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Service Provider On-Boarding

Equinix provides capability that allows you to search and find service providers on Fabric, as well as methods for Fabric Service providers to market their services to Equinix customers. This experience can be accessed from the Fabric landing page under Search for Providers as well as within the Equinix vertical left navigation under Find Service Providers.

This Service Provider Onboarding section details the requirements and steps for becoming a Fabric service provider and participating in this new experience.

Why Become a Service Provider on Equinix Fabric​

Being an Equinix Fabric Service Provider has several benefits:

  • Equinix Fabric provides new ways to market your services:

    • Service providers can be discovered in the Equinix online marketplaces and within the new search and connect experience. This includes capabilities to be featured within service specific Hubs where Equinix customers can find and learn about specific services like AI, Network, Security and others available for Fabric interconnection.
    • Services can be found in the Service Provider search tool on Equinix.com.
    • Company information and associated services are accessible to other providers, partners and tools that offer connectivity services over Equinix Fabric.
    • Opens access to a broad ecosystem of potential customers through both Equinix internal and external search and find capabilities.

  • Equinix Fabric provides low-OpEx, no-CapEx features:

    • Customers can connect to you from any Equinix metro or IBX, regardless of where their physical assets reside, eliminating the need for alternative inter-metro or inter-region options for connectivity.
    • Customers make requests to connect to your services over Fabric and are billed for the connection as the initiator of a connection request.
    • As compared to a physical cross-connects, providers can aggregate connections to their services through a single port(s) instead of one per physical cross-connect.

  • Equinix Fabric offers flexible terms:

    • Equinix Fabric ports are provisioned with a minimum 12-month term and are billed monthly.
    • Virtual Connections have no term commitment and may be billed to a minimum 24-hour pro-rate.
    • Virtual Connection bandwidth can be upgraded or downgraded on demand, as allowed by the service provider.

  • Automation:

    • Equinix Fabric offers a full set of APIs to enable automation of the ordering and provisioning process.
    • Programmatic access to your services is available from any Equinix location.
    • Automation opens additional use cases when services are available on-demand from any Equinix Data Center.

Equinix Fabric Ecosystem​

Equinix is a global leader in interconnection because of our vast ecosystem of service providers. Service providers include cloud service providers (CSPs), network service providers (NSPs), security providers, communications providers, and many others.

Basic Service Provider Requirements​

Before becoming an Equinix Fabric service provider, you must meet a few base requirements:

  • You must create an Equinix Fabric Service Profile to define your service offer.

  • You must have a Company Profile that describes your company information to appear in the new search experience. You can attach multiple services profiles to a single company profile.

  • You must have at least one .1q or QinQ Equinix Fabric port that is physically connected to your Equinix point of presence (PoP). Alternatively, you could enable connectivity to a virtual device or router if you do not have physical availability.

  • You must be able to accept an EVPL (VLAN-based) connection to your offered service.

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    EPL is also available but does not allow you to aggregate connections to your service.

The service provider on-boarding process has five stages:

  1. Define – Determine the services you want to offer over Fabric and in what locations these services will be offered. Determine any initial costs and how best to maximize your investment. See Define Your Services.
  2. Design – Clearly define the process for connection to your service, making the process simple and automated where possible for your customers. See Design Your Solution.
  3. Set Up and Test – Order your ports, create your service profile, update your company profile, and test your end-to-end service flow. See Set Up and Test Your Services.
  4. Support – Create support tickets as needed, and manage and monitor your ports. See Support.
  5. Go to Market / Launch – Share the new opportunities you’ve created by becoming a Service Provider on Equinix Fabric with your internal teams, partners, and customers. See Go to Market / Launch.
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