Cisco Unified Border Element - Feature Roadmap

This roadmap lists the features introduced in Cisco Unified Border Element and maps them to the chapters in which they appear.


Note

Note

Do not use Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) on Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar Release 16.11.1a version for Media Forking and call flows that include Multicast Music On Hold (MMOH).


Important

Preview Features Disclaimer: In Cisco IOS XE 17.16.1a release, the Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP) feature is available in 'preview’ mode as it includes limited functionality or incomplete software dependencies. Cisco reserves the right to disable preview features at any time without notice. Cisco Technical Support provides reasonable effort support for features in preview mode. There is no Service Level Objective (SLO) in response times for features in preview mode; response times may be slow.

Table 1. Cisco Unified Border Element Configuration Guide Feature Support

Feature Name

Where Documented

Cisco IOS XE Release

CUBE Version

Enhanced support for serviceability in SIP recording

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_voi-cube-sip-rec-recorder.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_voi-ntwk-based.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_recording_proxy.html

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

15.0

Third-Party GUID capture for correlation between call transfers and SIP-based recording

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_thirdp-guid-recording.html

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

15.0

CUBE reports smart licensing flex subscription entitlement tag

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/cube_m_newnchanged_info.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_smart_licensing.html

Cisco IOS XE 17.18.1a

15.0

Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP) support in CUBE

(This feature is available in 'preview' mode)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/cube_m_newnchanged_info.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_cube-codec-adv.html

Cisco IOS XE 17.16.1a

14.11

Secure SIP with TLS version 1.3 Support

(recommended release)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_sip_tls_support_cube.html

Cisco IOS XE 17.15.1a

14.10

Secure SIP with TLS version 1.3 Support

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_sip_tls_support_cube.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/command/iosxe/qualified-cli-command-reference-guide/m-cube-commands.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/command/iosxe/qualified-cli-command-reference-guide/m-srst-map.html

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ios-xe-voip/

Cisco IOS XE 17.14.1a

14.9

NAT Traversal using RTP Keepalive

https://www.cisco.com/content/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m-nat-traversal-using-rtp-keepalives.html

Cisco IOS XE 17.13.1a

Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.12.2

14.8

IPv6 Flows in High Availability

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m-cube-ha-isr-g3.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m-cube-ha-csr.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m-cube-ha-asr.html

Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.12.1a

14.7

GCM Ciphers for WebSocket-Based Media Forking

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/websocket-forking-for-cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.12.1a

14.7

Cover Buffer Enhancements for VoIP Trace

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_voip-trace-for-cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.12.1a

14.7

YANG Model enhancements for CUBE

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ios-xe-voip/

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/command/sdwan-cr-book.html

 Cisco IOS XE Dublin 17.10.1a 14.6

CCE Survivability sRTP flows for Media Inject and CCB

https://www.cisco.com/content/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_courtesy-callback-support-for-srtp.html

 Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a

14.6

Options Ping for DNS SRV Hosts

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_oodo-ping-group.html

 Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a

14.6

Load Balancing for DNS SRV Hosts

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_oodo-ping-group.html

 Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a

14.6

SFTP CDR transfer (CSCvx25938)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/voice/cdr/developer/manual/cdrdev/cdrover.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/voice/cdr/developer/manual/cdrdev/cdrcsv.html

gw-accounting

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1a

14.6

Configurable SIP listen port per trunk (tenant)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_sip_tls_support_cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.1a

14.5

Configurable TLS policy per trunk (tenant)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_sip_tls_support_cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.1a

14.5

mTLS Client CN-SAN validation

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_sip_tls_support_cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.1a

14.5

YANG Configuration Models for CUBE

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/ios-xe-voip/

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/command/sdwan-cr-book.html

 Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.7.1a

14.4

Secure WebSocket-based Media Forking on Cisco 4431, 4451-X, and 4461 Integrated Services Routers

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/websocket-forking-for-cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.2

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.7.1a

14.4

Virtual CUBE in Microsoft Azure

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.3a

14.4

Opus Transcoding

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_cube-codec-adv.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/m_transcoding.html

 Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a

14.4

Web Socket-based Media Forking

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/ios-xe/config/ios-xe-book/websocket-forking-for-cube.html

 Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.1a

14.4
Support for Catalyst Edge 8200L-1N-4T Platform https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.5.1a

14.3
Secure Forking of Nonsecure Calls through Media Proxy

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-media-proxy.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.5.1a

14.3

Clear RTP Ports

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voip-trace-for-cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a

14.2

Hunt Stop for Server Groups

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/multiple-server-groups.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a

14.2

Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software (Catalyst 8000V) Platforms

