Release Notes for NBAR2 Protocol Pack 40.0.0

Overview

The NBAR2 Protocol Pack 40.0.0 release includes:

  • New protocols: Amazon CloudFront, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3

  • Improvements to classification of the following protocols: iPerf, mDNS, QQ-Services, SNMP, WeChat

  • Deprecated protocol: Vine

Supported Platforms

NBAR2 Protocol Pack 40.0.0 is supported on the following platforms:

  • Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1000)

  • Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR4000)

  • Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISR1100)

  • Cisco Cloud Services Router CSR 1000V

  • Cisco Catalyst 3650, 3850, and 9300 Series Switches

Supported Releases

NBAR Protocol Pack 40.0.0 is supported on the following releases:

Built-in

Supported on Maintenance Releases

Routing platforms:

  • Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.2 and later maintenance releases of 16.6.x
  • Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 16.9.x

Switching platforms (Catalyst):

  • Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.4 and later maintenance releases of 16.6.x
  • Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 16.9.x

New Protocols

The following protocols were added in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 40.0.0.

Protocol Name

Common Name

Long Description

amazon-cloudfront

Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network offered by Amazon Web Services. Content delivery networks provide a globally-distributed network of proxy servers which cache content.

amazon-ec2

Amazon EC2

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers.

amazon-s3

Amazon S3

Amazon S3 provides object storage through web services interfaces (REST, SOAP, and BitTorrent).

Updated Protocols

The following protocols have been updated to improve accuracy.

  • iPerf
  • mDNS
  • QQ-Services
  • SNMP
  • WeChat

Deprecated Protocols

The following protocols have been deprecated in this release:

Application

Description

NBAR2 Protocols Deprecated

Vine

Vine - Mobile App for sharing photos and videos clips.

vine

Downloading

NBAR2 Protocol Packs are available for download on the Cisco software download page (https://software.cisco.com/download/home). 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, enter "ASR 1001 Router" in the search field.

You can also enter a platform series, such as "ASR 1000 Series," and then select a model from the results.

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 Fuji 16.9.x

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.x

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.x

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.x

QoS Command Reference

Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference