Catalyst Routers

ThousandEyes supports installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Catalyst routers using either Cisco application hosting or the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. This reference article provides a brief overview of application hosting and the SD-WAN manager, system requirements for each supported Cisco Catalyst router, as well as links to supported installation methods.

Please review the tables below before beginning the installation and setup process.

Application Hosting Overview

To support application hosting capabilities on Cisco Catalyst routers, the router provides hardware resources where applications can reside and execute. Cisco IOS XE reserves dedicated memory and CPU resources for application hosting to provide a separate execution space for user applications, without compromising the integrity and performance of the router.

ThousandEyes supports both SD-WAN and IOS XE modes for Cisco Application Hosting deployments.

For more information on Cisco application hosting, see Application Hosting.

SD-WAN Manager

ThousandEyes supports installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Catalyst routers running in SD-WAN mode that are managed by SD-WAN Manager. For more information about SD-WAN Manager, see the SD-WAN Manager Documentation.

vEdge routers must be added to the SD-WAN Manager inventory list before installation. For more information, see the SD-WAN Manager Documentation.

Supported Devices and System Requirements

Catalyst 8100 Series Routers

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 8151

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8161

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8200 Series Routers

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 8200

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.6.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8200L

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.6.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash.

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8231

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8235

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8300 Series Routers

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 8300

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.6.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8355

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.18 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8375

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.15.3 or later (not supported in 17.16).

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.15.3 and later (not supported in 20.16).

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8400 Series Routers

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 8455

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.15.3 or later (not supported in 17.16).

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.15.3 and later (not supported in 20.16).

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8475

aarch64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.15.3 or later (not supported in 17.16).

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.15.3 and later (not supported in 20.16).

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8500 Series Routers

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 8500

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.8.1 and later.

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8500L

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.8.1 and later.

  • Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash.

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 and later.

  • ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 and later.

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8550

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.15.3 or later (not supported in 17.16).

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.15.3 and later (not supported in 20.16).

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Catalyst 8570

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.15.3 or later (not supported in 17.16).

  • Hardware Requirements: No additional hardware required (16GB M.2 SSD drive is included by default).

  • Feature Template Management Requirements (SD-WAN Manager Only): SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.15.3 and later (not supported in 20.16).

  • Supported Modules: N/A

Supported Installation Methods

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