Overview

Cisco NBAR2 Protocol Pack 64.0.0 release includes the following updates:

  • New protocols: google-chat, google-meet, google-meet-audio, google-meet-media, google-meet-video

  • Improvements to classification of these protocols: amazon-chime-media, bittorrent-networking, cisco-sdwan-ipsec, ms-office-365, ms-teams

  • Deprecated protocols: hangouts, hangouts-audio, hangouts-chat, hangouts-file-transfer, hangouts-media, hangouts-video

See Cisco NBAR2 Protocols for protocol details.

Supported Platforms and Releases

Releases Supported for Upgrade

Platform

Releases Supported for Upgrade

Routers

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1000)

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR4000)

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISR1100)

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst 8200 Series Edge Platforms

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst 8500L Series Edge Platforms

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Switches

Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Wireless Controllers

Cisco 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Cisco DNA Appliance

Cisco DNA Traffic Telemetry Appliance

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Software Platforms

Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.6.x

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.9.x

Releases with This Protocol Pack Built In

Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.11.1

Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.11.1a

New Protocols

The following protocol(s) were added in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 64.0.0.

Protocol Name

Common Name

Long Description

google-chat

Google Chat

Google Chat (formerly known as Hangouts Chat) is a communication service developed by Google.

google-meet

Google Meet

Google Meet (formerly known as Hangouts Meet) is a video communication service developed by Google.

google-meet-audio

Google Meet Audio

Google Meet audio.

google-meet-media

Google Meet Media

Google Meet media.

google-meet-video

Google Meet Video

Google Meet video.

Updated Protocols

The following protocols have been updated to improve accuracy.

  • amazon-chime-media (Improved classification for datagram transport layer security (DTLS) traffic produced by Amazon Chime. Cisco NBAR can classify this traffic as Chime Media even when the DNS request made by the Amazon Chime application, related to the session producing the DTLS traffic, is not inspected by Cisco NBAR.)
  • bittorrent-networking
  • cisco-sdwan-ipsec
  • ms-office-365
  • ms-teams

Deprecated Protocols

The following protocol(s) have been deprecated in this release:

Protocol Name

Long Name

Description

hangouts

Hangouts

Google Hangouts is a communication platform developed by Google which includes instant messaging, video chat, SMS and VOIP features.

hangouts-audio

Hangouts Audio

Google Hangouts audio.

hangouts-chat

Hangouts Chat

Google Hangouts chat.

hangouts-file-transfer

Hangouts File Transfer

Google Hangouts file transfer.

hangouts-media

Hangouts Media

Google Hangouts media.

hangouts-video

Hangouts Video

Google Hangouts video.

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

Details of the protocols included in Protocol Packs

Cisco NBAR2 Protocols

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 17

QoS: NBAR Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.x

QoS Command Reference

Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference