allow-service

Enables discovery of Bonjour devices and the services they provide on Local or Tunneled VLANs

Syntax

allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> [local|tunneled]
allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> local {instance-name contains <WORD>} 
({service-vlans <WORD>})
allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> tunneled {instance-name contains <WORD>}

Parameters

allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> local {instance-name contains <WORD>} 
({service-vlans <WORD>})
allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> Configures the services that can be discovered by the Bonjour gateway. And also configures the VLANs on which the selected services can be discovered.
  • <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> – You can either select the Bonjour services from a set of system-provided, pre-defined Apple services, or use an existing alias to define a service not available in the predefined list.

    The predefined Apple services available are: Afp, AirPlay, AirPort, AirPrint, AirTunes, AppleTimeMachine, Chromecast, Daap, HomeSharing, Printer, and Scanner.

    Use the <WORD> keyword to define a service not included in the system-provided, pre-defined list. Ensure this device is registered with the Multicast DNS Responder (mDNSResponder).
local Select to enable the discovery of the selected Bonjour Services on the local VLAN
instance-name contains <WORD> Optional. Specifies the selected Bonjour service‘s instance name. When specified, the Bonjour service discovery queries contain the instance name. of the service to be discovered.
This option is useful especially in large distributed, enterprise networks. Use it to create different instances of a Bonjour service for the different organizations or departments (VLANs) within your network. Creating instances allows you to advertise specific service instances for a specific set of VLANs, instead of advertising top-level Bonjour Services to various allocated VLAN(s).
  • contains <WORD> – Specify the instance name. You can either directly specify the string value to be used as a match criteria, or use a string alias (for example, $BONJOUR-STRING) to identify the string to match. If using a string alias, ensure that it is existing and configured. For information on configuring a string alias, see alias.
service-vlans <WORD> Optional. Configures a VLAN or a list of VLANs on which the selected service is discoverable. When specified, Bonjour discovery queries are delivered to all clients on the specified VLANs. Applicable only if enabling Bonjour Services discovery on local VLANs. 
allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> tunneled {instance-name contains <WORD>}
allow-service <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> Configures the services that can be discovered by the Bonjour gateway. And also configures the VLANs on which the selected services can be discovered.
  • <BONJOUR-SERVICE-NAME> – You can either select the Bonjour Services from a set of system-provided, pre-defined Apple services, or use an existing alias to define a service not available in the predefined list.

    The predefined Apple services available are: Afp, AirPlay, AirPort, AirPrint, AirTunes, AppleTimeMachine, Chromecast, Daap, HomeSharing, Printer, and Scanner.

    Use the <WORD> keyword to define a service not included in the system-provided, predefine list.
tunneled Select to enable the discovery of the selected Bonjour Services on tunneled VLANs
instance-name contains <WORD> Optional. Adds a Bonjour Service instance name. If you have a large enterprise network, use this option to create different Bonjour Service instances for the different organizations or departments (VLANS) within your network. Creating instances allows you to advertise specific service instances for a specific set of VLANs, instead of advertising top-level Bonjour Services to various allocated VLAN(s).
  • contains <WORD> – Specify the sub-string to match. You can either directly specify the string value to be used as a match criteria, or use a string alias (for example, $BONJOUR-STRING) to identify the string to match. If using a string alias, ensure that it is existing and configured. For information on configuring aliases, see alias.

Examples

nx9500-6C8809(config-bonjour-gw-discovery-policy-test)#allow-service Afp local
nx9500-6C8809(config-bonjour-gw-discovery-policy-test)#allow-service Printer lo
cal instance-name contains $Bonjour_Service service-vlans 1,2
nx9500-6C8809(config-bonjour-gw-discovery-policy-test)#show context
bonjour-gw-discovery-policy test
 allow-service Printer local service-vlans 1-2 instance-name contains $Bonjour_Service
 allow-service Afp local
nx9500-6C8809(config-bonjour-gw-discovery-policy-test)#

Following example configures the string alias named $Bonjour_Service:

nx9500-6C8809(config)#alias string $Bonjour_Service admin
nx9500-6C8809(config)#commit
nx9500-6C8809(config)#show context include-factory | include alias string
alias string $Bonjour_Service admin
nx9500-6C8809(config)#

Related Commands

no Removes or modifies this Bonjour Gateway Discovery Policy settings
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