Which two VMware features are supported on a Cisco ISE virtual appliance? (Choose two.)

Cisco provides the Identity Services Engine (ISE) virtual appliance as an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template, which is deployed onto a VMware ESXi host. Therefore, OVF support is a fundamental requirement and a supported feature for installation. Additionally, Cisco specifies minimum VM hardware versions for compatibility and proper functionality. For example, Cisco ISE 3.x releases require VM hardware version 11 or later, while older versions like 2.7 required version 8. All supported versions are encompassed by the "version 7+" requirement, making it a correct and supported feature.

A. Multivendor integration is a software feature of the Cisco ISE application itself, not a feature of the underlying VMware virtualization platform.
C. VMware snapshots are explicitly not supported for Cisco ISE nodes in a production environment as they can cause database inconsistencies and performance issues.
E. While cold migration (moving a powered-off VM) is generally safe, OVF support and hardware version compatibility are more fundamental, explicitly documented prerequisites for deployment.

1. Cisco Identity Services Engine Installation Guide

Release 3.2

"Install Cisco ISE on a VMware Virtual Machine" section.

Page/Section: "VMware vSphere Requirements" table. This section states

"VM Hardware Version: 11 or later

" which validates option B.

Page/Section: "Deploy the Cisco ISE OVA on a VMware vSphere Client". The entire deployment process is based on the OVA/OVF template

which validates option D.

2. Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardware and Virtualization Guide

Release 3.3

"Cisco ISE on Virtual Machines" chapter.

Page/Section: "Unsupported VMware Features". This section explicitly states: "VMware snapshots are not supported in a production environment." This invalidates option C.