# Industrial Ethernet Switches

ThousandEyes supports installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Industrial Ethernet switches using Cisco application hosting. This reference article provides a brief overview of Cisco application hosting, system requirements for each supported Cisco Industrial Edge 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 Industrial Edge 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](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/prog/configuration/1718/b-1718-programmability-cg/m_1718_prog_thousandeyes.html).

## Licensing and Entitlements

A Network Advantage license is required for each installed Industrial Ethernet Switch.

## Supported Devices and System Requirements

| Platform | Architecture | Requirements                                                                                                                               | Additional                                                |
| -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| IE3500   | aarch64      | <ul><li><strong>Operating System</strong>: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.</li><li><strong>License</strong>: Cisco Switching Advantage.</li></ul> | <ul><li><strong>Supported Modules</strong>: N/A</li></ul> |
| IE9310   | aarch64      | <ul><li><strong>Operating System</strong>: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.</li><li><strong>License</strong>: Cisco Switching Advantage.</li></ul> | <ul><li><strong>Supported Modules</strong>: N/A</li></ul> |
| IE9320   | aarch64      | <ul><li><strong>Operating System</strong>: IOS XE 17.18.1 or later.</li><li><strong>License</strong>: Cisco Switching Advantage.</li></ul> | <ul><li><strong>Supported Modules</strong>: N/A</li></ul> |

## Supported Installation Methods

* [Installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Switches with Application Hosting](https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/global-vantage-points/enterprise-agents/installing/cisco-devices/installing-enterprise-agents-on-cisco-switches-with-docker)


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