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Configuring Cisco FlexConnect AP to Support Dynamic VLAN Assignment with ISE

August 17, 2013 By Eyvonne 4 Comments

I am in the middle of an ISE proof of concept and have been running the product through its paces. Since nearly all of my access points are in FlexConnect mode (formerly known as H-REAP), they require additional configuration to allow dynamic VLAN assignment with ISE. FlexConnect supports local switching which allows you to map a local VLAN ID from the AP’s switch to an SSID instead of tunneling all traffic back to the Wireless LAN Controller to be switched centrally.

In order to dynamically assign a VLAN ID with an ISE authorization profile, the VLAN must exist on the access point. FlexConnect Groups accomplish this task.

From the Wireless menu, select FlexConnect Groups and click the New button. Once you create the group, click the group name to open the edit menu (seen below). On the General tab, add the access points to the FlexConnect group. To add the VLAN ID, select the ACL Mapping tab and then the “AAA VLAN-ACL mapping” tab. Enter the VLAN ID and select the ingress and egress ACLs. In my case, I selected “none”. Click Add and then Apply.

Your VLAN ID’s have been added to your access point and can be assigned with an ISE authorization policy.

For more information see Cisco documentation

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Screen shot from Cisco 5508 Wireless Lan Controller version 7.4.100.0

Filed Under: Technical Notes Tagged With: FlexConnect, How-To, ISE, Wireless

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Eyvonne Sharp leads an incredible team of cloud infrastructure customer engineers as the Head of North American Customer Engineering for Infrastructure Modernization at Google Cloud. In her spare time, she reads, writes, and enjoys time with her husband and 4 kiddos. She's an occasional flutist and wannabe philosopher.

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