December 3, 2020 Release Notes

New features

Set a default billing account

You can now specify which billing account is pre-populated when ordering PacketFabric services. Other accounts remain selectable from the drop-down menu.

For more information, see Manage Billing and Invoices.

Allow term upgrades for ports

You can now use the portal to upgrade your contract terms on a port. Previously, you had to request this change from your Customer Success Manager.

For more information, see Upgrade an Interface.

Changes and enhancements

• Updated the footer in the portal to include a link to the main PacketFabric site.
• Allow users to view the details page of a stuck or inactive cloud connection.

Bug fixes

• Users unable to create metro point-to-point connections.
• Improved performance of virtual circuit lists.
• Removed Delete and Upgrade actions from inactive dedicated cloud connections.
• Slow load times for the point-to-point connections page in the portal.
• Incorrect error description in the progress bar for stuck cloud dedicated instances.
• VLAN IDs not showing in the portal.
• Third-party virtual circuits showing a 404 error to some Z-side users when pulling billing information.
• 404 error showing when loading ports list if a port has recently been deleted.
• Fixed an issue in which prefixes weren’t being received on some virtual circuits.
• Fixed No account_uuid found for circuit error.

Network

New locations

• 11/12/2020 - MSP3: Flexential Minneapolis at 3500 Lyman Blvd, Chaska, MN 55318

Knowledge base

Updates

• Manage Billing and Invoices: Added more details to the steps on editing a billing account.
• Ethernet Service Specifications: Updated the EVPL section to reflect EVPL v2.0 specifications.
• Virtual Circuit Ethernet Features: Updated the EVPL column to reflect EVPL v2.0 specifications.