Internet Connection with Fabric
Equinix Internet Access offers Fabric users a virtual connection to the internet. You can use the Fabric portal or public API commands to set up and configure your new internet service.
Prerequisites
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You must have an active Equinix Fabric port.
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Your organization must be onboarded to an Equinix CRH/AM Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform.
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Admins must be assigned the Fabric Manager role to order the resources. For instructions about assigning the role, see Grant Access to Organizations or Projects.
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Users must be assigned the Fabric Viewer role to view resources. For more information about the Equinix Internet Access (EIA) roles and permissions, see Roles and Permissions.
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You cannot use a billing account that requires a purchase order (PO). Billing accounts that require POs (also known as PO bearing accounts) can’t be used to place orders for Internet Access with Fabric.
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Your Fabric port must be located in one of these supported metros:
AMER Region AT – Atlanta, U.S. CH – Chicago, U.S. CL – Calgary, Canada DC – Ashburn, U.S. HO – Houston, U.S. KA – Kamloops, Canada LA – Los Angeles, U.S. LM – Lima, Peru MI – Miami, U.S. MT – Montreal, Canada NY – New York, U.S. RJ – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil SE – Seattle, U.S. SP – São Paulo, Brazil ST – Santiago, Chile SV – Silicon Valley, U.S. TR – Toronto, Canada VA – Vancouver, Canada WI – Winnipeg, Canada
APAC Region HK – Hong Kong MB – Mumbai, India ME – Melbourne, Australia OS – Osaka, Japan PE – Perth, Australia SG – Singapore SY – Sydney, Australia TY – Tokyo, Japan
EMEA Region AM – Amsterdam, Netherlands BA – Barcelona, Spain DB – Dublin, Ireland FR – Frankfurt, Germany GV – Geneva, Switzerland HE – Helsinki, Finland HH – Hamburg, Germany IL – Istanbul, Turkey LD – London, U.K. LS – Lisbon, Portugal MA – Manchester, U.K. MD – Madrid, Spain ML – Milan, Italy MU – Munich, Germany PA – Paris, France SK – Stockholm, Sweden SO – Sofia, Bulgaria ZH – Zurich, Switzerland
Supported Configurations
Equinix Internet Access service with Fabric currently supports the following configurations:
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Single port or single connection
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Fixed billing account
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Flexible minimum bandwidth commitment
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Static, direct, and BGP routing protocol
In addition, Equinix will provide:
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Internet or WAN-facing IPv4 /30 and IPv6 /64 addresses
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Optional additional IPv4 /30 to IPV4 /24, and IPv6 /64 and /48, for customer devices
If you signed up for Internet Access services during the trial period, your service automatically updates to a paid service for the same configuration for the price shown when you signed up.
Fabric Portal
See Order Internet Access Using the Fabric Portal for instructions. Once you submit the order with the Fabric portal, your new internet service is available immediately after you place the order, and your new connection can be viewed in the Fabric Connections Inventory and the Internet Access Inventory dashboards.
API Commands
For instructions about using APIs to order services with Fabric, see Order Equinix Internet Access with Fabric.
Once you run the API commands, the internet service is available immediately. And within minutes, your new connection is visible in the Fabric Connections Inventory dashboard and in the Internet Access Inventory dashboard.