Service Routing

ThousandEyes supports installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Aggregation Services Routers (ASR) and Integrated Services Routers (ISR) using the command line interface (CLI) or the SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage).

This article outlines the prerequisites, requirements, and supported Cisco ASR and ISR devices.

Overview

Application Hosting

To support application hosting capabilities on Cisco ASR and ISR devices, 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.

vManage

ThousandEyes supports installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco ASR and ISR devices running in SD-WAN mode that are managed by the SD-WAN manager (previously vManage). For more information about vManage, see the vManage Documentation.

vEdge routers must be added to the vManage inventory list before installation. For more information, see the vManage Documentation.

Supported Devices and System Requirements

Aggregated Services Routers

ASR Device	Supported Test Types	OS Requirements	Additional Requirements
ASR 1000	All test types	OS: IOS-XE 16.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Management Requirements: None. Hardware Requirements: Requires an SSD.
ASR 1001-X	All test types	OS: IOS-XE 17.8.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ASR 1001-HX	All test types	OS: IOS-XE 17.8.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM. Note: All 1001-HX devices come by default with 32GB of bootflash built-in. Additional bootflash is not required. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ASR 1002-X	All test types	OS: IOS-XE 17.8.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ASR 1002-HX	All test types	OS: IOS-XE 17.8.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 16GB RAM. Note: All 1002-HX devices come by default with 32GB of bootflash built-in. Additional bootflash is not required. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ASR 1006 (RP2)	All test types	OS: IOS-XE 17.8.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM, 8GB Flash, and 80GB HDD. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ASR 1006-X (RP3)	All test types	IOS-XE 17.8.1 or later	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash (includes 100GB SSD by default). Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.8.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.

Integrated Services Routers

ISR Device	Supported Test Types	OS / Architecture	Additional Requirements
ISR 1100X-6G	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.7 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 16GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.7.1 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 1111X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.16.1 or later Architecture: aarch64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 1121X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.16.1 or later Architecture: aarch64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 1126X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.16.1 or later Architecture: aarch64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 1127X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.16.1 or later Architecture: aarch64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 1131X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.16.1 or later Architecture: aarch64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 1161X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.16.1 or later Architecture: aarch64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4221X	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4321	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4331	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4351	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4400	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4431	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4451	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.
ISR 4461	All non-browser tests	OS: IOS-XE 17.6.1 or later Architecture: x86_64	Hardware Requirements: Requires 8GB RAM and 8GB Flash. Feature Template Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.6 or later. ThousandEyes Workflow Management Requirements: SD-WAN Manager (previously vManage) 20.16 or later.

Installation Instructions

The following installation methods are supported for Cisco ASR and ISR devices:

• Installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Routers using Cisco Application Hosting.
• Installing Enterprise Agents on Cisco Routers using vManage.