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Cloud Router Details Pages
To view the Cloud Router details, select Cloud Routers in the menu on the left. Click one of the table rows to view an overview of that connection. For complete information, click Details overview.
Details
Cloud Router Details
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Row
- Field
- Description
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Row
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Description
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Cloud Router name.
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Row
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Cloud Router ID
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The circuit ID (used in API requests).
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Row
- Time Created
- Date and time the Cloud Router was provisioned.
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Row
- Time Updated
- Date and time the Cloud Router was last modified.
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Row
- ASN
- The Autonomous System Number you set for the Cloud Router.
Billing Details
- Row
- Status
- Description
- Row
- Pricing Plan
- The pricing plan that is used for invoices.
- Row
- Rate
- The monthly rate for the Cloud Router.
- Row
- Subscription term
- The contract length for the Cloud Router (number of months).
- Row
- Capacity
- The capacity set for the Cloud Router.
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- PO Number
- The purchase order number for the Cloud Router.
Connections
This is a list of all the connections on the Cloud Router, including their status. Click View Details to go to the details page for that connection.
BGP status
- Row
- State
- Meaning
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- Not configured
- The BGP settings have not been entered yet.
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- Configuring
- The BGP settings have been sent to the device, and a session is being established. This can take up to 10 minutes.
- Row
- Fetching
- Fetching BGP session. This can take a up to 10 minutes, depending on the cloud service provider.
- Row
- Connect
- Waiting for a successful TCP negotiation with the peer.
- Row
- Idle
- This typically means the router has tried and failed to connect. Check the router logs (available through the portal when viewing the Manage BGP session window). If you are unable to use the information there to resolve the issue, contact support@packetfabric.com.
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- Active
- The BGP session is attempting to establish a connection. If the status does not transition to Established within a few minutes, check your settings or contact support@packetfabric.com.
- Row
- OpenConfirm
- Listening for a Keepalive message from the peer.
- Row
- Established
- BGP session is configured and can pass traffic.
NOTE:
Not configured, Configuring, and Fetching are PacketFabric-specific statuses.
Connect, OpenConfirm, Active, and Established are read from the router.
Connection status
When you create a connection, you might see the following statuses (in the order listed below):
- Row
- Order
- State
- Meaning
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- Requested
- The Cloud Router connection has started provisioning.
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- 2
- Instance validated
- Cloud connectivity settings have been validated.
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- 3
- VC created
- An EVPL virtual circuit has been created.
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- Cloud provider provisioning complete
- Integration steps with the cloud service provider have been completed.
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- 5
- SOF created
- The service order form has been generated.
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- 6
- Billing added
- Billing has been set up and the connection is ready to be created and activated.
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- Cloud connection created
- The Cloud Router connection has been provisioned.
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- Layer 3 interface provisioning
- A layer 3 interface for the connection is being provisioned on the router.
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- Routing instance provisioning
- A routing instance for the connection is being provisioned.
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- Active
- The connection is active and ready to pass traffic.
When deleting or disabling a connection, you might see the following statuses:
- Row
- State
- Meaning
- Row
- Cloud provider provisioning removed
- Successfully removed any cloud provider assets and ready to delete PacketFabric logical interfaces.
- Row
- VC destroyed
- Virtual circuit deleted; source and destination ports will be deleted.
- Row
- Billing removed
- Billing removed; cloud connection is being destroyed.
- Row
- Inactive
- Cloud connection is inactive and cannot pass traffic.
Router logs
These are router logs for all the Cloud Router connections.
The information that is logged and how it is presented varies depending on the device. Common log messages are BGP neighbor state changes. For example:
State changed from OpenConfirm to Established for AS number <ASN>, event: RecvKeepAlive
and
State changed from Established to Idle for AS number <ASN>, event: Stop
Routes
These are routes that are present across all connections attached to the Cloud Router.
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Row
- Field
- Description
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Row
- Origin
- The circuit ID of the Cloud Router in which the route originated.
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Row
- Prefix
- The IP address and prefix of the route.
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Row
- Local preference
- The local preference set for the route. Routes with the highest local preference value are preferred.
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Row
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MED
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The MED for the route (if set).
When the same route is advertised in multiple locations, those with a lower MED are preferred by the peer AS.
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- AS Path
- A list of AS numbers that the route has traversed.
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Row
- Communities
- BGP communities associated with the route.
History
The History page shows event logs specific to the Cloud Router and its connections. This includes the following:
- A connection is created
- BGP settings are configured
If available, you can click Toggle Details to view more information about an event.
Documents
Here you can view and download service orders for the Cloud Router and its connections.
Related APIs
Updated on 06 Sep 2023