Order a Dedicated Interconnect connection

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Interconnect Physical connections tab.

   Go to Physical connections

2. Click Create group.

3. Specify the details of the Dedicated Interconnect connection group:

   • Name: A name for the connection group. This name is displayed in the Google Cloud console and is used by the Google Cloud CLI to reference the connection, such as my-interconnect-group.
   • Description: An optional description of the connection group.

4. In the Production SLA field, select the SLA option that you need for your deployment.

5. Optional: In the Group members field, select Add interconnects.

6. Optional: In the box, select the Cloud Interconnect connections that you want to add to the connection group. Repeat this step for each Cloud Interconnect connection that you want to add to the connection group.

7. Click Save.

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When you create a new connection group, you specify an intended SLA by using the --intended-topology-capability flag with a value of PRODUCTION_CRITICAL, PRODICTION_NON_CRITICAL, or NO_SLA. In the following example command, you create a connection group called GROUP_NAME with an intended SLA of PRODUCTION_NON_CRITICAL:

gcloud compute interconnects groups create GROUP_NAME \
    --intended-topology-capability PRODUCTION_NON_CRITICAL

Note that this new group doesn't yet satisfy your intended SLA because it doesn't have any Cloud Interconnect connections.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Interconnect Physical connections tab.

   Go to Physical connections

2. Click Set up physical connection.

3. In the Interconnect type field, select Dedicated interconnect connection.

4. Click Continue.

5. Select Order a new Dedicated Interconnect connection.

6. Click Continue.

7. In the Intended SLA field, select the SLA option that you need for your deployment.

8. Select Add this interconnect to an existing group.

9. In the Interconnect group box, select the Cloud Interconnect connection group to which you want to add the new connection.

10. Click Next.

11. Specify the details of the Dedicated Interconnect connection:

    • Name: A name for the connection. This name is displayed in the Google Cloud console and is used by the Google Cloud CLI to reference the connection, such as my-interconnect.
    • Location: The physical location where the connection is created. When you create a connection group, you only choose the facility. The location is chosen automatically.

    • Capacity: The total capacity of your connection, which is determined by the number and size of the circuits that you order.

      Select one of the following options:

      • 1 x 10-Gbps circuit in 10-Gbps increments up to 8 x 10-Gbps (80 Gbps) circuits
      • 1 x 100-Gbps (100 Gbps) circuit
      • 2 x 100-Gbps (200 Gbps) circuits

12. Click Next.

13. If you require redundancy, specify details for your duplicate connection, and then click Next.

14. Specify your contact information:

    • Company name: The name of your organization to put in the LOA as the party authorized to request a connection.

    • Technical contact: An email address where notifications about this connection are sent. You don't need to enter your own address; you are included in all notifications. You can specify only one address.

      If you are creating a connection through Workforce Identity Federation, specifying a Technical contact is required. Workforce Identity Federation is in Preview.

15. Review your order. Check that your connection details and contact information are correct. If everything is correct, click Place order. If not, go back and edit the connection details.

16. On the order confirmation page, review the next steps, and then click Done.

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In the following example, you create Cloud Interconnect connections called CONNECTION_1 and CONNECTION_2 in the connection group called GROUP_NAME. You provide the --interconnect flag, with a unique interconnect name and an optional description, once for each new Cloud Interconnect connection that you want to create in the group:

gcloud compute interconnects groups create-members GROUP_NAME \
    --interconnect-type dedicated \
    --link-type LINK_TYPE \
    --facility FACILITY_NAME \
    --customer-name NAME \
    --noc-contact-email EMAIL_ADDRESS \
    --interconnect "name=CONNECTION_1,description='The first interconnect connection'" \
    --interconnect "name=CONNECTION_2,description='The second interconnect connection'"

Replace the following values:

• GROUP_NAME: the name of your connection group
• LINK_TYPE:
  • If you want your Dedicated Interconnect connection to be made up of 10-Gbps circuits, replace LINK_TYPE with LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET_10G_LR.
  • If you want your connection to be made up of 100-Gbps circuits, replace LINK_TYPE with LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET_100G_LR.
• FACILITY_NAME: the name of the facility in which you want to create the Dedicated Interconnect connections, without -zone1 or zone2. The Dedicated Interconnectconnection group automatically selects the best zones for each Interconnect to maximize your resiliency. You can find facility names in the colocation facility table.
• NAME: the name of your organization to put in the LOA as the party authorized to request a connection
• EMAIL_ADDRESS: an optional email address for the NOC contact. You can specify only one email address—you don't need to enter your own address because you are included in all notifications. If you are creating a connection through Workforce Identity Federation, providing an email address with the ‑‑noc-contact-email flag is required. Workforce Identity Federation is in Preview.
• CONNECTION_1: the name of the first Cloud Interconnect connection.
• CONNECTION_2: the name of the second Cloud Interconnect connection.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Interconnect Physical connections tab.

