Equinix Fabric Release Notes
Equinix Fabric enables enterprises to do more in the cloud by providing secure, direct, flexible network connections to a wide range of cloud service providers globally. Our interconnected approach allows you to boost cloud application performance, reduce latency, and improve scale, network control, and visibility to deliver a quality cloud experience to your end users.
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Equinix Fabric 2025.2
Equinix Fabric 2025.2 is available as of April 2025.
Term-Based Pricing Enhancements
Select fixed minimum terms of -12, -24, or -36 when ordering Port-to-Port and Port-to-ELAN networks InterMetro virtual connections. This new option allows you to benefit from greater discounts the longer you commit, ensuring predictable spending throughout the chosen term.
Pricing Tools – VC Term Pricing in Fabric Pricing Tool
Pricing for all term options for Virtual Connections is now accessible through the Fabric Pricing Calculator in the portal. Obtain accurate pricing for the new term options, ensuring informed decision-making for interconnection needs.
Update Fabric Port Attributes
Update the Port Encapsulation Frame Type as well as the Port Tag Protocol ID (TPID). This functionality is available for ports without any active connections.
Port to Z-Side Service Token Workflow Shell
Establish connections between Ports and Z-side service tokens through an improved and streamlined Quick Connect flow.
A-Side Service Token to Z-Side Service Token Workflow Shell
Establish connections between A-side and Z-side service tokens through an improved and streamlined Quick Connect flow.
General Availability for the Fabric Observability Platform
Seamlessly integrate with the Fabric Observability Platform without the requirement of signing a Beta legal agreement. Configure streams, add resources to those streams, and stream events, metrics, and alerts from the added resources to your chosen sink type.
Observability - Bandwidth Exceeded Discards Metrics and Alerts Support
View the number of packets dropped on your connection due to exceeding bandwidth limits, and set alerts when the value breaches a certain threshold.
Observability - VC Utilization Metrics and Alerts for FCR and Network Edge
View bandwidth usage metrics for the data transmitted or received on a Fabric Cloud Router to Network Edge Virtual Device Connection and set alerts when the value breaches a certain threshold.
Observability - New Events API
This new API enables you to filter and retrieve events and alerts for port-based connections, ports, and Fabric Cloud Routers dating as far back as 90 days. This API serves as an alternative to the events streaming options we currently support.
Observability – Support for Webhook as a Sink Type
Stream events and metrics to the Webhook sink type, which serves as a generic sink for observability and monitoring capabilities.
Observability – Events UI in Fabric Asset Details Page
The new Observability Event Log in the Fabric Portal enables you to visualize and filter events and alerts for Fabric port-based Connections, Fabric Ports, and Fabric Cloud Routers.
Equinix Fabric 2025.1
Equinix Fabric 2025.1 is available as of February 2025.
Term-based Pricing for VCs
Customers can take advantage of VC discounts based on a 12-, 24-, or 36-month term commitment at the time of order. Available for both port to port and port to E-LAN network use cases. Remote (inter-metro) connections only.
Update Fabric Port Names
The new Port Inventory provides you with the ability to update the Port Name as a self-serve capability.
Port Inventory – UI Refresh and Redesign
The Port Summary Page has a new design. Enhancements include:
- The ability to sort on any visible column
- Now displays one of the most requested attributes: LAG
- The ability filter based on:
- Location
- Bandwidth
- Port Priority
- LAG Enabled
- Encapsulation
Port/Service Token to Generic Service Profile Workflow UI Refresh
Geo Boundary capability for port-to-port connections has now been extended to Japan. Customers can enable Geo Boundary for port-to-port connections between TY and OS.
FCR to Generic Service Profile Workflow Shell – New UI Flow
FCR to Generic Service Profile workflow in available in the Fabric portal. This was an API only offering before this.
Self-Serve Asset Movement Capability for Virtual Devices, Virtual Device Service Tokens, and Connections from Virtual Devices.
You can move their NE assets (Virtual Devices, Service Tokens, and Connections) individually across projects within their organization. This allows for you to re-organize the resources into projects within a single customer organization.
Visibility of End Customer Information for Cabinets
As resellers of Fabric, you now have the visibility of End Customer information from your cabinets during port ordering/connection creation. This information is displayed as a reference and any updates must be made in the cabinet's inventory view.
Observability - Alert Events for Threshold Crossing
The Stream Alert Rule Management APIs offer a method to send an alert event to a Sink Type when a metric crosses a defined threshold value. The alert rule can define both a warningThreshold and a criticalThreshold, which will trigger a metric alert event if the metric value falls below or exceeds the expected threshold.
Observability - Stream Events to ServiceNow
Users can now stream their Observability events to Service Now, which is now the sixth supported Sink Type for the Fabric Observability Platform.
