Configuring Universal Connection

This is an overview of how to use the Universal Connection wizard and other related tasks that you need when you create a Universal Connection to IBM services.

Follow these procedures when you create a Universal Connection between your system and IBM Electronic Customer Support. As an alternative, you can review the Universal Connection scenarios and follow the scenario that matches the configuration requirements of your site.

Universal Connection automatic configuration

Automatic configuration of a direct LAN connection to IBM is enabled by default. See Universal Connection for more information.

Universal Connection manual procedures

These procedures involve creating a configuration using control language (CL) commands. After preparing to configure the Universal Connection, choose a configuration procedure that best fits the hardware and software setup of your site.