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a

14.2

Support for Cisco 8200 Catalyst Edge Series Platforms

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a

14.2

Virtual CUBE in AWS

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-virtual-cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.4a

14.2

12.7

Support for VoIP Trace Serviceability Framework

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voip-trace-for-cube.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a,

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.2

14.2

14.1

Smart Licensing Using Policy

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-cisco-smart-licensing.html

Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.1a,

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.2

14.2

14.1

Support for Cisco 8300 Catalyst Edge Series Platforms

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.2

14.1

Support for Cisco ASR1006-X Routers (RP3, ESP100X)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.2

14.1

Media Proxy Multiforking using SIPREC

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-media-proxy.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) - RFC6066

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-sip-tls.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

OPUS Codec Negotiation

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/cube-codec-adv.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

Dial Peer Binding with Live Traffic

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-sip-bind.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

Up to 100 VRF Instances

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-multi-vrf.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

Support for Cisco ASR1006-X Routers (RP3, ESP100)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

Consumption of INVITE with Replaces

 https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-midcall-reinvite.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1a

14.0

Support for Cisco Unified Border Element on Cisco ISR 4461

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1r

12.8.0

Support for YANG Models for SIP-FXS and FXO trunk

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1r

12.8.0

Support for Smart Licensing based on dynamic call counting

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-cisco-smart-licensing.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1r

12.8.0

Support for fax detection for SIP calls and transfer with Cisco IOS XE platforms

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/cube-book_chapter_01010000.html

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.1r

12.8.0

Support for media flow-around using Multi-VRF

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-multi-vrf.html

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.2

12.7.0

show voip rtp connections command output was updated to show SRTP Rollover Count (ROC) information based on Remote IP address and Port

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/vcr4/vcr4-cr-book/vcr-s10.html

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.2

12.7.0

Support for Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/supported-platforms.html

 Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1a

12.7.0

Cisco Specific License Reservation (SLR):

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-cisco-smart-licensing.html

CSCvw00301—For Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers in Specific License Reservation (SLR) mode, license status is displayed as AUTHORIZED though more license than reserved is consumed.

CSCvq04430—For Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers in Specific License Reservation (SLR) mode, license status switches from AUTHORIZED to NOT IN USEand displays license count as zero, after router reload.

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1a

12.7.0

The output of following command were enhanced to display SRTP ROC information:

  • show voip fpi calls

  • show voip fpi stats

  • show voip rtp connections

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/vcr4/vcr4-cr-book/vcr-s10.html

 Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1a

12.7.0

Cisco Smart Licensing enhancements for CUBE

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-cisco-smart-licensing.html

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar Release 16.11.1a

12.6.0

Server identity validation through Common Name and Subject Alternate Name (SAN)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-sip-tls.html

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar Release 16.11.1a

12.6.0

Security Readiness Criteria (SRC) Closure for CUBE

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar Release 16.11.1a

12.6.0

CUBE Media Proxy

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-media-proxy.html

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1a

12.5.0

Elliptical Curve Ciphers

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-sip-tls.html

Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.1a

12.5.0

Common Criteria (CC) and The Federal Information Standards (FIPS) Certification.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-cc-fips-compliance.html

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

12.1

For CUBE Licensing-related information, see Cisco Unified Border Element Data Sheet.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/unified-communications/unified-border-element/data-sheet-c78-729692.html?cachemode=refresh

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

12.1

Change in the default SIP TLS Versions support on CUBE

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-sip-tls.html

Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1

12.1

Support for DTMF interworking between sip-info and rtp-nte for sip-sip calls on DTMF Relay

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/dtmf-relay.html

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1

12.0

CUBE support for SRTP-SRTP and SRTP-RTP Interworking with NGE cipher suites (AES_AEAD_128_GCM and AES_AEAD_256_GCM)

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/srtp-srtp-interworking.html

Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b

11.6

Enhancement to support up to 54 VRF instances.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-multi-vrf.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Support for Inbound Dial-peer Matching using VRF-ID

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-multi-vrf.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Consumption of Forked 18x Responses with SDP for CUBE

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-forked-18x-responses.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Support for Voice Quality Monitoring

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-voice-quality-monitoring.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Configuring Multi-Tenants on SIP Trunks

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-multi-tenants.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Support for Multi-VRF

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-multi-vrf.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

CVP Survivability TCL support with High Availability

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-cvptcl-ha.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Support for video suppression

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-audio-forced.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

Support for Session ID

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/voi-cube-session-id.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2

All Cisco Unified Border Element features supported up to and including Cisco IOS XE Release 3.17S are supported on Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3 Release.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/voice/cube/configuration/cube-book/read-me-first.html

Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1

11.5.2