   Go to Physical connections

2. Click Set up physical connection.

3. Select Dedicated Interconnect, and then click Continue.

4. Select Order new Dedicated Interconnect, and then click Continue.

5. In the Intended SLA field, select the SLA option that you need for your deployment.

6. Optional: If you chose a Critical production or Non-critical production SLA, you can create the connection within a new Cloud Interconnect connection group:

   1. Select Create a new group.
   2. Specify a name and optionally add a description.
   3. Click Next.

7. Specify the details of the Dedicated Interconnect connection:

   • Name: a name for the connection. This name is displayed in the Google Cloud console and is used by the Google Cloud CLI to reference the connection, such as my-interconnect.
   • Colocation facility: the physical location where the connection is created. Your on-premises network must meet Google Cloud's network in this location.

   • Capacity: the total capacity of your connection, which is determined by the number and size of the circuits that you order.

     Select one of the following options:

     • 1 x 10-Gbps circuit in 10-Gbps increments up to 8 x 10-Gbps (80 Gbps) circuits
     • 1 x 100-Gbps (100 Gbps) circuit
     • 2 x 100-Gbps (200 Gbps) circuits

8. Click Next.

9. If you require redundancy, specify details for your duplicate connection, and then click Next.

10. Specify your contact information:

    • Company name: the name of your organization to put in the LOA as the party authorized to request a connection.

    • Technical contact: an email address where notifications about this connection are sent. You don't need to enter your own address; you are included in all notifications. You can specify only one address.

      If you are creating a connection through workforce identity federation, specifying a Technical contact is required. Workforce identity federation is in Preview.

11. Review your order. Your SLA eligibility is displayed on this page. Check that your connection details and contact information are correct. If everything is correct, click Place order. If not, go back and edit the connection details.

12. On the order confirmation page, review the next steps, and then click Done.

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1. Create a Dedicated Interconnect connection that is a connection type of DEDICATED:

   gcloud compute interconnects create INTERCONNECT_NAME \
      --customer-name=NAME \
      --interconnect-type=DEDICATED \
      --link-type=LINK_TYPE \
      --location=LOCATION_NAME \
      --requested-link-count=NUMBER_OF_LINKS \
     [--requested-features=MACSEC]
     [--noc-contact-email=EMAIL_ADDRESS] \
     [--description=STRING]
   

   Replace the following values:

   • INTERCONNECT_NAME: a name for the Dedicated Interconnect connection; this name is displayed in the Google Cloud console and is used by the Google Cloud CLI to reference the connection, such as my-interconnect
   • NAME: the name of your organization to put in the LOA as the party authorized to request a connection
   • LINK_TYPE:
     • If you want your Dedicated Interconnect connection to be made up of 10-Gbps circuits, replace LINK_TYPE with LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET_10G_LR.
     • If you want your connection to be made up of 100-Gbps circuits, replace LINK_TYPE with LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET_100G_LR.
   • LOCATION_NAME: specifies the location where the Dedicated Interconnect connection is created; to list the names of locations, see List locations
   • NUMBER_OF_LINKS: number of circuits of type link-type; this field combined with --link-type determines your total connection capacity. For example, for 2 x 100-Gbps (200 Gbps) circuits, this number would be 2.
   • EMAIL_ADDRESS and STRING: optional; for the NOC contact, you can specify only one email address—you don't need to enter your own address because you are included in all notifications. If you are creating a connection through workforce identity federation, providing an email address with the ‑‑noc-contact-email flag is required. Workforce identity federation is in Preview.

2. For redundancy, create a duplicate Dedicated Interconnect connection that is in the same location but in a different edge availability domain (metro availability zone). For more information, see Duplicate a connection for redundancy.