Enterprise Agents in the Modern Enterprise Network
Enterprise Agents are specialized software probes that are strategically deployed at key points within your network, such as data centers, branch offices, and virtual environments like virtual private clouds (VPCs) and virtual networks (VNets). Their core function is to evaluate the performance of your applications. They accomplish this by using a combination of active and passive monitoring techniques. Active monitoring sends test transactions through the network to measure how well it is performing, while passive monitoring observes the real data flow without altering it.
Campus and LAN
Gain end-to-end visibility across devices, LAN, service providers, and service components, such as DNS, DHCP, and cloud/SaaS networks.
SaaS Performance
Monitor availability and performance of business-critical SaaS applications, such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Webex by Cisco, and more.
Hybrid and Multi-Cloud
Monitor the performance of on-ramp cloud connectivity between your data center and VPC, as well as inter-region and inter-availability zone (AZ) cloud network.
WAN and SD-WAN Readiness
Perform a pre-migration readiness audit, ISP evaluation, and application performance benchmarking, and gain visibility into the overlay and underlay network paths and performance.
Visualize the Modern WAN
Correlated Intelligence Into Service Delivery and Performance
Correlate visibility across multiple layers from the application, network, device, and Internet routing for greater context around application performance.
Network Path and Performance
ThousandEyes Path Visualization maps end-to-end network paths from Enterprise Agents to service endpoints across any network, including SD-WAN overlay/underlay tunnels, and it visually presents BGP routes.
Application Performance
Monitor the usability and performance of SaaS and internally hosted apps by measuring page load times of individual web components or by using scripted multi-step transactions that replicate user interactions and validate API logic.
Device Health
Poll switches, routers, and firewalls using SNMP to collect device health data, such as memory, CPU, and performance-impacting interface metrics.
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See Every Network Dependency for All Your Business-Critical Apps
With Enterprise Agents deployed in your corporate network, you'll get complete visibility from Layer 7 to Layer 2. Quickly locate issues from application performance, network paths, and BGP routing all the way to the health of your network devices.
WAN and Internal Apps
Monitor TCP, FTP, and HTTP-based traffic between any points in your corporate network and WAN, as well as network device health.
SaaS and Cloud Apps
Monitor any SaaS, cloud, or remotely hosted app from Enterprise Agents in your branches and data centers.
Cloud Agents
Try Cloud Agents for an external, Internet perspective.
Endpoint Agents
Try Endpoint Agents for data from end-user devices.
Deploy in Minutes to Your Trusted Platforms
Enterprise Agents are lightweight and can be installed on a variety of platforms and devices, ranging from servers to routers to micro-appliances to laptops. ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent runs natively on supported Cisco Catalyst and Meraki routing platforms, as well as Cisco Catalyst 9300 and 9400 Series Switches — so you can gain immediate insight into the digital experience of users connecting to any application over any network.
Supported Hardware Devices and Models
Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISRs)*
Cisco Catalyst 8300 and 8200 Series Edge Platforms*
Cisco Catalyst 9300 and 9400 Series Switches*†
Cisco Meraki MX Series (MX67/C/W, MX68/C/CW, MX75, MX85, MX95, MX105, MX250, MX450)‡
Cisco Nexus 9500 and 9300 Series Switches*
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
*Cisco Catalyst 9300/9400 Series Switches, running IOS XE version 17.3.3 or newer; Cisco Catalyst 8300/8200 Series Edge Platforms and Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISRs), running IOS XE version 17.6.1 or newer; Cisco Nexus 9500/9300 Series Switches, running latest NX-OS 9.3 release or newer
†Requires Cisco DNA Advantage software subscription
‡MX and Z devices are not supported at this time; License Type: Eligible for customers with a license or trial for Meraki Secure SD-WAN Plus or Advanced Security
Software and Virtual Environment Deployment Options
Container for Docker
Installer for Intel® NUC
Linux package for RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu
VM for ESXi, Oracle VirtualBox, and Hyper-V
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Cloud Agents
Cloud Agents provide globally distributed vantage points throughout the Internet and are maintained by ThousandEyes. They are located in 270 cities and are connected to Tier 1, 2, and 3 ISPs, broadband service providers, and regional data centers of major cloud providers.
Device Agents
Device Agents are ultra-lightweight software solutions that ISPs can deploy on customer-premises equipment, like home routers, for insight into customers’ Internet performance.
Endpoint Agents
Endpoint Agents offer end user experience monitoring and deploy on Mac, Windows, and CiscoRoomOS devices. Periodic user monitoring is performed via HTTP and network monitoring tests that include insight into routing paths. Real-time monitoring can be enabled via an optional browser-based plugin.
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