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September 13th, 2023 19:44

How to stop idrac from responding to ping

We have dedicated ip set for idrac which we use to access idrac remotely by connecting via ssh or web console.

When we ping this ip, idrac replies back which makes it discoverable and venurable. 

Is there a way we can turn of idrac pinging like we do in linux firewall .. ?

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September 14th, 2023 08:25

Hi, I was thinking about it and how to do that. And thinking like reversing in this article https://dell.to/48stJcz

  • To stop the iDRAC from answering ping requests that are faster than its network speed, you can use a dedicated network interface for the iDRAC and turn off the auto-negotiation option. Then, you can set the network speed to either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps.
  • To separate the iDRAC from the host operating system and stop them from pinging each other, you can use a shared network port and assign different VLANs (virtual local area networks) to the iDRAC and the OS.
  • Also I found this thread which it can be helpful https://dell.to/3Rm99EC To turn off the ping response on a Linux operating system, you can change the value of the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all file to 1. To turn it back on, change the value to 0.
  • To disable the ping response on a Windows Server operating system, you can adjust the firewall settings and turn off the rules for file and printer sharing (echo request: ICMPv4 in) and (echo request: ICMPv6 in).
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