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Hi guys,With the 'Equinix Connect Single-Homed Direct (Provider Assigned IP)' service are there open ports?I have a Fortgate Firewall connected with the internet facing port configured to the Equinix supplied IP Address and have no problem getting internet through it and using NAT for a couple of device clients behind firewall, but I can't open a SSL VPN connection to the Firewall router. Are all ports closed by default?Thanks for your help,Ed 

In this roundtable, joining us is Robert Reeves (LF Strategic Partnerships) and we discuss Linux Foundation, KubeCon, CNCF, and more.The guests:Robert Reeves, VP of Business Dev, Cloud Native Computing Foundation Steve Martinelli, Director of Developer Advocacy and Community Fen Aldrich, Developer Advocate Walt Ribeiro, Senior Developer Advocate  

As part of our continued efforts to reduce energy costs and help address climate change, Equinix has deployed a 1MW rooftop solar system at our ME1 International Business Exchange® (IBX®) data center in Melbourne, Australia. This is not only one of Equinix’s largest solar PV systems globally, but one of the largest at any data center in Australia. This, along with previous deployments in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney (BR1, CA1, SY7, ME2, SY9X, SY2 and SY4), provides a total of approximately 1.8MW of clean energy to local power grids in Australia. Learn more about Equinix Adding Additional Clean Energy to Australia

In this video, we'll cover how to access a Fortigate Firewall via the Webgui. We'll start in the Device Details section of your provisioned firewall and walk through how to enable http permissions on the device. We'll open PuTTY to check the permissions on the port and cover what happens when we add the http and how to re-add ssh, ping, and fgfm permissions. We'll use the Console Tool in the Device Details page and utilize the temporary password provided by Equinix which will allow us to redo the permission statement for the port. We'll confirm that we've reestablished SSH access via PuTTY and then attempt to access the Webgui now that http has been enabled. Head to the Fabric Portal to check out your device details: https://fabric.equinix.com/

Equinix's Charles Meyers appeared on CNBC Worldwide Exchange this morning to discuss how DigitalTransformation, cloud, and AI are continuing to drive data center demand. Watch the full interview here: 

Hello everyone, We're using Virtual circuits between Fabric ports & Edge virtual devices, it works fine but still it's impossible to get the link usage statistics as for other circuits.Any news about that option that is missing? Thanks 🙂

Jon Lin, Equinix EVP and General Manager of Data Center Services & Matt Hull, NVIDIA VP Global AI Solutions answers some questions about our recent announced collaboration. Equinix Private AI with NVIDIA DGX is a fully managed private cloud service that enables enterprises to easily acquire and manage their own NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputing infrastructure for building and running custom generative AI models.  

On the latest episode of Traceroute, we look at how climate change is forcing the island nation of Tuvalu to rethink what it means to be a state.For the island nation of Tuvalu, the effects of climate change are more than a warning; they’re an eviction notice. Estimates vary as to when the small chain of coral islands could vanish beneath the waves, but experts agree that Tuvalu may be uninhabitable long before then, prompting its people to set sail for a new frontier… The metaverse. Within this digital landscape, Tuvalu could potentially preserve its lands, heritage, and governance, effectively pioneering a new model for nationhood, in which a nation and its people exist in two realms—physical and virtual. But how does one go from sand to silicon while maintaining the essence of a culture? And what is the real-world environmental impact of storing a nation’s worth of data? Whether we take Tuvalu’s proposal literally or view it as a symbolic call to action, unpacking the logistics of s

 I saw that Equinix now offers subscription licenses for the Cisco 8KV on Equinix Network Edge.  Does this support 16 core/8G memory devices?

Happy Safer Internet Day! Today’s a call to action for individuals, communities, and organizations to create a safer and more secure online environment. Whether it’s safeguarding privacy, fortifying passwords, combatting cyberbullying, or nurturing positive connections, let’s build a digital world that reflects the best of us. Share your tips below for Safer Internet Day and you'll receive a $25 credit to the Metal store!🛡️ Guard those passwords - make 'em strong!🕵️‍♂️ Stay sharp - watch out for scams and phishing.🕵️‍♀️ Privacy is key - check those settings!🔄 Keep things fresh - update your software.🔐 Double up - turn on Two-Factor Auth (2FA).🤔 Think twice before clicking any links.🤝 Be cool - respect everyone's vibe online.Welcome our newest members! Be sure to introduce yourself!  

We were promised flying cars. We were told that by the year 2000, cities would float in the clouds, robots would cut our hair, and there’d be a computer in everyone’s pocket. Well, one out of three ain’t bad.The question is, why? Why did we think the future would bring interstate moving sidewalks, but we ended up with the internet instead? In this episode of Traceroute, we take an in-depth look at why we get the technology we get…and our trail leads to three distinct factors. Helping us unravel the reason behind these factors is Mike Winterfield, Founder of Active Impact Investments, a VC firm that specializes in Green Tech. We also talk with Oliver Walker-Jones of Joby Aviation, one of several companies that are finally making flying cars, who shares his insight as to why it took almost a hundred years to get from the idea of the flying car to the reality of one. 

Can anyone explain what kind of support is available for the Cisco Catalyst 8000V?

VRF is now fully supported in v0.21.0 of metal-cli! Use commands to create and interact with Metal Gateways, BGP Dynamic Neighbors, and interconnections.  Some examples of possibilities now available in Metal-CLI:  Specify new BGP Dynamic Neighbors by IP Range and ASN  List your Metal Gateways  Get details on Server plan capacity per Metro Create or update a new interconnection and or virtual-circuit on said interconnection  Learn more about VRF on Metal in the documentation. 

