Cisco NBAR2 Protocol Pack release 76.0.0 includes the following updates:

• New protocols: alibaba-cloud, alibaba-services, aliexpress, alipay, amazon-bedrock, amazon-q, anthropic-ai, azure-monitor, azure-storage, azure-traffic-manager, cisco-secure-client, cloudflare-services, deepseek, fastly-services, perplexity-ai, taobao, tmall, x-ai (See New Protocols.)

• See Cisco NBAR2 Protocol Reference for protocol details.

Releases Supported for Upgrade

Platform	Releases Supported for Upgrade
Routers
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR1000)	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR4000)	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISR1100)	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst 8200 Series Edge Platforms	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst 8500L Series Edge Platforms	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Switches
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Wireless Controllers
Cisco 9800 Series Wireless Controllers	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1 and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x
Software Platforms
Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software	Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.18.x Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a and later maintenance releases of 17.15.x

Releases with This Protocol Pack Built In

None

The following protocol(s) were added in NBAR2 Protocol Pack 76.0.0.

Protocol Name	Common Name	Long Description
alibaba-cloud	Alibaba Cloud	Alibaba Cloud, also known as Aliyun, is the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group. It provides a comprehensive suite of scalable, secure, and reliable cloud computing services globally, including computing, storage, networking, and artificial intelligence, to support businesses and digital transformation.
alibaba-services	Alibaba Services	Alibaba Group is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology services.
aliexpress	Aliexpress	Aliexpress is an international online retail service based in China that is owned by the Alibaba Group.
alipay	Alipay	Alipay is a third-party mobile and online payment platform.
amazon-bedrock	Amazon Bedrock	Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides access to foundation models from leading AI companies and Amazon. It enables developers to build and scale generative AI applications and agents with comprehensive tools for fine-tuning, safeguarding, and optimizing models.
amazon-q	Amazon Q	Amazon Q is a generative AI assistant that transforms how work gets done in organizations. It includes Amazon Q Business for enterprise knowledge and Amazon Q Developer for software development, providing secure AI assistance tailored to specific organizational needs.
anthropic-ai	Anthropic AI	Anthropic AI is an artificial intelligence research and development company that creates large language models including the Claude assistant.
azure-monitor	Azure Monitor	Azure Monitor is a comprehensive monitoring solution for collecting and analyzing data from cloud and on-premises environments.
azure-storage	Azure Storage	Azure Storage is a cloud storage solution that provides scalable and secure services for storing and managing various types of data, including unstructured data, files, and backups.
azure-traffic-manager	Azure Traffic Manager	Azure Traffic Manager is a DNS-based traffic load balancer.
cisco-secure-client	Cisco Secure Client	Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, now known as Cisco Secure Client, is a software application that provides secure remote access to corporate networks.
cloudflare-services	Cloudflare Services	Cloudflare is a cloud infrastructure and security company that provides services to enhance the performance, security, and reliability of websites, applications, and networks. It offers services such as Content Delivery Network (CDN) as well as DDoS protection, web application firewall, DNS services, load balancing and more.
deepseek	DeepSeek	Chinese AI research company known for developing large language models and open-source tools.
fastly-services	Fastly Services	Fastly is a cloud platform that provides edge computing, content delivery, and security solutions to help businesses deliver fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences.
perplexity-ai	Perplexity AI	Perplexity AI is an artificial intelligence research and development company that creates large language models and operates the Perplexity conversational answer engine.
taobao	Taobao	Taobao is a Chinese online shopping platform, owned by Alibaba.
tmall	Tmall	Tmall is an online business-to-customer platform for branded products targeting Chinese consumers.
x-ai	X AI	X AI is an artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk that develops the Grok large language model and other AI technologies.

The following protocols have been updated to improve accuracy:

• akamai

• aliwangwang

• apple-services

• baidu-movie

• facebook

• google-services

• isakmp

• ldap

• logmein

• meta

• ms-services

• ms-wbt

• naver-line

• ocsp

• pcoip

• qq-services

• sap

• splunk

• threads

• tiktok

• windows-azure

• yahoo

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.