Overview
Introduces common deployment options such as standalone and distributed deployments, and explains when to use each approach.
Cisco ISE deployment models illustrate how Cisco ISE nodes and personas are arranged to meet specific size, performance, and availability requirements.
Standalone deployment
A deployment that has a single Cisco ISE node is called a standalone deployment. This node runs the Administration, Policy Service, and Monitoring personas.
Distributed deployment
A deployment that has more than one Cisco ISE node is called a distributed deployment. To support failover and improve performance, you can deploy multiple Cisco ISE nodes in a distributed way. In a Cisco ISE distributed deployment, administration and monitoring activities are centralized, and processing is distributed across Policy Service nodes. Depending on your performance needs, you can scale your deployment.