Listen to Marty Falaro, EVP & COO Wasabi technologies, as he describes how Equinix helps provide value to a large range of their customers for research, disaster recovery, data backup, post production media services and more.As one of the fastest growing cloud object storage companies in the world, Wasabi uses Equinix Fabric to connect all thirteen data centers around the world as well as Equinix Metal for compute services.Wasabi leverages these digital services to open new doors with their customers and allows for the rapid global expansion of their business, while delivering on their focus to make cloud storage a simple utility, just like electricity. Learn more about cloud adjacent data strategies  

I note that NixOS was recently retired from the list of supported operating systems. What was the reason for dropping NixOS? I'm curious as to whether there are technical limitations that make the OS harder to support on the Metal platform.

🚀 Exciting News! You’ve got a simpler way to connect your services deployed across Equinix products. Give Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) a shot and help shape the future of VRF! 🛠️ Configure VRF through the API or UI directly, making connectivity easier than ever! 📚 For more information on what VRF is and how to use it, check out our deploy documentation page: https://deploy.equinix.com/developers/docs/metal/layer2-networking/vrf/ 🗣️ Your feedback matters! Whether it's good or bad, share your thoughts with us. We're eager to hear from you and will use your input to shape the future of VRF. Help us make it even better!

Network operations in the public cloud is easy because it is highly abstracted. How to bring a similar level of network abstraction to your own dedicated cloud environment at Equinix? This session will demonstrate and share how to simplify, automate, and interconnect any network environment.   

The annual Global Interconnection Index (GXI) is a crystal ball into the future of the digital economy, full of predictions and insights that redefine how we connect and thrive in a digital world.📈 Bandwidth Growth: Watch as interconnection bandwidth skyrockets at a 34% five-year CAGR, hitting a mind-blowing 33,578 Tbps. ☁️ Multicloud Mastery: By 2025, 85% of global companies will have embraced multicloud strategies across numerous regions. It's the era of cloud without borders, enhancing flexibility and operational resilience.🌐 Fortune 500's Digital Pivot: By 2025, 90% of Fortune 500 companies will transform into digital providers, both selling and consuming digital services. It's a shift from traditional business models to digital-first strategies.🔄 Hardware Renaissance: The next few years will witness a doubling in hardware refresh rates, spurred by ever-improving price/performance ratios. By 2026, technology lifecycles will accelerate, keeping pace with innovation demands.💡 Gro

Equinix, Inc. has launched a new fully managed private cloud service in collaboration with NVIDIA, aimed at providing enterprises with easy access to NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputing infrastructure. This service, available globally, is designed to enhance the development and management of custom generative AI models, offering robust infrastructure, high-speed network access, and enterprise-grade support. For a more detailed insight into this groundbreaking service, review the full press-releaseLearn more about Equinix's fully managed service for NVIDIA DGX AI Supercomputing  

How are Ethernet Private Line services different than Metro Connect service?

Which products need to be combined to solve your infrastructure needs? How do these products work together? Are there best practices? What have other customers done?We heard you loud and clear – you need a way to find the right solutions.Check out the newly launched Solutions Catalog!As this is an evolving catalog, with us adding more resources over time, we need your help: We are looking for beta testers to share their thoughts, feedback (good and bad) with us!Is it easy to navigate? Did you find what you were looking for? Is there information missing? What is working? When would you use it?Take a quick survey or respond in the comments below.What’s Solutions Catalog?Solutions Catalog is more a reference library than anything else and we are positive that it can help you find the right solution. You can go by technology category, discover how other customers have solved business requirements through infrastructure and browse by business motivation to see which solutions help you to ad

Do you have Equinix-configured Cisco CSR1000V Network Edge devices? Make sure you migrate them using the info below:

Equinix has opened an urban farm on the roof of its PA10 data center in Paris, including greenhouses warmed by waste heat from its servers. Learn more about our sustainability efforts.  

Stick around as we explore how tech both creates and disrupts our groove, and whether the secret sauce of in-person jams can really translate to the digital world. In this episode of Traceroute, we delve into a quest for the perfect tool to help bridge the physical and digital divides that increasingly appear between musicians like John and Arman. From California’s Bay Area to the buzzing streets of Hong Kong, we find a host of technologists who, spurred on by the impacts of a global pandemic, are already hard at work tackling the kind of low-latency global networking solutions that just might be the key to keeping the band in one semi-remote piece. But within this particular stack, there lies an even bigger conundrum. Because even if we somehow manifest the right tool for the job, is the magic of this so-called “vibe” even replicable? Or is there another solution altogether?Part 2 - The Synchrony Paradox  In part one of our story, we sourced the perfect tool for jamming together from

How do we make technology that lasts? In this episode, Grace Ewura-Esi and Shweta Saraf join Producer John Taylor as he talks with two cutting-edge technologists who are trying to extend the life of the hardware infrastructure around us. From a cell phone tower that can be installed on your roof (and repaired just as easily), to a clock that is built to last ten thousand years, we uncover the common threads that run through technology that’s built to last.Woven in this framework is the story of Sandra Rodriguez, who worked tirelessly to restore civilization—as well as hope itself—to the island of Puerto Rico with the help of the only piece of hardware infrastructure that withstood the powerful forces of Hurricane Maria in 2017. Let us know your thoughts below!