Observability - Stream Events to Datadog
Users can now stream their Observability events to Datadog. We previously supported streaming just metrics to Datadog, and now we have full integration with the Fabric Observability Platform.
Observability - Stream Events and Metrics to MSFT Teams
There was an initial integration with Microsoft Teams, but this was removed due to a breaking change on Microsoft side. With this fix, users can stream their Observability events and metrics to Microsoft Teams.
Equinix Fabric 2024.6
Equinix Fabric 2024.6 is available as of December 2024.
Equinix Fabric is accessible through a new URL. We recommend updating your bookmarks to portal.equinix.com/fabric.
20/50 Gbps VC - GCP BW Change Support
Existing customer VCs deployed on customer-facing 100Gb Fabric ports can now upgrade or downgrade VC bandwidth to Google at 20/50Gbps speeds.
Not all existing connections with 10Gbps or less speeds will qualify to upgrade to 20/50Gbps. Some customers may still need to create new connections in order to upgrade to 20/50Gbps.
25G/50G VC – Service Profile High Speed Connections BW Update Support
Existing Customer VCs deployed on 100Gb customer ports connected to a standard Service Profile that have 100Gbps ports can now upgrade/downgrade VC bandwidth on-demand to 25/50Gbps speeds if Service Provider has enabled those speeds.
EP-LAN and EVP-LAN Service Tokens Enable Multi-Customer Networks
EP-LAN now supports A-side and Z-side tokens so customers can now create a z-side token for their EP-LAN network and share it with their customers.
Geo Boundary for Japan (TY and OS)
Geo Boundary capability for port-2-port connections has now been extended to Japan. Customers can optionally enable Geo Boundary for port-2-port connections between TY and OS.
Fabric Map/Dashboard Enhancements
The new Fabric landing page released in October includes use cases, common interactions, and a view into a customers' Fabric assets. The Network Map on this page was enhanced in December to show the physical network topology of our backbone including average latency. Additional map enhancements will follow early next year.
Observability - Fabric Provisioning Events (Port, VC, FCR, Network, Token) Streaming
Customers can now subscribe to Fabric asset lifecycle management events, such as provisioning and deprovisioning events, for their observability and monitoring through Fabric Streaming APIs.
Observability - NE Provision Events Logging Streaming
Customers can now subscribe to Network Edge asset lifecycle management events, such as provisioning and deprovisioning events, for their observability and monitoring through Fabric Streaming APIs.
Observability - Port Error Metrics Support
Customers can now subscribe to metrics regarding virtual port errors and discards so they will be able to identify issues on their Fabric Port and take action. For example, these types of errors can occur due to a received packet having format issues. This is supported on the existing Fabric Streaming APIs for observability.
Equinix Fabric 2024.5
Equinix Fabric 2024.5 is available as of October 2024.
Equinix Fabric is accessible through a new URL. We recommend updating your bookmarks to portal.equinix.com/fabric.
The 2024.5 release introduces several new capabilities:
- 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).
Ports Ordering
You can use the new port ordering workflow to provision a Fabric port in another party's cage or a Building Meet Me Room, in addition to your own cage.
Service Tokens - Fabric Network and Network Edge Virtual Devices Support
Service tokens authorize access to Fabric assets in connection creation workflows. The 2024.5 Equinix Fabric release enables granting permission to connect to Fabric Networks using Z-side service tokens, allowing multiple customers to participate in the same network. and Network Edge virtual devices . Network Edge virtual devices support enables convenient way to allow your customers to connect to your infrastructure through a Network Edge device.
Redesigned Dashboard
The 2024.5 release features a redesigned, customizable dashboard for convenient management of your Fabric assets and other Equinix services. For more information, see Fabric Portal Dashboard.
Oracle FastConnect 10+ Gbps Bandwidth Upgrade
This release enables upgrading your Oracle FastConnect connections to speeds higher than 10 Gbps, allowing you to easily scale your connections when the traffic exceeds the currently provisioned bandwidth tier.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Redesigned Equinix Fabric Portal Dashboard | 4:30 min |
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2024.4
Equinix Fabric 2024.4 is available as of August 2024.
- New and improved workflows for creating connections to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute and for ordering standard Fabric ports.
- The additional capability to browse and select available Purchase Orders when creating a connection using the new Quick Connect flows to AWS, Azure, Oracle and Google Cloud Platform.
- The ability to connect to Google Cloud Platform from a Metal VLAN – all within the Fabric portal.
- Service Profile Managers can now assign ports from multiple projects when accepting incoming connection requests.
