Connect Fabric Cloud Router To Network Edge Device

Establish a direct layer 2 connection between your Fabric Cloud Router and your Network Edge Device.

Get Your Fabric Cloud Router

If you already have a Fabric Cloud Router, find it by sending a GET request to the fabric/v4/routers/{routerId} endpoint or search for one using the /fabric/v4/routers/search endpoint.

If you do not have a Fabric Cloud Router, you can create one.

Determine Z-side NE device information

You need a provisioned Equinix Virtual Device, a set of Redundant Devices or a Cluster with a registered license on the Z-side. Check your available Virtual Devices by sending a GET request to the /ne/v1/devices endpoint or check a specific device by sending a GET request to the /ne/v1/devices/{uuid} endpoint.

Use the device information from the responses in the zSide object when you create the connection.

When creating the connection, you can choose any available interface of your device, or you can let the interface be automatically assigned.

Create Connection

To create a connection, send a POST request to the /fabric/v4/connections endpoint. Specify your Fabric Cloud Router in the aSide : accessPoint object. Specify your Network Edge Virtual Device(s) in the zSide : accessPoint object.

	POST /fabric/v4/connections
Method	POST
Endpoint	/fabric/v4/connections
Headers	Authorization, Content-Type
Path Parameters	Not applicable
Query Parameters	Not applicable
Body Parameters	type, name, order, bandwidth, project, redundancy, aSide, zSide, notifications

Sample curl request - create a PRIMARY connection from your FCR to your NE device:

curl -X  
POST 'https://api.equinix.com/fabric/v4/connections'  
-H 'content-type: application/json'  
-H 'authorization: Bearer <token>'  
-d '  
{  
    "type": "IP_VC",  
    "bandwidth": 200,  
    "project": {  
        "projectId": "188572000188973"  
    },  
    "aSide": {  
        "accessPoint": {  
            "type": "CLOUD_ROUTER",  
            "router": {  
                "uuid": "13fa98e8-8497-44d9-a45c-ce00d89b0a56"  
            }  
        }  
    },  
    "zSide": {  
        "accessPoint": {  
            "type": "VD",  
            "virtualDevice": {  
                "uuid": "f6b1f188-3af4-47d0-a46e-ef175973c233"  
            }  
        }  
    },  
    "name": "test-fcr-to-ne-device",  
    "order": {  
        "purchaseOrderNumber": ""  
    },  
    "notifications": [  
        {  
            "type": "ALL",  
            "emails": [  
                "x@equinix.com"  
            ]  
        }  
    ]  
}  
'

A full list of the available parameters is available in the API Reference.

Send a GET request to the fabric/v4/connections/{connectionId} endpoint to monitor connection status.

equinixStatus attribute values	providerStatus attribute values	Description
PENDING_INTERFACE_CONFIGURATION	NOT_AVAILABLE	You need to configure the connection.
PROVISIONED	AVAILABLE	Connection is provisioned and available.

Configuring the Connection

Once you create and validate the connection, configure it using the Routing Protocol API endpoints to create and add routing protocol definition to the connection. You must add at least the Direct routing protocol details to the connection for it to be fully provisioned. BGP routing protocols allow you to connect to the servers connected to the VLAN.