Managing firewall settings

This topic provides instructions for managing firewall settings.

1. From the System console management GUI, select Console Settings > Custom Firewall Settings.
2. If you see the message Take Control of This Page From IBM Service, select Take Control of This Page From IBM Service.
   Note: To transfer control back to IBM service personnel, select Transfer Control of This Page to IBM Service.
3. Click the radio button in the Accept column to authorize a port or in the Drop column to disallow a port name.
4. You can add custom rules at the bottom, specifying the values, then click Update Firewall Settings after you have made all of your selections.
5. To modify a custom rule, enter the information for the custom rule, change whether to Accept or Drop, and click Update Firewall Settings.