Creating Bonjour Fencing Policies

Bonjour Fencing policies can be created and applied to a zone at the same time using the Fencing tab on the Services > Bonjour page.
Note: Bonjour Fencing for a particular service does not work if another service from the same server, which is not fenced, is enabled simultaneously.
Complete the following steps to create a Bonjour Fencing policy.
  1. From the main menu, go to Services > Others > Bonjour > Fencing.
  2. Select the zone for which you want to create the policy.
  3. Click Create.
    The Create Bonjour Fencing Policy dialog box is displayed.

    Creating a Bonjour Fencing Policy

  4. Configure the following options:
    • Name: Enter a name for the policy.
    • Description: Type a description for the policy.
    • Fencing Rule: Create the policy rule by configuring the following:
  5. Under Fencing Rule, click Create. The Fencing Rule dialog box is displayed.

    Creating a Fencing Rule

  6. Configure the following options:
    • Device Type: Select Wireless or Wired network connection method for the device advertising Bonjour services.
    • Closest AP: Select the closest AP to create a physical anchor point for fencing; the closest AP is auto-detected for wireless devices, based on the AP association.
    • Service: Select one of the Bonjour services from the list. In SmartZone 5.0, two new services, Chromecast and Other were added. Chromecast behaves as the standard service. If you select Other, the custom service name that is used for service mapping is displayed. Regardless of the selected device type, only three services with the same custom service name can be created.
    • Custom Service Name: Enter a name for mapping services other than the custom services regardless of the device type. You can create a maximum of three services with the same custom service name.
    • Fencing Range: Select Same AP or 1-Hop AP Neighbors as the fencing range.
    • Description: Enter any description you may have for the fencing rule.
    • Device MAC: Enter the MAC address of the device advertising Bonjour services. This option is available only for the Wired device type; it supports up to four wired MAC addresses.
  7. Click OK to save the Bonjour Fencing rule.
    Note: Each policy can contain up to 32 rules.
  8. Under Custom Services Mapping, click Create.
    The Custom Services Mapping dialog box is displayed.

    Creating a Custom Services Mapping

  9. Configure the following options:
    • Service: Select one of the Bonjour services from the list.

    Per Service has only one entry for custom services mapping. For example, AppleTV and Chromecast have only one entry with custom strings (three at most) and the Other type has one entry with custom strings (three at most) because it allows three other rules.

    • This field is available only if you select the Other option from the Service list. Custom Service Name lists all the custom service names with the service type Other created in the fencing rule.
    • Custom String List: Enter the name of the string list in the format _xxxx._xtcp or _xxxx._xudp. You can create only one entry for Custom service and three entries for an Other service.
  10. Click OK to save the services mapping policy.
  11. Click OK to save the policy.
    Note: You can also edit or delete the policy by selecting the Configure or Delete respectively, from the Fencing tab.
Parent topic: Bonjour Fencing