Release Notes for NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0

Overview

NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0 contains significant “Under the hood” improvements for separation of audio and video in various scenarios across a wide range of relevant protocols.

In addition, field extraction is now available for the following:

  • Citrix: ica-tag extraction

  • SSH: ssh-client-cipher, ssh-client-mac, ssh-client-kex algorithms

  • SSL: session-id

Supported Platforms

NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0 is supported on the following platforms:

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1000)

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR4000)

  • Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISRG2)

Supported Releases

NBAR Protocol Pack 23.0.0 is supported on the following releases:

Built-in

Supported on Maintenance Releases

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.2

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.4.1

Cisco IOS XE 3.16.2S Version 15.5(3)S2 and later maintenance releases of 3.16.(x)S/15.5(3)S(x)

Cisco IOS Version 15.5(3)M2 and later maintenance releases of 15.5(3)M(x)

New Protocols in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0

The table below lists the new protocols added in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0 (protocols added since 22.0.0).

Protocol Name

Common Name

Long Description

facebook-audio

Facebook Audio Streaming

Facebook audio streaming services.

facebook-media

Facebook Media Streaming

Facebook media streaming services.

facebook-video

Facebook Video Streaming

Facebook video streaming services.

google-services-audio

Google Services Audio

Audio streaming related to various Google services, APIs, and collaboration software.

google-services-media

Google Services Media

Media streaming related to various Google services, APIs, and collaboration software.

google-services-video

Google Services Video

Media streaming related to various Google services, APIs, and collaboration software.

itunes-media

iTunes Media

Media streaming for iTunes media player and media library application.

Deprecated Protocols in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0

In this release, no protocols have changed status to deprecated.

Caveats in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0


Note

If you have an account on Cisco.com, you can view information on select caveats, using the Bug Search Tool (https:/​/​tools.cisco.com/​bugsearch/​search).

Caveats Resolved in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0

The following table lists the caveats resolved in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0 (since 22.0.0):

Known Caveat

Description

CSCva65247

mySQL port 3306 traffic is classified as unknown.

CSCva08934

Different classification between coarse-grain and fine-grain granularity.

Downloading NBAR2 Protocol Pack 23.0.0

NBAR2 Protocol Packs are available for download on the Cisco.com software download page (http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​cisco/​software/​navigator.html). On the download page, specify a platform model to display software available for download. One software option will be NBAR2 Protocol Packs.

Example

To display protocol packs available for the Cisco ASR 1001 platform, the navigation path is:

Products > Routers > Service Provider Edge Routers > ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers > ASR 1001 Router

Additional References

Related Documentation

Related Topic

Document Title

Application Visibility and Control

Cisco Application Visibility and Control User Guide

Classifying Network Traffic Using NBAR

Classifying Network Traffic Using NBAR module

NBAR Protocol Pack

NBAR Protocol Pack module

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE 3S

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE 16

QoS Command Reference

Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference