What’s new

This table lists the features available with the current release:

What's new in this release

Cisco IOS XE release

Feature name

Description

Supported platforms

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

Hosted Edge Services for SD-Routing Devices

From Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a release, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager supports deployment of IOx applications such as Cyber Vision, Thousand Eyes, UTD, and so on. The support to monitor these applications is introduced through Hosted Edge Services monitoring dashboard which offers a simplified user experience for overseeing IOx container applications across multiple devices. The Hosted Edge Services monitoring dashboard is introduced on Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager version 20.18.x.
  • Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software
  • Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms
  • Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms
  • Cisco 4000 Integrated Services Router
  • Cisco Catalyst 8200 Series Edge Platforms
  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers
  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Hosted Edge Services for SD-Routing devices

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager supports the deployment of IOx applications, such as Cyber Vision, Thousand Eyes, UTD, and third-party custom applications, on autonomous devices running Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a image or later.

Monitoring support for these applications is provided through the Hosted Edge Services dashboard in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager version 20.18.x. This dashboard offers a simplified user experience for managing IOx container applications across multiple devices.

The Hosted Edge Services dashboard allows you to perform actions such as:

  • Manage IOx applications like Cyber Vision, Secure Equipment Access, Thousand Eyes, Unified Thread Detection, and custom third-party IOx applications.
  • Monitor resources (CPU, memory, disk space)
  • Maintenance (start or stop the IOx container applications)

For more information about integrations, see Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Integrations to understand how Cyber Vision, Secure Equipment Access, and third-party applications integrate with Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Prerequisites for monitoring Hosted Edge Services

The following conditions must be met before you can onboard a device and deploy applications using Hosted Edge Services:
  • The device is registered using a Cisco Smart Account. (For instructions, see Cisco Smart Account documentation.)
  • The device is onboarded using Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager with the SD-Routing solution. (See Onboard Routing Devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager for more information.)
  • You have access to Cisco Software Central for device and application management.
  • The device must be onboarded and the application must be deployed using the standard configuration deployment approach. This page is intended for monitoring applications hosted at scale.
  • The Hosted Edge Services page displays all IOx-based container applications and supports both single-tenant and multi-tenancy environments.

Monitoring Hosted Edge Services

You can monitor hosted edge services (IOx container applications) using the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager through different dashboard views.

Devices dashboard

To enable and view the overall health of hosted edge services (IOx container applications), you can use a customizable widget that displays the site and device-level edge service health.

To enable and view the resource usage health:

Step 1

From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Monitor > Devices.

Step 2

Click the Settings icon (located at the far right corner of the dashboard).

Step 3

Enable the toggle for Edge services resource usage health.

The widget exhibits the health status of hosted edge services (IOx container applications) based on CPU, memory, and disk space usage.

Health status definitions

Health status

Description

Good

The hosted edge services like CPU, memory, or disk space resource usage is less than 50 percent of the allocated resources.

Fair

The hosted edge service like CPU, memory, or disk space resource usage lies between 50 and 75 percent of the allocated resources.

Poor

The hosted edge services like CPU, memory, or disk space resource usage is greater than 75 percent of the allocated resources.
 Note

All resource usage health statuses relate only to the individual hosted edge service (IOx container application), not to total device or overall network resource usage.

Hosted Edge Services dashboard–Scale view

This dashboard displays all hosted edge services (IOx container applications) installed across all devices and sites.

To view all hosted edge services:

From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Monitor > Hosted Edge Services.

Field

Description

Hosted Edge Service Name

Name of a hosted edge service (IOx container application hosted on the Cisco IOS XE devices).

Edge Service Author

Displays the author name that is defined in the package.yaml file of the hosted edge service (IOx container application).

Number of Sites Installed

Total number of sites where the hosted edge service (IOx container application) is installed.

Number of Devices Installed

Total number of devices on which the hosted edge service (IOx container application) is installed.

Hosted Edge Services–Individual view

This dashboard provides details for each hosted edge service (IOx container application) and the devices where it is installed.

To access and interact with individual hosted edge services:

Step 1

From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Monitor > Hosted Edge Services.

Step 2

Select a hosted edge service (IOx container application) to see the list of devices where it is installed.

 Note

Additionally, you can filter network devices by the edge service state mentioned under Hosted edge service (IOx) states.

Field

Description

Network device

Displays the name of the network device on which the selected instance of hosted edge service (IOx container application) is running.

Site name

Logical identifier for the device's operational group in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager.

Resource usage health

This reflects only the resource consumed by the hosted edge service (IOx container application). It does not reflect the total resource usage of the device. The health status displays either Good, Fair, or Poor. For more information, see the health status definitions.

Edge service state

State of the hosted edge service (IOx container application) on the Cisco IOS XE device:

  • Stopped: Displays the hosted edge service (IOx container application) has stopped and is no longer operational on the device.
  • Running: Displays the hosted edge service (IOx container application) is accessible and operational on the device.
  • Deployed: Displays the hosted edge service (IOx container application) is deployed to the device and the installation is successful.
  • Activated: Displays that the network configurations are successfully added to the hosted edge service (IOx container application) and are now active.

Edge service version

The hosted edge service (IOx container application) version running on the device as defined in the package.yaml file.

Last update

Displays the timestamp when device metrics were last updated (to trigger the metrics, use the Refresh Metrics button).

Step 3

Click the ellipsis ... next to a device to perform these actions:

  • Start edge service: Starts the service if it is already stopped.
  • Stop edge service: Stops the service if it is in the running state.
  • View edge service info: When you select this option, you see the Hosted edge service (IOx) info pane which shows the hosted edge service information.

Field

Description

Resource usage

Current health status along with resource consumption of CPU, RAM, and disk space.

Edge service details

Current IOx state, hosted edge service version, and last data fetch details. Use the Stop edge service option to stop the hosted edge service instance on the device. Click Refresh device metrics to manually update the device metrics for the selected device.

Package information

Hosted edge service (IOx container application) name, CPU architecture, and author information.
 Tip

You can select multiple checkboxes to start or stop edge services on several devices at once.

Hosted Edge Services–Device level 360 view

This view provides a comprehensive status for all edge services on a specific device.

To access the device-level 360 view:

Step 1

From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Monitor > Devices and select the device name.

Step 2

In the System Status pane, scroll down to Hosted Edge Services and click App Status Info. You can view all the application details in the Associated hosted edge services page.

Field

Description

Edge service name

Name of a hosted edge service (IOx container application hosted on the Cisco IOS XE devices).

Edge service author

Displays the author name that is defined in the package.yaml file of the hosted edge service (IOx container application).

Edge service version

The IOx container application version running on the device as defined in the package.yaml file.

Resource usage health

Health status (see Health Status table above).

Edge service state

Displays the IOx state of the hosted edge service: Stopped, Running, Deployed, or Activated

CPU usage

Displays CPU usage in percentage.

Disk space usage

Displays disk space usage in percentage.

Memory usage

Displays memory usage in percentage.

Step 3

To start or stop a hosted edge service (IOx container applications), click the ellipsis ... next to the service and select Start edge service or Stop edge service.

 Note

Starting or stopping a hosted edge service (IOx container application) depends on its current IOx state on the IOS XE device, such as:

  • Running State: Only Stop operation can be performed.
  • Stopped State: Only Start operation can be performed.
  • Deployed or Activated States: No operations (Start or Stop) can be performed.