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 and Profiles > Bonjour screen.

To create a Bonjour Fencing policy:
  1. Go to Services & Profiles > Bonjour.
  2. Select the Fencing tab, and then select the zone for which you want to create the policy.
  3. Click Create.
    The Create Bonjour Fencing Policy page appears.
    Figure 99  Creating a Bonjour Fencing Policy


  4. Configure the following:
    1. Name: Type a name for the policy.
    2. Description: Type a description for the policy.
    3. Fencing Rule: Create the policy rule by configuring the following:
      Figure 100  Fencing Rule


      1. Click Create. The Fencing Rule page appears.
      2. Configure the following options:
        • Device Type: Select the 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, and the closest AP is auto-detected for wireless devices, based on the AP association.
        • Service: Select one of the bonjour services from the drop-down list.
        • Fencing Range: Select the fencing range to be the Same AP or 1-Hop AP Neighbors.
        • Description: Specify any notes you may need to refer.
        • Device MAC: Specify the MAC address of the device advertising bonjour services. This option is available only for Wired Device Type. It supports up to four wired MAC addresses.
      3. Click OK to save the rule.

        You have created a Bonjour fencing rule. Each policy can contain up to 32 rules.

    4. Click OK to save the policy.

You have created a Bonjour fencing policy.

NOTE
You can also edit, clone and delete the policy by selecting the options Configure, Clone and Delete respectively, from the Fencing tab.