Managing Boundary Groups

Boundary Groups is a new concept in CM12, and take the old site boundaries of CM07 to a new level of flexibility. Boundary Groups are used to determine client site assignment and content location for both Distribution Points (DPs) and State Migration Points (SMPs).

Note

Clients that are connected through the Internet do not use Boundary Groups for site assignment or content location requests.

Just configuring a boundary in CM12 will not help with site assignment or content location. A boundary must be added to a Boundary Group before it is actually used by CM12.

Getting ready

In order to manage Boundary Groups, we must first create one or more boundaries.

In the admin console, navigate to Administration | Hierarchy Configuration | Boundaries. Click on Create Boundary from the ribbon. From this dialog, we can enter an Active Directory Site, IP Subnet, IPv6 Prefix, or IP Address Range. As an alternative to entering each boundary manually, you can follow the steps in the...