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Tune in as I unlock the potential of multicloud networking in our latest discussion with AWS Sr. Product Manager, Nathan Spitler. In this video, you'll discover the key benefits of multicloud networking, including reduced latency, improved security, and cost efficiency. Learn more about Fabric Cloud Router with AWS Direct Connect

Hey Community! We often get questions about Fabric Cloud Router and we’re here to help clarify for others who might have the same question in the future. If you’ve got additional questions about FCR, ask them in Community!What is a Digital Services Agreement (DSA)? The Digital Services Agreement is a document that is presented to users when setting up a Billing Account to order digital services like Fabric Cloud Router. If this is your first time ordering digital services with Equinix and you do not have an existing Billing Account (or sometimes called a Cloud Billing Account), you’ll be directed to digitally sign the DSA.If you're creating additional Billing Accounts, you will be asked whether you want to use an existing Digital Services Agreement or sign a new Digital Services Agreement. If you need guidance on either DSA option, please review this documentation.[Example only for reference and may not reflect latest version of DSA]  I’m a new customer; do I need to sign a Fabric DSA?

We have an exclusive opportunity where we are redesigning the Fabric experience within the Equinix Portal to make the navigation menu easier and more intuitive. Your feedback will have a direct impact to this redesign, ensuring a seamless, intuitive user experience within Fabric portal. Interested in taking part in this 5-minute survey activity? Fill out survey below or click here to submit your feedback! Once you complete the activity, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up today for the Equinix Customer Insights Panel. Influence new ideas, processes, product releases, capabilities, and more through engaging research activities like this one! Join, shape, influence, and innovate today!    

Quickly spin up a Fabric Cloud Router instance for routing between GCP and AWS with available Pulumi templates (programs) and these step by step workshops: Equinix FCR to Google Cloud Platform with Pulumi (Workshop) Equinix FCR Multi-cloud with Pulumi (Workshop) By the end, you'll have seamless routing between GCP Partner Interconnect and GCP Cloud Router as well as AWS Direct Connect.You can also find this information on the deploy site here.

We cant able to apply the router filter policies(RFP) when the Peerings are down on FCR. By the time we apply the Filter policies, all routes learnt from peers are advertised to the other peers resulting in downtime due to loop(unwanted routing). Even if we are quick enough to apply the policies, Fabric backend can only able to process one Filter policy at a time. If you try to apply/save the other policies it gives you an error as FCR is in Transient state. As a best practice we need to have Filter policies enabled first and then turn on the BGP peering to avoid loops/sub optimal routing.

Can I use an Equinix Fabric port to connect to the internet?

How to create route policies to filter routes between 2 CSP. I could see all the routes learned from vWAN are advertised to AWS using BGP peerings on Fabric Cloud Router. I dont see any documenation in Equinix portal about Fabric filter policies.I see the below error when trying to creating a policy at the first step too." Route Filter Policy Name"Error: Invalid input.

Fabric Cloud Router offers a lot of benefits and efficiencies for users who want to connect their clouds and Equinix networks. Are details and instructions for use available?

Hi,Can we use Equinix fabric and connect between 2 different Equinix  DCs between our DC in one Equinix DC and Customer DC in another Equinix DC. Also please clarify how to work on this request

If I order an ECX port how will it be delivered/presented in my cage/cabinet? Will Equinix need to install a patch panel in my cabinet? If yes how much space will this take up?

It has been some time since I built an ExpressRoute within the Equinix Fabric.  Our topology is using Fabric Ports (not Virtual Devices). We have a primary and secondary port.  We have built the ExpressRoute in Azure as well as the ExpressRoute VC in Equinix but are having trouble getting end-to-end connectivity.  In the overview page of the ExpressRoute connection in the Equinix Fabric, there is an Origin VLAN and Destination VLAN.  The Origin VLAN tags are different (Primary is 4025 and Secondary is 4026) but the Destination VLAN tag is the same (37 in this case).  Where do we configure those?  In the ExpressRoute Private Peering in Azure, we can only enter a single VLAN tag.  Do we configure 4025/4026 on our routers and 37 in Azure, visa versa, or do we configure the same on both?  The KB articles and videos do not cover this.

Which cloud service providers can I connect to with Fabric Cloud Router?

Can you please explain the benefits of FCR?

Are these different from standard Fabric use cases or more specific to networking? 

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In this video, well Service Profile association for Equinix Fabric has been moved to the project level. In this video we'll show you how to add User permissions for different Fabric Service Profiles and you'll see how easy it is to shift between Projects while in the Fabric Portal.To get started, head to "My Company," and then, "Service Profiles" after logging into the Fabric portal: https://fabric.equinix.com/  

We're always looking for ways to improve the value our products provide and the user experience.  What is your #1 challenge when using Equinix Fabric?

Equinix Fabric now supports 20 & 50 Gbps virtual connections to Google Cloud. What kinds of applications or technologies do you believe will benefit with access to these larger capacity connections?

I'm curious, is Fabric Cloud Router a managed service?

How can I connect to public cloud providers using Equinix?

Great news for Fabric users: You can now add Physical Ports to Virtual Ports using a new API.  Add Physical Ports to Virtual Port  

New lower speed tier on Equinix Fabric, ideal for digital banking and payment services 10Mbps connection speed available now Equinix Fabric has a lower virtual connection speed option of 10 Mbps. This speed is available for all customers use cases, but is ideal for customer connectivity via Fabric for high volume, low bandwidth transactions such as digital banking and payment services. Customers can create 10 Mbps virtual connections to connect to themselves in a point-to-point or a multipoint-to-multipoint configuration. If interested in creating a 10 Mbps virtual connection to a Service Providers publicly available on Fabric, you should verify that the Service Provider supports the lower speed tier. Availability: All Equinix Fabric locations, for local and remote connections, to any connection destinations (provided the Service Provider allows that speed tier)  Ordering: Customers can order 10Mbps virtual connections online only. 

Learn about the recent updates from Equinix Fabric 2022.6 This release of Equinix Fabric includes the new EP-LAN service offering, 10 Mbps bandwidth option for port to port connections, the ability to increase or decrease bandwidth of connections to IBM Direct Link, and changes to the default expiration date for Service Tokens. EP-LAN for Layer 2 Multipoint to Multipoint Service In October we released the ability to create EVP-LAN multipoint L2 networks with support for any-to-any, full mesh connectivity between multiple Equinix metros or locations. We have added EP-LAN, a port based service, to the MP2MP offering. 10 Mbps Billing Tier Create lower 10 Mbps bandwidth connections for port-to-port connections and connections to a network. This includes connections to service profiles for CSPs and other service providers. IBM Bandwidth Resizing You can now increase or decrease the bandwidth of a connection to IBM Direct Link on demand without deleting and recreating the connection. Service

How do I delete an un-used port?

Equinix Fabric 2022.5 is available October 10, 2022. This release of Equinix Fabric includes the new EVP-LAN connectivity option and greater flexibility when associating Fabric ports to locations.Layer 2 EVP-LAN ServiceYou can now create multipoint L2 networks with support for any-to-any, full mesh connectivity between multiple Equinix metros or locations. You can also view these networks in the Fabric Network Inventory.  Service Profile Location MappingAs a Fabric Service Provider, you have greater flexibility when associating Fabric ports to locations. You can create and map multiple location regions to ports associated with your Service Profile.  Learn more about Equinix Fabric on Docs and Readiness!