March 13, 2023 Release Notes

Changes and enhancements

Cloud Router connection upgrades

You can now upgrade the speed for the following Cloud Router connections: AWS (if the connection has an access key associated), Google, dedicated ports, IPSec VPN.

For more information, see Upgrade Cloud Router Connections.

Connection request information

When you click on a received connection request, a side panel will open with information about the request.

Previously, this information was only in the email notification sent with the request.

Portal layout changes

• The menu for admin pages had been move the the upper right, and is grouped with the user’s settings. Previously, the admin menu links were in the upper left:

  

• The logout action has also been moved to the menu in the upper right:

  

• Where the logout action previously was, you can now find a link to the knowledge base:

  

• When creating a new Cloud Router connection, the page on which you can select the connection destination has been redesigned.

  

Miscellaneous

• Improved handling for NAT when provisioning the AWS side of Cloud Router connections.
• Improved the BGP settings page for Cloud Router connections to Azure. It now lists the PacketFabric ASN as well as the Azure ASN, and has more accurate helper text.
• We have improved our process for maintenance notifications to ensure that if you provision a service at a site that already has scheduled maintenance, you will get a notification.
• The following fields have been added to portal searches: po_number and svlan_labels. See Searching in the Portal.

Bug fixes

• Provision workflows for Colt-powered ports were failing.
• The portal action to disable BGP for Cloud Router connections to Azure was failing.
• For Cloud Router connections, the BGP settings page for Azure connections was mislabeling the peering VLAN ID field.
• When creating a dedicated port Cloud Router connection, the list of available speeds was incorrect for certain device types.
• Cloud Router connections were being incorrectly marked as deleted even if the delete workflow failed.
• The portal was not preventing users from creating Hosted cloud connections with speeds exceeding the access port capacity.
• The portal was displaying NaN% under the Billing step when creating certain services.
• Document downloads were not working for Partner portal users.
• When creating quotes in the Partner portal, the form was displaying unsupported speeds for Cloud Router connections to Oracle.
• When creating a point-to-point connection, the portal should prevent a user from selecting the same POP as the source and destination location.
• Portal was not distinguishing between Dedicated cloud ports that were part of LAG and those that weren’t.
• Added a restriction to prevent users from configuring BGP on Cloud Router connections that are not fully provisioned.