Create a Hosted AWS Connection

Choose AWS OnRamp and Capacity

Select AWS OnRamp

The physical on-ramp location you are using. This cannot be changed after it is provisioned.

Selections include the associated Amazon region.

Select Capacity

The speed/capacity you are using for your AWS connection.

NOTE: Transit Gateway virtual interfaces are only supported on the following connection speeds: 1G, 2G, 5G, and 10G.

Select Availability Zone

Select a zone.

The zone refers to the physical interconnect diversity between PacketFabric and AWS (e.g. different routers).

Allocating connections within different zones supports redundancy.

Select From

Select the source interface. The source interface is the PacketFabric interface directly connected to your network. You must have at least one interface before continuing. If there is nothing to select, you need to create a new interface.

Configure Your Connection

Amazon Account ID

Enter your Amazon account ID.

This allows PacketFabric to send API requests to Amazon creating your connection.

Source VLAN ID

This is the VLAN ID that faces your source interface (your source network).

You can manually enter the ID or click Next Available. If you click Next Available, we find the highest in-use VLAN ID and increment by one. For example, if the highest in-use ID is 15, this field autopopulates with 16.

NOTE: You cannot specify the VLAN ID facing AWS; it is automatically configured on your behalf. However, this does not affect your ability to use the AWS hosted connection.

Connection Description

Enter a description for the connection.

This description appears in the Name column when viewing your connections in the AWS portal:

Product Confirmation

Select the appropriate billing account to associate with this service.