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# Connecting Cisco ISE in Axonius

o connect the adapter in Axonius, provide the following parameters.

### Required Parameters

1. **Cisco ISE Domain** - Enter the hostname or IP address of the Cisco ISE server that Axonius can communicate with via the required ports.  To use a different port (rather than 9060) to connect to Cisco ISE ERS API, you need to provide a domain with the port, for example to use port 3000, this field should be  `ciscoise.node.local:3000`

![CiscoISEN(1)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Axonius/ax-docs-pub/refs/heads/main/img/adapters/CiscoISE.png)

### Optional Parameters

1. **Cisco pxGrid Domain** - Set this parameter to connect to a pxgrid domain instead of the regular domain used for ERS. When this parameter is not set, the same ISE domain is used for both pxgrid and ERS APIs.
2. **User Name** and **Password** - Enter the credentials for a user account that has the required permissions to fetch assets. When provided, the adapter includes ERS-sourced devices in the fetch; when not provided, the adapter dapter collects pxGrid data, including live sessions and pxGrid endpoints, without ERS credentials.
3. **Use pxGrid to Fetch Live Sessions**  -
   * If enabled, Axonius will enrich the data collected from Cisco ISE by enabling pxGrid. Using pxGrid requires a plus licence and requires an additional authentication step from pxGrid Services on your Cisco ISE domain. For more details, see [Cisco ISE Initial Setup.](https://docs.axonius.com/axonius-help-docs/docs/cisco-ise-initial-setup)
   * If disabled, Axonius will not enable pxGrid.
4. **pxGrid Client Certificate** / **pxGrid Client Private Key** / **pxGrid Client Private Key Password** / **pxGrid Client Root CA chain** - Those settings are required for xmpp client with pxgrid 1.0. For details, contact [Axonius Support](https://support.axonius.com/).

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     The xmpp client has been deprecated by Cisco. Axonius will continue supporting it, but it is advised to transition to the REST client to fetch pxGrid data.
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5. **Use v1.1 Object Model for ERS API**  - Select when using either Cisco ISE versions 2.4 or  2.7, or if you receive a “Connection Fails”  HTTP 400 error.

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     This parameter is only used with the ERS API. It has no effect when using the pxGrid API.
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6. **Verify SSL** - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius.  For more details, see [SSL Trust & CA Settings](/docs/certificate-settings#ssl-trust-ca-settings).
7. **HTTPS Proxy** - Enter an HTTPS proxy address to connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.
8. **API Gateway Connection** - Enable this to use API gateway parameters for authentication. After enabling this option, select the **API Gateway Type: Layer7&#x20;**&#x6F;r **IBM**. Learn more about [Configuring an Adapter API Gateway Connection](https://docs.axonius.com/docs/adding-a-new-adapter-connection#configuring-an-adapter-api-gateway-connection-optional) and the parameters required for each gateway type.

To learn about additional optional/common adapter connection parameters, see [Adding a New Adapter Connection](/docs/adding-a-new-adapter-connection).