Create a Fabric Cloud Router

You can set up and provision a new Fabric Cloud Router through the Equinix Fabric portal. This process only takes a few minutes.

Create and Provision a Fabric Cloud Router

This is the process for creating a new user in the Equinix Fabric portal:

  1. Sign into the Equinix Customer Portal and navigate to Fabric.

  2. If your Fabric account has been transitioned to Equinix Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform, use the Context Switcher drop-down list to access your project and its assets.

    For more information, see Identity and Access Management.

  3. From the Cloud Routers menu, select Create a Fabric Cloud Router.

Select Location

  1. In the Select Location form, click a region and a metro location. For a list of the Autonomous System Numbers used for Cloud Routers in each of the available metros, see the table below.

    Metro Location Metro Code Autonomous System
    Amsterdam AM 60000
    Ashburn DC 13531
    Atlanta AT 30157
    Barcelona BA 34952
    Bogota BG 269971
    Bordeaux BX 28744
    Boston BO 18928
    Brussels BL 48088
    Calgary CL 27407
    Canberra CA 137860
    Chicago CH 32007
    Culpeper CU 22232
    Dallas DA 36641
    Denver DE 64292
    Dubai DX 48562
    Dublin DB 60640
    Frankfurt FR 59991
    Geneva GV 16023
    Hamburg HH 34972
    Helsinki HE 47732
    Hong Kong HK 24188
    Houston HO 27315
    Istanbul IL 42494
    Kamloops KA 27433
    Lima LM 273037
    Lisbon LS 44729
    London LD 60013
    Los Angeles LA 33109
    Madrid MD 25033
    Manchester MA 39757
    Melbourne ME 63525
    Mexico City MX 270132
    Miami MI 27354
    Milan ML 43457
    Montreal MT 27438
    Mumbai MB 137859
    Munich MU 24581
    New York NY 40052
    Osaka OS 63524
    Ottawa OT 273032
    Paris PA 59997
    Perth PE 45508
    Philadelphia PH 398975
    Rio de Janeiro RJ 270475
    Santiago ST 273032
    São Paulo SP 61643
    Seattle SE 33157
    Seoul SL 139286
    Silicon Valley SV 25658
    Singapore SG 24116
    Sophia SO 24581
    Stockholm SK 43432
    Sydney SY 24569
    Tokyo TY 24114
    Toronto TR 30159
    Vancouver VA 27444
    Warsaw WA 42319
    Winnipeg WI 27466
    Zurich ZH 42629

    Note: You can only connect a Cloud Router to other endpoints within the same metro location.

  2. Choose a Billing Account from the drop-down list.

    You can order a new Fabric Cloud Router and set up a billing account through a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) marketplace. For instructions, see Order a Cloud Router or VC in CSP Marketplace.

  3. Click Next: Fabric Cloud Router Details.

Details

  1. In the Fabric Cloud Router Details section, enter the new Cloud Router name. The name must contain 3–24 characters.

  2. Enter a Purchase Order Number.

  3. Select a package with the maximum number of IPv4 and IPv6 routes that you need for the new Cloud Router.

    Note: You can only connect a Cloud Router to other endpoints within the same metro location.

  4. Click Next: Review.

Review and Submit

  1. Review your order. To download a PDF summary of the order, click Download Design Summary in the Pricing Overview section.

  2. In the Notifications section, enter an additional email address and click Add Another Email.

  3. Click Submit Order.

    Confirmation of your new Cloud Router is displayed, with its unique ID and suggested follow-up actions.

    For example, in the Suggested Actions section of your new Cloud Router order confirmation, you can click View this Fabric Cloud Router to display the inventory list. For more information, see Fabric Cloud Router Inventory.

Within a few minutes, you'll receive an email notification that your new Cloud Router is provisioned and ready for use.

Create a Cloud Router Using API

You can use Fabric Cloud Router API to automate this procedure and integrate it with your internal systems. For details, see Create a Fabric Cloud Router.