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title: "Required Prerequisites"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuideTDIntegrationCiscoISE/1544683827/Required%20Prerequisites"
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1. Access to Infoblox Portal with appropriate privilege

2. Infoblox Threat Defense<sup>TM</sup> with required Licenses

3. Cisco Identity Services Engine installed with required Licenses

4. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is used as Network Access Control performing Authentication and Authorization for the endpoints in the network

5. DHCP and DNS Forwarding Proxy (DFP) Service should be running on a NIOS-X Server and added to the Infoblox Portal

6. DHCP lease should be provided by the DHCP Server

7. DNS Query resolution should be forwarded by the DFP to Infoblox Cloud

8. Data Connector Service should be running on a NIOS-X Server and added to the Infoblox Portal

9. The NIOS-X servers running the Data Connector service should have reachability to Cisco ISE