Add a Google Partner Interconnect to a Cloud Router
Process overview
The basic steps to adding a Google connection to a PacketFabric Cloud Router are as follows:
- From the Google side: Create a Google Cloud Router with ASN 16550.
- From the Google side: Create a VLAN attachment.
- From the PacketFabric side: Create a Cloud Router connection.
- From the Google side: Accept the connection.
- From both sides: Configure BGP.
Create a VLAN attachment in Google Cloud Console
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Click the menu in the upper right to open the product list.
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Scroll down to Networking and select Hybrid Connectivity > Interconnect.
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If you already have previous VLAN attachments, click Add VLAN Attachment. Otherwise, click Get Started.
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Select Partner Interconnect and then click Continue.
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Click I already have a service provider.
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Complete the following fields:
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Header row
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- Description
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- Redundancy
- Select whether you are creating a single attachment, redundant attachments, or adding a redundant attachment.
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Network
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Select the VPC to which you will be connecting.
For more information about creating VPCs, see Google Cloud - Using VPC networks.
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Region
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Select the region in which you want to connect. PacketFabric on-ramps can serve all of Google’s U.S. regions and northamerica-northeast-1 (Montreal).
Internationally, all of Google’s European regions are accessible from our London on-ramp.
Our Sydney on-ramp serves Google’s australia-southeast-1 regions.
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Cloud Router
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Note - This refers to Google’s Cloud Router product, which is not related to the PacketFabric Cloud Router.
If you have already configured a Cloud Router for the selected region, you can select it. If you are creating redundant VLAN attachments, each attachment requires its own Cloud Router.
Otherwise, create a new cloud router.
IMPORTANT: You must select or create a Cloud Router with its Google ASN set to 16550. This is a Google requirement for all Partner Interconnects.
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- VLAN attachment name
- Enter a name for this VLAN attachment.
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- Description
- Optionally, enter a description for this VLAN attachment.
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- Maximum transmission unit (MTU)
- Select an MTU for the VLAN attachment. PacketFabric supports up to 9000 bytes MTU.
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Click Create.
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Copy the pairing key. You need this when creating your hosted connection from the PacketFabric portal.
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Leave the Enable option unselected.
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Click OK.
Create a PacketFabric Cloud Router connection
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Log in to the PacketFabric portal and select Network > Cloud Routers.
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Click the Cloud Router to open its side panel.
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Select Create Connection.
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Select Google Cloud.
Configure
Complete the following fields and then click Next.
Google On-Ramp and Capacity
- Create a NAT-capable connection
- Select this option if you want to be able to enable NAT for the connection. This ensures the connection will provision on a device that allows NAT.
- On-Ramp
- This is the Google on-ramp location you would like to use. This cannot be changed after it is provisioned.
- Capacity
- This is the speed/capacity you are setting for your VLAN attachment.
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NOTE: The capacity you select determines the hourly price Google charges you for your VLAN attachment. See Google’s Partner Interconnect Pricing for more information.
Connection Details
- Pairing Key
- Enter your GCP pairing key. This is generated when you create a VLAN attachment.
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IMPORTANT: Ensure your pairing key ends with
/1
or/2
. You’ll get a provisioning error if it ends with/any
.The trailing
/1
and/2
indicate which interconnect path your PacketFabric circuit should follow. The primary VLAN attachment ends in/1
and the redundant attachment ends in/2
. - VLAN attachment name
- Enter the exact VLAN attachment name you provided to Google.
- Connection description
- Enter a description for the connection.
Billing
Select a billing account and then click Place Order.
The connection should provision within a few minutes.
Activate the connection in Google Cloud Console
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Once provisioning is complete on the PacketFabric side, return to the Google Cloud Console.
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Refresh the page. Note that the VLAN attachment status is now Activation needed.
NOTE: If you do not see the Activation needed status, wait a a few minutes and then refresh the page again. -
Click Activate.
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Click Accept.
This might take a few minutes to process.
Next steps
Configure the BGP session for this connection.