Re: AWS Direct Connect - Peering VPCs to Tier 1's and MPLS

[Bevan Slattery <bevan () slattery net au>]

***disclaimer - info on subject from a shareholder*** :)

Yeah.  In addition to Equinix and a few others  Megaport is expanding pretty quickly in US at present.  30+ locations 7 
US markets.  Worth a look if you are trying to get your Azure and AWS fix from a single provider via 100% SDN, API 
driven platform (also and other services such as AMS-IX peering).  Interesting differences such as a flat rate Virtual 
X-Connect regardless of speed and where the other end of the circuit is in the metro.  Day/month/year from 1mbps to 
10gbps.  Been doing elastic interconnects since 2013.

https://www.megaport.com/services/megaport_enabled_locations

Well known in Asia but less so in US/NANOG hence the first and last public post about this.

Anyway, maybe worth a look.

Cheers

B

> On 2 Mar 2016, at 9:28 AM, Dave Cohen <craetdave () gmail com> wrote:
>
> I can confirm that AWS (and Equinix, by extension, from a facility operator
> perspective) permit carriers to have multiple end users share a physical
> interface into the AWS gateway. The key is whether the providers that are
> permitted into the DX environment (I believe AWS has limited the list to
> only 7 or 8 in total - anyone else is reselling capacity off of those
> carriers) are willing to deal with the constraints of that configuration -
> essentially that the carrier needs to take responsibility of engaging
> directly with AWS to associate the EVC on the provider interface with the
> VPC on the AWS interface. I can confirm that at least one provider other
> than Equinix will do this. Point being, it's not an AWS restriction as much
> as whether the provider is willing to get its hands a bit dirtier. My $.02
> at least.
>
> - Dave
>
> > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't heard it from the horse's mouth, but I heard that the only way
> > to have customers share an AWS DX (apparently) cross connect is through
> > Equinix's cloud exchange service. Can anyone confirm that? It doesn't seem
> > right that I could transport people to AWS all day long if they buy their
> > own cross connect, but once we share, I have to go through someone offering
> > a competitive service.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> > Midwest-IX
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Michael O'Connor" <moc () es net>
> > To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>
> > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 2:41:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: AWS Direct Connect - Peering VPCs to Tier 1's and MPLS
> >
> > Jay,
> >
> > VPC is supported over IPsec if your public path is sufficient into the AWS
> > cloud.
> >
> > AWS shortens DirectConnect to DX not DC for some reason.
> >
> > The AWS DirectConnect service is built on 10G infrastructure so using
> > potentially larger interconnects over public peerings with IPsec could be
> > advantageous.
> >
> > DX requires fiber cross connects in addition to any other AWS peerings that
> > you may have at a particular location.
> >
> > -Mike O'Connor
> >
> >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just got this dropped on my desk an hour ago, and I'm not finding as much
> > > material online as I might have hoped for...
> > >
> > > It looks like the easiest solution is to just hang a router/firewall at
> > > Equinix Ashburn and AWS-DC to that, and then peer it to carriers both IP
> > > and
> > > MPLS; is there a "native" way to do that from an AWS VPC instead?
> > >
> > > Any public or private replies cheerfully accepted; will summarize what I
> > > can to the list.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -- jra
> > >
> > > --
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