Quick Connect to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
Quick Connect workflows enable a more convenient way of creating connections. The 2024.4 Fabric release introduces a refreshed Quick Connect to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute design. For more information, see Quick Connect to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router).
Purchase Order Number Enhancements
Quick Connect workflows now feature a more convenient option to browse and add purchase order numbers.
Connections Management Enhancements for Service Providers
When accepting a connection, you can choose a port from a different project than the currently selected. For more information, see Accept or Reject Connections.
Metal VLAN to Google Cloud Platform
Connect your Metal instance to Google Cloud Platform. For details, see Quick Connect to Google Cloud Platform (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router, Metal VLAN).
Redesigned Port Ordering Workflow
A more streamlined way to order Fabric ports, that follows our Quick Connect workflows design. For more information, see Order an Equinix Fabric Port - New Ordering Flow.
The new port ordering flow is available for ports ordered to your colocation space.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| How to Delete an Equinix Fabric Port | 1:11 min |
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2024.3
Equinix Fabric 2024.3 is available as of June 2024.
Delete Fabric Ports
Delete an Equinix Fabric port instance yourself using the Equinix Fabric portal. For more information, see Delete an Equinix Fabric Port.
Metal VLAN to Oracle FastConnect
Connect your Metal instance to Oracle FastConnect. For details, see Connect to Oracle FastConnect (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router, Metal VLAN).
Quick Connect to Google Cloud Platform
Quick Connect workflows enable a more convenient way of creating connections. The 2024.3 Fabric release introduces a refreshed Quick Connect to Google Cloud Platform design. For information, see Quick Connect to Google Cloud Platform (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router, Metal VLAN).
Pricing Calculator
The Pricing Calculator enables you to estimate the price of your Fabric deployment. With the 2024.3 Fabric release, you can add multipoint-to-multipoint connections to your estimates to determine the cost of interconnecting your assets deployed across multiple IBX data centers.
10+ Gbps Connections Any Service Provider
Service providers can enable 10+ Gbps connectivity options in their service profiles.
Boston Metro Upgrade
Our Boston metro has been upgraded to support connections at up to 50 Gbps.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| How to Delete an Equinix Fabric Port | 1:11 min |
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2024.2
Equinix Fabric 2024.2 is available as of April 2024.
Fabric Pricing Calculator
Fabric Pricing Calculator is an online tool that is available to you, as an Equinix Fabric portal user, to estimate the price of your Fabric components.
You can use this tool to:
- Explore Equinix Fabric price points before ordering.
- Plan your spending.
- Collaborate with your team, and share the estimates with your key stakeholders.
For more information, see Estimate Your Fabric Deployment Price.
Unlimited Port Plus
Unlimited Port Plus enables you to create local and remote connections at no extra charge.
Note: Unlimited remote connections port package is available for offline ordering in Europe, US and Canada. For more information, see Pricing, Billing, & Terms - Ports.
Metal VLAN to AWS
Connect your Metal instance to Amazon Web Services. For details, see Connect to AWS Direct Connect (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router, Metal VLAN).
Quick Connect to Oracle
Quick Connect workflows enable a more convenient way of creating connections. The 2024.2 Fabric release introduces a refreshed Quick Connect to Oracle FastConnect design. For information, see Connect to Oracle FastConnect (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router, Metal VLAN).
Connect to Oracle Cloud - Connection Speed Options under 1 Gbps
Establish connections to Oracle Cloud services at 10 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 200 Mbps, 500 Mbps in addition to already available 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, 5 Gbps and 10 Gbps.
10+ Gbps Multipoint Networks
Now you can create connections to local and regional networks at up to 50 Gbps, and connect to global networks at up to 25 Gbps.
10+ Gbps Connection Speeds in Service Tokens
Service tokens authorize a third party to use a port to create a connection. The token specifies at what speeds the connection can be established. Now you can create service tokens that allow for establishing connections at up to 50 Gbps.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Creating Redundant Connections Using Oracle Quick Connect | 4:03 min |
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2024.1
Equinix Fabric 2024.1 is available as of February 2024.
This release of Equinix Fabric adds a new network type for local mesh networking. It also introduces a new workflow design for Quick Connecting to AWS.
Local Network
Networks enable reducing the number of Fabric connections needed for implementing multipoint to multipoint networks. Use the local network type to create a mesh network between assets located in the same metro.
Quick Connect to AWS
Quick Connect workflows enable a more convenient way of creating connections. The 2024.1 Fabric release introduces a refreshed Quick Connect to AWS design. For information, see Connect to AWS Direct Connect (Port, Service Token, Cloud Router, Metal VLAN).
Equinix Fabric 2023.5
Equinix Fabric 2023.5 is available as of October 2023.
