Steve Seymour
Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
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What is AWS Direct Connect ?
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AWS Direct Connect
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The Toolbox
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The Toolbox
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Global Infrastructure
18 Regions
114 Edge
Locations
54 AZs
Region & No. of Availability Zones
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AWS Direct Connect
84 Direct Connect Locations (June 2018)
Direct
84 Connect
Locations
AWS Region
Direct Connect
Location
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Terminology for physical connections
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Physical connection
• Customer router
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1 G/10 G dedicated vs. hosted connections
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At the Direct Connect Location
Demarcation
CORP
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Dedicated Port via Direct Connect Partner
Demarcation
AWS Direct
Connect
Routers
CORP
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At the Direct Connect Location – via MPLS
Demarcation
Connect PE Router
Routers
CE Router
CORP
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Direct Connect—physical connectivity
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Direct Connect—physical connectivity
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Direct Connect—physical connectivity
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Direct Connect—resilient & diverse paths
Direct Connect Location 1
AWS Direct
Connect Routers
AWS Direct
Connect Routers
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Direct Connect—resilient & diverse paths
Direct Connect Location 1
AZ Transit
AWS Direct
Connect Routers
AZ AZ AZ
Direct Connect Location 2
AZ Transit
AWS Direct
Connect Routers
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Direct Connect—resilient & diverse paths
Direct Connect Location 1
AZ Transit
AWS Direct
Connect Routers
AZ AZ AZ
Direct Connect Location 2
AZ Transit
AWS Direct
Connect Routers
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Single Direct Connect Location – 2 Connections
Service Provider
Network
CORP
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Multiple Direct Connect Locations
Direct Connect Location 1
Colocation
Service Provider
Direct Connect Location 2 Network
Colocation
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Ordering Process
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How to order AWS Direct Connect
2. Create a Connection
3. Receive LOA-CFA
4. Cross Connect
2. Create a Connection
3. Receive LOA-CFA
4. Cross Connect
2. Create a Connection
3. Receive LOA-CFA
4. Cross Connect
2. Create a Connection
3. Receive LOA-CFA
4. Cross Connect
2. Create a Connection
3. Receive LOA-CFA
4. Cross Connect
2. Create a Connection
3. Receive LOA-CFA
4. Cross Connect
• Ports need to be on the same AWS Direct Connect Router (visible in the console)
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Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
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Virtual Interfaces
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Public vs. private virtual interfaces
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Virtual interfaces (VIFs)
• Public or private
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Virtual interfaces (VIFs)
• Public or private
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Virtual interfaces (VIFs)
• Public or private
• BGP
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Private Virtual interfaces
• Public or private
• BGP
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Private Virtual interfaces
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Private Virtual interfaces
Connect to either—
Or
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IPv6 over Direct Connect
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A Private Virtual Interface on 1Gbps Direct Connect
EU-CENTRAL-1
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
Direct Connect (Munich) Customer
Gateway Router
VGW
VLAN + eBGP Session
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A Private Virtual Interface on 1Gbps Direct Connect
EU-CENTRAL-1
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
Direct Connect (Munich) Customer
Gateway Router
VGW
VLAN + eBGP Session
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A Private Virtual Interface on 1Gbps Direct Connect
EU-CENTRAL-1
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
Direct Connect (Munich) Customer
Gateway Router
VGW
VLAN + eBGP Session
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A Private Virtual Interface on 1Gbps Direct Connect
EU-CENTRAL-1
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
Direct Connect (Munich) Customer
Gateway Router
VGW
VLAN + eBGP Session
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A Private Virtual Interface on 1Gbps Direct Connect
EU-CENTRAL-1
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
Direct Connect (Munich) Customer
Gateway Router
VGW
VLAN + eBGP Session
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1 G/10 G dedicated connections
Your Account
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1 G/10 G dedicated connections
Your Account
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1 G/10 G dedicated connections
Your Account
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1 G/10 G dedicated connections
Your Account
Virtual Interface
dxvif-xxxxxx
VLAN: 103
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1 G/10 G dedicated connections, hosted VIF
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1 G/10 G dedicated connections, hosted VIFs
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Hosted connections (sub-1 G)
’Hosted Connection’
Interconnect dxcon-xxxxxx
VLAN: 101
Port Speed: 50-500 Mbps
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Hosted connections (sub-1 G)
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Hosted connections (sub-1 G)
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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
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What is BGP?
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Public virtual interface
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DX public VIF—AS_PATH & NO_EXPORT
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DX public VIF—AS_PATH & NO_EXPORT
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DX public VIF—AS_PATH & NO_EXPORT
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Public VIF—Global Public Access
You can use the following BGP communities for your prefixes:
7224:9200 All AWS regions for a continent (for example, North America–wide)
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Public VIF—Global Public Access
7224:8100 Routes that originate from the same AWS Region in which
the AWS Direct Connect point of presence is associated
7224:8200 Routes that originate from the same continent with which
the AWS Direct Connect point of presence is associated
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Public VIF—same region (Ireland)
eu-west-1 (Ireland)
IP 54.239.244.57 /31
BGP AS 7224
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Public VIF—same continent (Frankfurt)
eu-west-1 (Ireland)
IP 54.239.244.57 /31
BGP AS 7224
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Public VIF—global (Canada)
eu-west-1 (Ireland)
IP 54.239.244.57 /31
BGP AS 7224
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
• You can attach multiple private virtual interfaces to your Direct Connect gateway from connections
at any Direct Connect location
• You associate a Direct Connect gateway with the virtual private gateway for the VPC
• Connects to one or more VPCs in your account that are located in the same or different regions
• A Direct Connect gateway is a globally available resource. You can create the Direct Connect gateway
in any region and access it from all other regions.
