ON DEMAND INTERCONNECT
OVERVIEW
On Demand Interconnect (ODI) allows customers to connect to Equinix Fabric locations directly from the Colt On Demand platform, via a fully automated real time SDN interconnect.
ODI enables customers that are on the Equinix Fabric to seamlessly connect to 1100+ data centres and 32,000+ enterprise buildings that are directly connected to the Colt fibre network to provide a simplified end-to-end network experience.
Customers can interconnect to the Equinix Fabric in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. Connectivity is based on layer 2 point-to-point connectivity (similar to Ethernet or Cloud On Demand connections).
CUSTOMER APPLICATIONS
On Demand Interconnect for Equinix provides an enhanced provisioning experience compared to traditional data centre cross connects.
Provisioning Time
Days / Weeks
Minutes
Turn up experience
Usually positive, but issues can occur (e.g. TX/RX ports need to be swapped)
Fully automated
An example use case is a customer that wants to connect their enterprise office location to their Equinix Fabric port. This would normally be fulfilled via a physical fibre cross connect between dedicated ports on both the Equinix Fabric and service provider platforms within the Equinix data centre. On Demand Interconnect allows customers to bypass this traditional provisioning route and interconnect with Colt through SDN-enabled automation.
SERVICE DETAILS (COLT ON DEMAND SERVICE)
Customers can create layer 2 connections between a physical On Demand port in a data centre or enterprise office location to a virtual Equinix Fabric cloud port.
The bandwidth of the virtual cloud port is defined by the initial bandwidth of the Equinix Fabric virtual connection.
Key points:
Colt On Demand connectivity = layer 2
Colt virtual cloud port bandwidths – 50Mbps–5Gbps
Colt circuit connection bandwidths – 10Mbps–5Gbps
VLAN config on customer port – Open Port (transparent), Add VLAN (translation), Filter VLAN
CREATING A NEW CONNECTION TO COLT VIA THE EQUINIX FABRIC
REQUEST A LOCAL CONNECTION ACROSS EQUINIX FABRIC (EQUINIX FABRIC PORTAL)
In the Equinix Fabric portal, create a new connection and select Colt as the Service Provider.
Select one of your existing Equinix Fabric ports as the A side / origin data centre (for example, London LD6).
For the B side / destination location select the metro city as the interconnect to Colt (for example, London).
Select the bandwidth and VLAN details as per the standard Equinix Fabric provisioning process.
Once the connection is created, you will receive a service key (called a “unique ID” in Equinix Fabric). This service key is used to create a virtual cloud port in the Colt On Demand platform.
REQUEST A COLT ON DEMAND CONNECTION (COLT ON DEMAND PORTAL)
Prerequisites:
You must already be onboarded onto the Colt On Demand platform.
The physical port in the remote data centre or enterprise office location should already be in place. (Refer to the Quick Start Guide for port provisioning guidance.)
Process:
Create an Equinix virtual cloud port using the service key from the Equinix Fabric portal. Select the region and data centre location (for example, Equinix LD6).
On Demand Cloud 1 Once the virtual cloud port is created, create an On Demand connection between the remote data centre / enterprise office port and the Equinix virtual cloud port:
Create a new cloud connection and select the Equinix Fabric option.
Follow the standard cloud connection provisioning process: select Equinix as the A end port and the customer DC or enterprise office as the B end.
On Demand Cloud 2
END TO END PROCESS OVERVIEW
Want to learn more about On Demand?
Colt On Demand supports point-to-point connections between data centres and enterprise offices, private connections to the public cloud and internet connectivity. Visit the On Demand solution page to discover more about On Demand and how it can help you find the right pathway for your business.
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