This release of Equinix Fabric introduces Geo Boundary connection control feature, Quick Connect to Amazon Web Services, service providers search tool and the ability to connect multiple Network Edge virtual devices deployed in the same metro to a single network object.
Connection Control – Geo Boundary
Geo Boundary ensures that the traffic associated with the given connection is contained within a specific geographic boundary. This is an optional feature that can be enabled during connection creation when both the origin and destination are contained within an existing Geo Boundary zone. You can use the Geo Boundary feature to deploy connectivity solutions that require traffic to stay within geographic borders such as data sovereignty and data residency use cases.
Quick Connect to AWS Direct Connect
Quick Connect to AWS Direct Connect enables a more efficient experience when creating connections to AWS. In addition, it provides the ability to create redundant connections in a single transaction from the Quick Connection workflow. For more information, see Quick Connect to AWS Direct Connect.
Service Provider Search Tool
Equinix Fabric enables instant access to hundreds of network, communication, security and cloud providers. Service provider search tool helps you find a service provider that caters to your business needs. For more information, see Find a Service Provider.
Connect Multiple Virtual Devices to an EVP-LAN Network
Connect all of your redundant, clustered and single-instance Network Edge virtual devices, located in the same metro, to a single network object to create a global WAN. For more information, see Connect to EVP-LAN Network.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2023.6
Equinix Fabric 2023.6 is available as of December 2023.
This release of Equinix Fabric introduces a redesigned port details page.
Port Details
Port details view provides access to all the information about selected port, including:
- Virtual Details – Provides basic information about your port.
- Physical Details – Provides physical information about the port including port status, cage, cabinet, your patch panel information, and the Equinix patch panel information.
- Port Utilization – Provides a statistical overview of port utilization.
- Activity Log – Displays the creation date and last update date for the port.
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Redesigned Port Details Page | 2:41 min |
Equinix Fabric 2023.4
Equinix Fabric 2023.4 is available as of August 2023.
This release of Equinix Fabric includes the ability to create 20G & 50G virtual connections from your ports to GCP, as well as the ability to connect to another Fabric customer’s EPL port.
20G and 50G VC – Port to Google Cloud Platform
Now you can create 20G or 50G virtual connections from your A-side ports to Google Cloud Platform.
Connect to Another Fabric Customer’s EPL Port
Now you can connect to another Fabric customer using their EPL port with a Z-side service token. The Z-side must have an EPL port and generate a Z-side token. For more information, see Connect to Another Fabric Customer’s EPL Port.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2023.3
Equinix Fabric 2023.3 is available as of June 2023.
This release of Equinix Fabric includes the ability to create a virtual connection from a Fabric port to an Azure service profile using Quick Connect, 25 Gbps and 50 Gbps virtual connections, and 100G EPL ports.
Quick Connect to Azure
Create a virtual connection from a Fabric port to an Azure service profile using Quick Connect. Fabric offers support for single or redundant connections in one transaction.
25G and 50G VCs
Now you can create 25G and 50G virtual connections between your 100G EVPL or EPL ports in the same metro or between metros.
100G EPL Ports
Now you can order 100G EPL ports from the Fabric portal.
Videos
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Introducing Quick Connect for Azure ExpressRoute | 2:34 min |
| Multipoint-to-Multipoint Layer 2 Connections | 10:31 min |
| Create Layer 2 Service Profile on Equinix Fabric | 3:24 min |
| Google Cloud Interconnect Through Fabric | 4:50 min |
| Order a Fabric Port | 9:52 min |
Equinix Fabric 2023.2
Equinix Fabric 2023.2 is available as of April 2023.
This release of Equinix Fabric includes the ability to use Network Edge devices in multipoint-to-multipoint connections. Additional new features include support for redundant Equinix Metal connections for Z-side tokens, and an API that displays all the VLANs used on a port.
EVP-LAN for L2 Multipoint-to-Multipoint Service
The October release of Equinix Fabric provided the ability to create EVP-LAN multipoint L2 networks with support for any-to-any, full mesh connectivity between multiple Equinix metros or locations. Now you can create a multipoint EVP-LAN network and connect to that network from Fabric ports and Network Edge virtual devices. This new capability eliminates the need to create direct connections between individual locations, and is limited to a single virtual device per metro.
Service Token Enhancements
You can create a pair of connections from your redundant virtual devices with two separate Z-side service tokens and then view, edit, and delete them from your Connections Inventory.
With this release you can also use an A-side service token to grant access to Z-side service token connections. The A-side token provider will be billed for the connection.
Display VLANs for Ports API
Equinix Fabric now provides an API that returns all the VLANs that are being used on a specific Fabric port. This allows users to provide better VLAN assignment for new Fabric connections on existing ports.