Cisco NBAR2 Protocol Pack release 77.0.0 includes the following updates:

• New protocols: athena, google-advertising, huggingface, ibm-services, ms-advertising, rackspace-services, yahoo-advertising (See New Protocols.)

• Updated protocols: amazon-web-services, daum, deepseek, disney-web-portal, dns, google-ai, google-downloads, google-meet, google-meet-media, google-services, kafka, kakao-services, kakao-talk, ms-update, netflix, perplexity-ai, telegram, twitch-tv, yahoo, yahoo-mail (See Updated 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 77.0.0.

Protocol Name	Common Name	Long Description
athena	AthenaHealth	Athenahealth is a healthcare technology company that provides cloud-based services and software for medical billing, practice management, and electronic health records to improve healthcare provider operations and patient care.
google-advertising	Google Advertising	Google advertising network and services.
huggingface	Hugging Face	Hugging Face is an artificial intelligence platform that provides tools for building, training, and deploying machine learning models, including a repository of pre-trained models and datasets.
ibm-services	IBM Services	IBM Network Services.
ms-advertising	Microsoft Advertising	Microsoft advertising network and services.
rackspace-services	Rackspace Services	Rackspace Technology offers a range of managed cloud solutions across a variety of environments. They provide expertise in cloud strategy, cloud migration, cloud security, application development, IoT strategy, data analytics, and more.
yahoo-advertising	Yahoo Advertising	Yahoo advertising network and services.

The following protocols have been updated to improve accuracy:

• amazon-web-services

• daum

• deepseek

• disney-web-portal

• dns

• google-ai

• google-downloads

• google-meet

• google-meet-media

• google-services

• kafka

• kakao-services

• kakao-talk

• ms-update

• netflix

• perplexity-ai

• telegram

• twitch-tv

• yahoo

• yahoo-mail

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.