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Before AWS Direct Connect Gateway
EU-WEST-2
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
(London)
10.3.0.0/16
VGW
via VGW (AS64512)
Virtual Interface
192.168.0.0/16
via CORP (AS65000)
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
EU-WEST-2
10.3.0.0/16
Direct Connect
Location
Direct Connect (London)
VGW Gateway Virtual Interface
VGW
“Association” “Attachment”
10.3.0.0/16
192.168.0.0/16
via DX GW (AS64512)
via CORP (AS65000)
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
EU-WEST-2
10.3.0.0/16
VGW
Direct Connect
VGW
Location
“Association”
Direct Connect (London)
Gateway Virtual Interface
“Attachment”
VGW
EU-CENTRAL-1
“Association”
10.4.0.0/16
10.3.0.0/16
VGW 192.168.0.0/16
10.4.0.0/16
via CORP (AS65000)
via DX GW (AS64512)
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
Direct Connect
Location
EU-WEST-2 (London)
10.3.0.0/16
VGW
VGW
EU-CENTRAL-1 Virtual Interface
“Association”
10.4.0.0/16
“Attachment”
10.3.0.0/16
VGW 10.4.0.0/16 192.168.2.0/24
via DX GW (AS64512) via CORP
(AS65000)
Direct Connect
Location
(Frankfurt)
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
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AWS Direct Connect Gateway
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Private VIF’s - Local Preference Communities
• 7224:7100—Low preference
• 7224:7200—Medium preference
• 7224:7300—High preference
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Local Preference Communities AS65000
Direct Connect
Location
(London) CORP
Virtual Interface
“Attachment”
10.3.0.0/16
10.4.0.0/16
via DX GW (AS64512) 192.168.2.0/24 - 7224:7300 (High)
192.168.1.0/24 - 7224:7100 (Low)
Direct Connect
Location
(Frankfurt)
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Local Preference Communities AS65000
Direct Connect
Location
(London) CORP
Virtual Interface
“Attachment”
10.3.0.0/16
10.4.0.0/16
via DX GW (AS64512) 192.168.2.0/24 - 7224:7300 (High)
192.168.1.0/24 - 7224:7100 (Low)
Direct Connect
Location
(Frankfurt)
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The rules
• The VPCs to which you connect through a Direct Connect gateway cannot
have overlapping CIDR blocks
• A virtual private gateway that you associate with a Direct Connect gateway
must be attached to a VPC
• You cannot use a Direct Connect gateway to connect to a VPC in the China
(Beijing) region
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Direct Connect Gateway—traffic flows
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Direct Connect Gateway—traffic flows
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Direct Connect pricing
and
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Direct Connect pricing
Direct Connect
Location
EU-WEST-2 (London)
10.3.0.0/16
VGW
VGW
EU-CENTRAL-1
“Association”
10.4.0.0/16
VGW
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Direct Connect pricing
To Direct Connect Location From US East (Ohio), From Canada (Central) From EU Central From Asia Pacific From Asia Pacific From Asia Pacific From South America From Asia Pacific
US East (Virginia), (Frankfurt), (Tokyo) (Seoul), (Mumbai) (Sao Paulo) (Sydney)
US West (N. California), EU West (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore)
US West (Oregon), EU West (London)
AWS GovCloud (US)
165 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Cologix COL2, Columbus, OH $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
CoreSite DE1, Denver, CO $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
CoreSite NY1 & NY2 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
CoreSite One Wilshire $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
CoreSite SV3 - SV7 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
CoreSite VA1 & VA2 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
CyrusOne West I - III, Houston, TX $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Digital Realty ATL1, Atlanta, GA $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
EdgeConneX Portland $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix CH1 - CH2 & CH4 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix DA1 - DA3 & DA6 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix DC1 - DC6 & DC10 - DC11 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix LA1 - LA4 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix SE2 & SE3 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix SE2 & SE3 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Equinix SV1 & SV5 (AWS Gov Cloud) $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Lightower, Philadelphia, PA $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Markley, One Summer Street, Boston, MA $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
PhoenixNAP, Phoenix, AZ $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Pittock Exchange Portland $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
QTS Chicago $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
Switch SUPERNAP 8 $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
TierPoint Seattle $0.020 $0.020 $0.028 $0.090 $0.090 $0.085 $0.150 $0.130
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Direct Connect pricing
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Thank You!
Steve Seymour
Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
@sseymour
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