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FastConnect Overview

Use Equinix Fabric to establish a direct, layer 2 connection to FastConnect to access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and other Oracle Cloud services. Refer to the Oracle Cloud documentation for instructions on how to sign up for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect.

Equinix supports connecting to Oracle Cloud through the following service profiles:

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect - Available in 30 Metros, this is the standard service profile for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect - Alternate Metro Locations - Connect to alternative Oracle Cloud Infrastructure onramp locations in London and Sao Paulo (Vinhedo). Create connections to Digital Realty Sovereign House via Equinix LD8 in London and in Vinhedo via Equinix SP3.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Government Layer 2 - Connect to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gov site locations in Ashburn and Los Angeles.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure UK Government Layer 2 - Connect to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure UK Gov site location in London.

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - EU Sovereign Cloud - Connect to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure EU Sovereign Cloud site location in Frankfurt. The process to provision a connection is not fully automated. Once the connection provisioning request is submitted via the Equinix portal, Equinix and Oracle will work together to complete provisioning on your behalf. It will take up to 5 business days to complete the provisioning process. You will need a valid OCI FastConnect OCID key for the OCI EU Sovereign Cloud as part of the connection request.

Bandwidth Options​

Equinix Fabric has added support for FastConnect connections at 20 Gbps and 50 Gbps speeds in select metros.

If your A-side port location and the Z-side Oracle metro onramp combination qualifies, these connection speeds will be made available to you during the connection creation process.

These speeds are currently available for:

  • Customers with 100 Gbps EVPL Fabric ports; single 100 Gbps port and nx100 Gbps LAG group configurations.
  • Connections in select metros (see list below).
  • Remote connections between metro pairs where higher speeds are supported. For details, see 25 Gbps & 50 Gbps Virtual Connection Availability

20 and 50 Gbps speeds availability:

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Mexico City (MX)
São Paulo (SP)
Washington D.C. (DC)
Frankfurt (FR)
Madrid (MD)
Mumbai (MB)
Singapore (SG)

Resizing Connection Bandwidth​

Both Equinix Fabric and Oracle Fast Connect support resizing the connection's bandwidth after provisioning. See Resize FastConnect Connection Bandwidth for more information.

Connection Set Up in the Oracle Console​

In order to create a connection between FastConnect and Fabric, you must have the following:

  1. An Oracle Virtual Cloud Network instance.

  2. Create a Dynamic Routing Gateway in the Oracle Console. To create a Dynamic Routing Gateway, follow the instructions in Creating a DRG.

  3. Attach a Virtual Cloud Network to the Dynamic Routing Gateway. Follow the instructions on Attaching a VCN to a DRG.

  4. Configure the Virtual Cloud Network subnet route table to send traffic to the Dynamic Routing Gateway. Follow the instructions on Updating a VCN Route Table's Rules

  5. Create FastConnect Virtual Circuit(s). Instructions for creating virtual circuits are found on FastConnect: With an Oracle Partner in Task 3: Set up Virtual Circuits.

After you have created a virtual circuit, it generates an OCID. One or more OCIDs are required to create the virtual connection in Equinix Fabric.

Create the Connection on Equinix Fabric​

Once you have your Oracle Virtual Cloud Network configuration completed and the virtual circuit's OCID, you can create the connection in the Equinix Customer Portal or API.

BGP Set Up in the Oracle Cloud Console​

Once you have created and configured the connection on the Equinix Fabric side, return to the Oracle Cloud Console and make the corresponding routing changes to establish BGP session(s).

Here are some suggested steps:

  • Check that the BGP session is working. The session can be seen in your CPE or in the Oracle Console via the FastConnect VC state.
  • Check the received prefixes on your CPE.
  • Ping or trace the route to the DRG using the IP that was setup as the Oracle BGP Peer IP.
  • Ping or trace the route to the Bare Metal host or VM within Oracle Cloud.
  • Establish fail over testing to validate your network design as needed.

You can confirm the connection status from the Connections Inventory page.

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