTC)
  • Enter a useraccount for the first admin user
  • Enter the password for this user

Make sure the NTP server is correct and reachable, NTP is important for the ISE deployment.
During the wizard proces, enter a database password and a database user password.
After the wizard, it can take up to 30 minutes before the setup completes. So, grab a coffee or something.
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