Equinix Fabric
Equinix Fabric lets you establish direct, low-latency connections to a variety of Service Providers, your business partners, Network Edge virtual devices, or between your physical assets deployed in different IBX data centers.
Port Options:
- 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps bandwidths available
Connection Options:
- Bandwidth tiers from 10 Mbps to 50 Gbps
- Right-size connection speeds as demands shift and spin up/down in real time
- Interconnect to any provider, partner or customer within a metro or globally on Platform Equinix
- Equinix Precision Time and Equinix Internet Access
- Point-to-point port-based (EPL) and VLAN-based (EVPL) connections
- Multipoint-to-multipoint connections delivered through EVP-LAN (VLAN-based) and EP-LAN (port-based)
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration options
SLA Availability:
- 99.999% (dual ports)
- 99.9% (single port)
Technical Components
Equinix Fabric takes a component-based approach to service design and implementation. Users can create solutions using a set of micro-services, or with predefined configurations.
Equinix Fabric users are empowered to create solutions that ideally suit their network needs from a set of business objects that can be combined in a variety of ways:
- The component model is highly scalable and flexible and can be combined into nearly unlimited solution variations
- The same components are used by both buyers and sellers
- Each component has a minimum viable operating state and a series of optional services that any user can enable to enhance their design
In some cases, an optional service might be required depending on the configuration of other components in the solution. New services are added to the components with nearly every software release.
Components Involved in Building Solutions
There are several components you can use in building your Equinix Fabric solutions, including the following:
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Port – Networking interface that enables establishing Fabric connections.
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Port package – Determines the pricing scheme for local connections.
- Standard – Preferred when fewer connections might be needed per port and fixed connection speed tiers are sufficient.
- Unlimited – Offers unlimited local connections to enhance support capability when you need a higher number of connections.
- Unlimited Port Plus – Offers unlimited local and remote connections, up to the allowed 4095 VLANs.
noteUnlimited Port Plus port package is available for offline ordering in Europe, US and Canada. For details, see Connection Packages.
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Virtual Connections (VC) – For all connection types using a sub-interface.
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Service Profile – Aggregates several other components for the purpose of offering services to create connections. A service profile is either Layer 2-centric (built around ports) or Layer 3-centric (built around Routing Instances).
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Service Token – Authorizes access to Fabric ports, allowing to create connections based on pre-determined set of parameters.
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Network – Enables optimizing the number of connections needed to create multipoint-to-multipoint networks.
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Fabric Cloud Router – A virtual routing service that enables Layer 3 connectivity between public clouds, colocated assets, Equinix Metal instances,s or Network Edge devices.
Layer 2 Solution
Layer 3 Solution
Equinix Fabric Product Policy
The Equinix Fabric product policy document is a guiding contractual template, explaining general Equinix definitions, policies, SLAs, and terms and conditions of doing business with Equinix. The Equinix Fabric product policy document is a guiding document, and not a contract. See the Equinix Fabric Product Policy Document.