Bonjour support is aware of personal devices. For example, an Apple TV in a dorm room can be associated with the student who owns it.

Bonjour support is aware of shared resources.For example, an Apple TV in a meeting room or a printer in a supply room that is available to certain users, such as the marketing department. Or, in a classroom, teachers can use AirPlay to wirelessly project a laptop screen onto an HDTV monitor using an Apple TV.

When configured with Cloud Network Manager, Bonjour support enables a client to perform a location-based discovery. For example, when a client roams from one Cloud Network Manager cluster to another, it can discover devices available in the new cluster to which the client is currently connected.

Bonjour support features

Bonjour support provides the following features:

Send unicast responses to mDNS queries and reduces mDNS traffic footprint.

Ensure cross-VLAN visibility and availability of mDNS devices and services.

Allow or block mDNS services for all users.

Allow or block mDNS services based on user roles.

Allow or block mDNS services based on VLANs.

Bonjour support services

Bonjour supports zero-configuration services. The services are preconfigured and are available as part of the factory default configuration. The administrator can also enable or disable any or all services.

The following services are available for AP clients:

AirPlay — Apple AirPlay allows wireless streaming of music, video, and slideshows from your iOS device to Apple TV and other devices that support the AirPlay feature.

AirPrint — Apple AirPrint allows you to print from an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch directly to any AirPrint compatible printer.

iTunes— The iTunes service is used by iTunes Wi-Fi sync and iTunes home-sharing applications across all Apple devices.

RemoteMgmt— Use this service for remote login, remote management, and FTP utilities on Apple devices.

Sharing— Applications such as disk sharing and file sharing, use the service ID that are part of this service on one or more Apple devices.

Chat— The iChat (Instant Messenger) application on Apple devices uses this service.

Configuring Bonjour support and Bonjour support services on an AP

To enable Bonjour support and its services:

1.Select Wireless Configuration > Services > BONJOUR SUPPORT.

2.Select ENABLE BONJOUR SUPPORT. The Bonjour support configuration parameters are displayed.

3.Select ENABLE GUEST BONJOUR MULTICAST to allow the users to use Bonjour support services enabled in a guest VLAN. However, the Bonjour support devices are visible in the guest VLAN and Bonjour support does not discover or enforce policies in the guest VLAN.

4.Select ENABLE BONJOUR SUPPORT ACROSS MOBILITY DOMAINS to enable Inter cluster mobility. Cloud Network Manager supports two types of assignment modes:

Intra Cluster (checkbox cleared) - The AP does not share the mDNS database information with the other clusters.

Inter Cluster (checkbox selected) - The AP shares the mDNS database information with the other clusters. The DNS records in the VC can be shared with the all the VCs configured for L3 Mobility.

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