Catalyst Switches

ThousandEyes supports installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Catalyst switches using either Cisco application hosting or the Cisco Catalyst Center. This reference article provides a brief overview of Cisco application hosting, licensing information, system requirements for each supported Cisco Catalyst switch, 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 switches, the switch 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 switch.

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

Licensing and Entitlements

A Cisco Switching Advantage license is required for each Enterprise Agent installed on a Cisco Catalyst 9k series switch. Customers are entitled to 22 units per DNA license. For more information, see About Units.

Supported Devices and System Requirements

Catalyst 9300 Series

All Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switches are supported. Individual models will be added to the table below if the system requirements differ from previously documented models.

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 9300

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.3.3 or later.

  • Orchestrator: Cisco Catalyst Center 2.2.2.3 or later.

  • Supported Modules: BrowserBot (IOS XE 17.6.1 or later, SSD Required)

Catalyst 9300L

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.6.1 or later.

  • Orchestrator: Cisco Catalyst Center 2.2.2.3 or later.

Catalyst 9350

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Orchestrator: Cisco Catalyst Center 2.3.7.10 or later.

Catalyst 9300X

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.3 or later.

  • Orchestrator: Cisco Catalyst Center 2.2.2.3 or later.

  • Supported Modules: BrowserBot (minimum IOS XE 17.6.1, SSD Required)

Catalyst 9400 Series

Platform
Architecture
Requirements
Additional

Catalyst 9400

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.5.1 or later.

  • Orchestrator: Cisco Catalyst Center 2.2.2.3 or later.

  • License: Cisco Switching Advantage.

  • Supported Modules: BrowserBot (minimum IOS XE 17.6.1, SSD Required)

Catalyst 9400X

x86_64

  • Operating System: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.

  • Orchestrator: Cisco Catalyst Center 2.2.2.3 or later.

  • License: Cisco Switching Advantage.

Cisco Catalyst 9410 switches require additional setup steps to enable the AppGigabitEthernet port. For more information on the required steps, see the “Application Hosting on Cisco Catalyst 9410 Series Switches” section of Cisco's Programmability Configuration Guide.

Supported Installation Methods

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