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Creating a connection from your location to AWS Hosted Connections

Using Control Center, you can create a Colt® Dynamic Connections Ethernet connection from your location (from your list of available UNIs) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hosted Connections. To create the connection, you'll need your AWS account ID from Amazon. Be sure to have that information handy to type in (or copy/paste).

Note: With Amazon Web Services Hosted Connections, we recommend you create a redundant connection to qualify for better availability SLAs.

To create a connection from your location to AWS Hosted Connections:

  1. Click Services.

    Control Center shows the Services console. Use the console to access an inventory of your services, check the status of orders, and manage your services.
Services console
  1. In the Service and Ordering Tools box, click Dynamic Connections - Ethernet.

    Control Center lists all your connections with a status and brief summary for each connection.
Dynamic Connections (showing Ethernet tab)
  1. Click Create Connection.
Ethernet Create Connection
  1. In the Connection Name field, type a name for the connection you're creating. (Be sure to use something memorable. This name will appear on your invoice.)
  1. In the From Connection Type field, select My Locations.
  1. In the To Connection Type field, select Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Hosted Connections.
Ethernet Create Connection (showing a connection from your location to AWS)
  1. Fill in the information for the connection:

    1. In the From Location field, select the connection origination endpoint. (To view a list of available locations and status for each, click MY PORTS.)

    2. In the Ce-Vlan field, type an unused VLAN ID (between 1 and 4094). (If you type in a VLAN ID and it's already in use, Control Center highlights it in red.)

    3. In the AWS Account ID field, type your Amazon account ID.

    4. In the To Location field, select where you want your connection to terminate.
  1. Use the Billing Method buttons to select whether you want monthly or hourly billing for the connection.
  1. In the Class of Service field, select whether you want Basic, Enhanced, or Dedicated. (Higher classes of service offer higher availability SLAs and allow you to increase traffic prioritization for your EVC.)

    • Basic (best effort): The service may be oversubscribed on the Colt network.

    • Enhanced (mid class): Enhanced EVCs (ethernet virtual circuits) can still be oversubscribed like Basic class of service EVCs; however, traffic is marked with an internal class of service marking which will prioritize your traffic over best-effort traffic during times of congestion. For EVCs with this class of service, bandwidth is not reserved on the Colt network and traffic will not take priority over real-time traffic in the network.

    • Dedicated (real time): The quality of service offering with highest priority on the Colt network. In addition, Colt reserves the bandwidth for this EVC across the network on each ring that the EVC touches. Once it is dedicated to you, that bandwidth (and the corresponding CE-VLANs) sits in reserve regardless of how much bandwidth you use.
  1. In the Bandwidth field, select the bandwidth for the connection. (You can't change the bandwidth once you create the connection. If you need to choose a different bandwidth after creating a connection, disconnect the connection and create a new one.)

    Control Center shows pricing for the bandwidth you selected.
  1. Review your connection information and then click the I agree with the terms and conditions checkbox. (To enable the checkbox, scroll to the bottom of the terms and conditions.)

  1. Click Submit.

    Control Center creates the request for the connection and places it in Pending Activation status. From here, you can view the status of the connection.