Cisco ThousandEyes Campus Service Assurance with Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches
With Cisco ThousandEyes Campus Service Assurance and Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches, you can gain end-to-end insights into campus networks to make troubleshooting easier. Review this solution brief to see how it works.
What is Cisco ThousandEyes?
Cisco ThousandEyes is a solution that provides end-to-end visibility from campus networks to external services like SaaS applications and cloud-based services. It helps organizations ensure service delivery outcomes by allowing them to monitor performance across networks they do not control. Key benefits include reducing fault isolation time from days to minutes and optimizing application performance over any network.
How does ThousandEyes integrate with Catalyst switches?
Cisco ThousandEyes integrates seamlessly with Catalyst 9300 and 9400 Series switches, especially when paired with a Cisco DNA Advantage subscription. This integration allows enterprises to gain insights into external services from within their campus LAN, monitor application performance, and track employee experiences in critical SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 and Salesforce.
What are the testing capabilities of ThousandEyes?
Cisco ThousandEyes offers scheduled tests on applications and network endpoints, visualizing the entire network path alongside performance metrics. Each Catalyst 9300 or 9400 Series switch with a Cisco DNA Advantage subscription can run one network/web test every five minutes, with the capacity to scale up to 110,000 tests per month based on the number of licenses held.