Introduction
There have been many queries on the resource requirements for deploying AppQoE, ThousandEyes, and UTD (Unified Threat Defense) on a single box. This article will call out the minimum requirements to deploy these features together and the platforms that support them. However, the below information is only a guidance and not a catch-all document and has to be reviewed with individual feature reference documentation and also resource requirements for other features that will be deployed apart from the above features. Please reach out to respective product owners to confirm the exact resource requirement for all the features that will be configured on the platform.
Platforms - Features and Resources
ISR 1000 (8GB DRAM SKUs)
These platforms support both TCP Optimization and UTD features. However, both features cannot be deployed together and only one feature is supported at any given time. ISR1000 with 8GB DRAM are ISR1111X, ISR1121X, ISR1126X, ISR1127X, ISR1161X, ISR1131X
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Flash Memory |
TCP Optimization |
8 GB |
NA |
UTD |
8 GB |
8 GB |
ISR 1100X-4G
The platforms support both TCP Optimization and UTD features. However, both features cannot be deployed together and only one feature is supported at any given time.
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Flash Memory |
TCP Optimization |
8 GB |
NA |
UTD |
8 GB |
8 GB |
ISR 1100X-6G
These platforms support both TCP Optimization and UTD features. However, both features cannot be deployed together and only one feature is supported at any given time. ISR 1100X-6G also additionally supports ThousandEyes as well.
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Flash Memory |
TCP Optimization |
8 GB |
NA |
UTD |
8 GB |
8 GB |
ThousandEyes |
8 GB |
16 GB |
C8200L
This platform only supports ThousandEyes and does not support either AppQoE or UTD features.
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Disk |
Thousand Eyes |
8 GB |
8GB |
C8200-1N-4T
These platforms support all the AppQoE features, Thousand Eyes and UTD, and different feature combinations can be deployed together on these platforms.
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Disk/Storage Requirements |
Thousand Eyes |
8 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
UTD |
8 GB |
- |
UTD + TE |
16 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
DTE |
16 GB |
M.2 600 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. |
8 GB |
- |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + UTD |
32 GB |
- |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + DRE |
32 GB |
M.2 600 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TE |
16 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + TE + DRE |
32 GB |
M.2 600 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + TE + UTD |
32 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + TE + UTD |
32 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
All C8300 SKUs
These platforms support all the AppQoE features, Thousand Eyes and UTD, and different feature combinations can be deployed together on these platforms.
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Disk/Storage Requirements |
Thousand Eyes |
8 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
UTD |
8 GB |
- |
UTD + TE |
16 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. |
8 GB |
- |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + UTD |
32 GB |
- |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + DRE |
32 GB |
M.2 600 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + UTD + DRE |
32 GB |
M.2 600 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TE |
16 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + TE + DRE |
32 GB |
M.2 600 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + TE + UTD |
32 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
TCP Opt. + TLS Proxy + TE + UTD |
32 GB |
M.2 16 GB SSD |
C8500L
This platform supports TCP optimization, DRE, UTD, and ThousandEyes.
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Disk/Storage Requirements |
ThousandEyes |
8 GB |
8 GB |
UTD |
8 GB |
- |
TCP Opt. |
8 GB |
- |
DRE |
32 GB |
M.2 NVMe 2TB SSD |
C8500-20X6C, C8500-12X4QC & C8500-12X
These platforms support ThousandEyes
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Disk/Storage Requirements |
ThousandEyes |
8GB |
8GB |
C8000V
This platform supports TCP Optimization, UTD, TLS Proxy, and DRE
Feature |
Minimum RAM Requirements |
Disk/Storage Requirements |
UTD |
8 GB |
- |
TCP Opt. |
8 GB with 8 vCPU |
- |
DRE |
16 GB with 8 vCPU |
2 TB storage (External Service Nodes & Controllers) 600 GB Storage (integrated Service Nodes & Controllers) |
TLS Proxy |
8 GB with 8 vCPU |
- |
Feature support based on Controller mode and Routing mode
Controller Mode
Routing Mode
Reference
Please refer below links for resource requirements for individual features
AppQoE - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/appqoe/ios-xe-17/appqoe-book-xe/m-integration-of-dre-with-cisco-sd-wan-tcp-optimization.html
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/appqoe/ios-xe-17/appqoe-book-xe/m-tcp-optimization.html
UTD - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/CVD/SDWAN/cisco-sdwan-security-policy-design-guide.html https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/security/ios-xe-17/security-book-xe/m-security-resources-profile.html
ThousandEyes - https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/global-vantage-points/enterprise-agents/installing/cisco-devices
TLS Proxy - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/security/ios-xe-17/security-book-xe/m-ssl-proxy.html
DRE - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/appqoe/ios-xe-17/appqoe-book-xe/m-integration-of-dre-with-cisco-sd-wan-tcp-optimization.html