Introduces application and policy compliance concepts, outlines available compliance checks and their restrictions, and guides administrators in viewing application details, identifying name conflicts, and resolving detected policy compliance issues to maintain consistent configurations.
Feature history for application and policy compliance
Outlines the introduction and release details of Policy Compliance and Application Compliance features, highlighting how they detect policy changes and protocol conflicts to ensure consistent application and policy operations.
Policy compliance
Describes how policy compliance checks compare policy application lists with the currently loaded Protocol Pack to identify reclassified or renamed applications and overly broad matches, helping preserve policy intent as Protocol Packs evolve.
Application compliance
Describes application compliance, a name check that Cisco SD-WAN Manager runs when actions add new applications to the application catalog. It detects conflicts with existing custom application names and may block updates until you address conflicts.
Restrictions for the policy compliance check
Outlines restrictions for policy compliance check when using applications in Protocol Packs on Cisco IOS XE devices, and directs you to the NBAR2 Protocol Pack Library for release-specific updates and compatibility details.
View and resolve policy compliance issues
Verify policy compliance issues and update or edit affected policies using the Policy Compliance area in Cisco SD-WAN Manager. Verify noncompliant policies against the current Protocol Pack and choose to update application lists or change the policy.
View and resolve application name conflicts
Verify application name conflicts and compliance status in vManage to identify affected applications and policies. Use the Application Catalog Compliance tab or Monitor Compliance page to review conflicts introduced by upgrades and plan remediation.
View application details
Verify application details in the application catalog to review configuration and metadata for custom applications. This procedure uses the menu to open the Applications tab and view details for a selected entry.