How to add an IP to inbound whitelist for BMC remote access

If an IP address needed to access BMC resources was not entered to the BMC Remote Access tab before running a recovery, the IP can be added through the firewall at any time after the IP address of the firewall is displayed in the Cloud IBR portal.

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  • Run the following command, replacing x.x.x.x with the WAN IP you wish to whitelist:
    sudo ufw allow in on ens160 from x.x.x.x to any

  • Run this command to confirm the rule was added:
    sudo ufw status numbered

  • If a rule was entered incorrectly, use the command below to delete the rule:
    sudo ufw delete [rule_number]