- Release Notes for NBAR2 Protocol Pack 14.0.0 for Cisco Wireless Controllers
- Working with Protocol Packs
- 3COM-AMP3 through AYIYA-IPV6-TUNNELED
- BABELGUM through BUZZFEED
- CABLEPORT through CYCLESERV2
- DAMEWARE-MRC through DWR
- ECHO through EXEC
- FACEBOOK through FUJITSU-DEV
- GACP through GTP-USER
- H323 through HYPERWAVE-ISP
- I-NLSP through JOOMLA
- KAKAO-TALK through LWAPP
- MAC-OS-X-UPDATES through MYSQL
- NAME through NXEDIT
- OBEX through OSU-NMS
- P10 through PWDGEN
- QBIKGDP through RXE
- SAFT through SYSTAT
- TACACS through TYPEPAD
- UAAC through VSLMP
- WAP-PUSH through ZULILY
- Index
Working with
Protocol Packs
- NBAR2 Protocol Pack Overview
- Loading an NBAR2 Protocol Pack
- Viewing the Protocol Pack and AVC Engine Details
NBAR2 Protocol Pack Overview
NBAR2 Protocol Pack 14.0.0 contains the Enhanced Web Classification feature that supports multi-transactions export of URLs. For more information on this feature, see Classifying Network Traffic Using NBAR
Bittorrent blocking capability has been improved with the newly supported uTorrent and transmission clients.
Protocol Pack Compatibility
NBAR2 Protocol packs are released for specific NBAR engine versions. You can load an NBAR2 protocol pack only if the NBAR engine version used in the wireless LAN controller (WLC) software platform is the same as or higher than the engine version that the protocol pack is released for. However, you are strongly recommended to use the protocol pack that is the exact match for the engine.
WLC Software Release |
NBAR Engine Used |
Protocol packs released for the NBAR engine used |
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7.5 |
NBAR engine 13 |
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7.6 |
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8.0 |
NBAR engine 16 |
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8.1 |
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8.2 |
NBAR engine 23 |
![]() Note | Consider a WLC running a 7.6 or older software release, loaded with a compatible protocol pack. If this controller is upgraded to software release 8.0 , then it will start using protocol pack 9.0.0, which comes in-built in 8.0 release. Additionally you can choose to download protocol pack 11.0.0, which in turn will be loaded instead of 9.0.0. However, if you revert back to the older software release, then the older protocol pack loaded for that release will be loaded again. |
![]() Note | If you try to load an incompatible protocol pack on a controller, it will be rejected with an error message stating that the protocol pack is incompatible with the underlying NBAR software version. Any existing protocol pack on the controller, will remain active. |
Downloading NBAR2 Protocol Packs
Use only the tested and certified protocol packs which are released on Cisco.com. You can download these protocol packs from this location:
http://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html
pp-AIR-8.2-(NBAR Engine Number)-(Protocol Pack Version).pack
pp-AIR-8.2-23-14.0.0.pack
Loading an NBAR2 Protocol Pack
Using FTP or TFTP, you can download newer versions of protocol packs into the controller.
![]() Note | You are recommended to download protocol packs into the controller only during maintenance. This is because during download the CPU usage will be quite high, which may cause disruptions in the network. It takes no more than three minutes for the download to complete and for the protocol pack to become operational. You do not need to reboot the controller after the download. |
Viewing the Protocol Pack and AVC Engine Details
Protocol Pack Details
To view the name and version of the loaded protocol pack, enter this command:
show avc protocol-pack versionInformation that is similar to the following is displayed:
AVC Protocol Pack Name: Advanced Protocol Pack AVC Protocol Pack Version: 14.0
AVC Engine Details
![]() Note | An NBAR2 protocol pack can be installed on a device only if the NBAR engine version on the platform is the same as or later than the version required by the NBAR2 protocol pack. |
To view the AVC engine version which the controller is using, enter this command:
show avc engine versionInformation that is similar to the following is displayed:
AVC Engine Version: 23