Manage account settings

The table lists the feature history for managing account settings.

Table 1. Feature History

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

Support for managing predefined inbound rules

2022-11 Release

This feature enables you to specify trusted IP addresses and prefixes to manage control component access. You can also apply predefined inbound rules to all fabrics.

Information about predefined inbound rules

You can specify predefined inbound rules for allowing trusted IP addresses, including prefixes, to manage control component access. The predefined rules apply to any existing or new fabric created with the associated Smart Account.

You can add up to two hundred rules per fabric.

Benefits of predefined inbound rules

With predefined inbound rules, you can:

  • automatically apply rules to any overlay that you create with the associated Smart Account, and

  • support audit log entries for allowed IP addresses.

Manage predefined inbound rules

Before you begin

  1. Create a Smart Account.

    For more information on creating a Smart Account, see Workflow for Smart Account and Virtual Accounts for Provisioning the Controllers.

  2. Create a fabric.

    For more information on creating a Cisco SD-WAN Cloud-Pro fabric, see Create a Cisco SD-WAN Cloud-Pro Overlay Network.

Manage predefined inbound rules

  1. From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal menu, choose Admin Settings.

  2. Under Actions, click . . . and choose Manage Predefined Inbound Rules from the drop-down list.

  3. Click Add Predefined Inbound Rules to add a predefined inbound rule.

  4. Configure the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Enter a name for the predefined inbound rule.

    Rule Type

    Choose one of the available options from the drop-down list.

    • All

    • SSH

    • HTTPS

    • Custom TCP rule

    • Custom UDP rule

    Protocol

    Protocol is automatically populated depending on which Rule Type you choose.

    Port Range

    Enter a port range.

    If you chose Custom TCP rule or Custom UDP rule, the port range was automatically populated.

    Source

    Enter an IP address or an IP address prefix.

    Description

    Enter a description for the predefined inbound rule.

    Automatically add this rule to ALL fabrics

    Select this option to apply the predefined rules to all the fabrics associated with your Smart Account.

    If you do not select this option, the rule is not added to your existing fabrics.

  5. Click Add.