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Jantzen
Equinix Employee
3 years ago

What port configurations are available for Equinix Fabric?

What port configurations are available for Equinix Fabric?

  • The following parameters are chosen by the user when procuring ports:

    Parameter

    Possible Values

    Notes

     

    Speed

    1G SX MMF

    1G LX SMF

    10G LR SMF

    1G MMF might be limited in some regions and is generally not recommended by Equinix

    Port Format

    Ethernet

    WDM

     

    Encapsulation

    802.1Q (TPID: 0x8100) 802.1ad (TPID: 0x8100, 0x88a8, 0x9100)

    In case of the frame type 802.1ad (QinQ) the TPID value of 0x8100, 0x88a8, 0x9100 in the CRD applies to the outer tag while the inner tag

    uses 0x8100

    MTU

    9100 bytes

    Ports on Equinix Fabric are set to a default

    MTU size of 9100 bytes

    LAG

    LAG Group name (with which ports) LAG quantity (min 1; max 8. )

    If ports should be configured as members of 802.3ad Link

    Aggregation Group (LAG) members. Equinix Fabric uses the LACP protocol. Equinix Fabric does not support MC-LAG

    For more information, please visit the Port Details page

  • Jantzen's avatar
    Jantzen
    Equinix Employee

    The following parameters are chosen by the user when procuring ports:

    Parameter

    Possible Values

    Notes

     

    Speed

    1G SX MMF

    1G LX SMF

    10G LR SMF

    1G MMF might be limited in some regions and is generally not recommended by Equinix

    Port Format

    Ethernet

    WDM

     

    Encapsulation

    802.1Q (TPID: 0x8100) 802.1ad (TPID: 0x8100, 0x88a8, 0x9100)

    In case of the frame type 802.1ad (QinQ) the TPID value of 0x8100, 0x88a8, 0x9100 in the CRD applies to the outer tag while the inner tag

    uses 0x8100

    MTU

    9100 bytes

    Ports on Equinix Fabric are set to a default

    MTU size of 9100 bytes

    LAG

    LAG Group name (with which ports) LAG quantity (min 1; max 8. )

    If ports should be configured as members of 802.3ad Link

    Aggregation Group (LAG) members. Equinix Fabric uses the LACP protocol. Equinix Fabric does not support MC-LAG

    For more information, please visit the Port Details page