What’s New

This section provides easy access to information on the latest features and releases of the Equinix family of products. As a valued customer, we are excited to share with you the latest updates and enhancements to our platform.

More details for each of the products listed below can be found in that product's Release Notes, which can be accessed via the links provided. The Release Notes contain detailed information about the latest features, improvements, fixes, and other updates that have been implemented in our products and services.

Equinix Fabric

The 2024.5 Equinix Fabric release, available in October, includes the following improvements:

• The new Fabric ports ordering workflow now supports ports ordered to another party's cage and a Building Meet Me Room.

• You can now create Z-side service tokens for Fabric Network objects and Network Edge virtual devices.

• Redesigned, customizable dashboard.

• You can upgrade Oracle FastConnect connections to bandwidths higher than 10 Gbps.

For more information, see Equinix Fabric Release Notes.

Equinix Fabric APIs

The Equinix Fabric R2024.4 release, available in August, includes the following improvements:

• Adds two new fields "inboundMED" and "outboundMED" to Routing Protocols APIs to influence the routing decisions of neighboring Autonomous Systems (AS).

• Enables a new type "CONNECTION_PROVIDER_BANDWIDTH_REQUEST" to Manage Connection API to allow users to fetch the latest bandwidth from the provider.

• Adds a new field "asOverrideEnabled" to Routing Protocols APIs to help users define the optional AS override policy (defaults to false/off). The policy is applied to one or more IPv4 and/or IPv6 peering sessions as an outbound route map.

• Adds a new use case: Connect Fabric Cloud Router to Amazon Web Services.

• Adds a new use case: Migrate Connection to a Different Virtual Device.

For more information, see Equinix Fabric Release Notes.

Equinix Fabric Cloud Router

The Fabric Cloud Router 2024.5 release, available in October, includes the following improvements:

• Enables users to quickly upgrade their Fabric Cloud Routers from a Lab service to a Standard or Advanced service, efficiently converting their test configurations to a paid service tier.

• Provides new options for users to limit the maximum number of IPv4 and IPv6 routes that their Cloud Routers receive from peers before resetting their Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) sessions.

• Adds troubleshooting features to route tables to help with viewing and exporting details about BGP attributes, and for retrieving BGP routes and additional attribute details for specific connections.

• Includes updated links to the new Equinix unified URL portal experience when users sign into the Fabric portal.

For more information, see Fabric Cloud Router Release Notes.

Network Edge

The Network Edge 2024.10 release, available in October, includes the following improvement:

• Aviatrix Transit Edge is available in the Equinix Marketplace as of October 2024.

• Users can opt out of auto-renewal for their Network Edge devices.

• Z-side tokens can now be created so that your customers can connect to your devices.

For more information, see Network Edge Release Notes.

Network Edge APIs

The Network Edge R2024.4 release, available in August, includes the following improvement:

Adds two new fields "panoramaIpAddress" and "panoramaAuthKey" to the Create Device and Get Device APIs to allow Panorama integration of Palo Alto devices with Internet Access.

For more information, see Network Edge Release Notes.

Equinix Internet Access

The Equinix Internet Access 2024.09 release, available in October, includes the following improvement:

• Eases the configuration design process by enabling users to drag and drop connections to components (like ports, service profiles, virtual devices, and IP-WAN networks) into diagrams, then downloading them with cost estimates based on bandwidth commit and metro location.

For more information, see Equinix Internet Access Release Notes.

Equinix Customer Portal

The Equinix Customer Portal 2024.3 release, available in June, includes the following improvement:

Enhancements to Orders and Tickets History. Specifically, for Scheduled Smart Hands requests, a clear and prominent response deadline now appears within your order details.

For more information, see Equinix Customer Portal Release Notes.

Other Products

Older release notes for other products can be found using the following links.:

• Colocation

• Equinix Precision Time

• Smart Hands

• Cross Connects

• Digital LOA

• Internet Exchange

• Metro Connect