- What's New
- Function Overview
- Product Bulletin
- Service Overview
- Getting Started
- User Guide
- API Reference
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Best Practices
- Direct Connect Best Practices
- Connecting an On-Premises Data Center to a VPC over a Single Connection and Using Static Routing to Route Traffic
- Connecting an On-Premises Data Center to a VPC over a Single Connection and Using BGP Routing to Route Traffic
- Connecting an On-Premises Data Center to a VPC over Two Connections in Load Balancing Mode (Virtual Gateway)
- Connecting an On-Premises Data Center to a VPC over Two Connections in an Active/Standby Pair (Virtual Gateway)
- Connecting an On-Premises Data Center to Multiple VPCs that Do Not Need to Communicate with Each Other
- Connecting an On-Premises Data Center to Multiple VPCs in the Same Region Using Direct Connect and VPC Peering
- Using a Public NAT Gateway and Direct Connect to Accelerate Internet Access
- Troubleshooting
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FAQs
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Popular Questions
- What Are the Network Requirements for Connections?
- How Do I Select a Carrier When Purchasing a Connection?
- How Will I Be Billed for Direct Connect?
- How Do I Submit a Service Ticket?
- How Do I Test the Network Connectivity Between a Location and the Cloud?
- What Do I Do If I Select the Wrong Carrier When Creating a Connection?
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Product Consultation
- What Are the Network Requirements for Connections?
- What Are 1GE and 10GE?
- Is BGP Routing Supported in Direct Connect?
- How Do I Submit a Service Ticket?
- What Are the Network Latency and Packet Loss Rate of a Connection?
- Are the Uplink and Downlink Bandwidths of a Direct Connect Connection the Same?
- What Do I Do If I Select the Wrong Carrier When Creating a Connection?
- How Do I Plan the VPCs for a New Connection?
- What Are Local and Remote Gateways (Interconnection IP Addresses)?
- How Do I Configure BFD for a Connection?
- Leased Line
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Interconnection with the Cloud
- Can I Access the Same VPC over Multiple Connections?
- How Do I Plan the CIDR Blocks for a Connection?
- What Should I Consider When I Use Direct Connect to Access the Cloud?
- Does Direct Connect Support NAT?
- Can the VLAN of the On-premises Network Be Used in the VPC Through Direct Connect?
- Can My On-Premises Data Center Access Multiple VPCs Through One Connection?
- Can Direct Connect Be Used with Similar Services of Other Cloud Service Providers?
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Networking and Scenarios
- Can Multiple Connections Access the Same VPC?
- Can My On-Premises Data Center Access Multiple VPCs Through One Connection?
- Can Direct Connect Be Used with Similar Services of Other Cloud Service Providers?
- Can I Limit the Bandwidth Available on Each Hosted Connection?
- How Do I Plan the VPCs for a New Connection?
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Related Console Operations
- How Do I Submit a Service Ticket?
- How Can I Unsubscribe from Direct Connect?
- What Parameters Can Be Modified After I Have Created a Virtual Interface?
- Do I Need to Delete the Virtual Gateway and Virtual Interface Before Deleting a Hosted Connection?
- How Do I Change the Routing Mode of a Connection?
- How Do I Delete a Hosted Connection?
- What Is the BGP ASN Used by Huawei Cloud?
- What Are Local and Remote Gateways (Interconnection IP Addresses)?
- Troubleshooting
- Billing
- Resource Monitoring
- Quota
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Popular Questions
How Will I Be Billed for Direct Connect?
You can create a standard connection, which will give you exclusive access to the port. You can also request a hosted connection from a partner and share the port with other users.
Billed Items
- Standard connection
The following figure shows the items that you need to pay for a standard connection.
Table 1 Standard connection pricing Payee
Billed Item
Description
Payment Method
Huawei Cloud
Port
The port is billed based on its specifications.
Prepaid (yearly/monthly subscription)
One-time setup
Currently, the one-time setup is free.
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Carrier or Huawei Cloud partner
Leased line
To connect your on-premises data center to the cloud, you need to lease a line from a carrier.
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In-building cabling
A fiber may be required for connecting your leased line to the equipment room at the Direct Connect location you select if the data center at the Direct Connect location is a carrier-neutral data center. You pay to the property of the neutral data center.
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- Hosted connection
If you request a hosted connection from a Huawei Cloud partner, you share the port with other users and do not need to pay for one-time setup and the port to Huawei Cloud.
The following figure shows the billed items of a hosted connection.
Table 2 Hosted connection billing details Payee
Billed Item
Description
Payment Method
Carrier or Huawei Cloud partner
Leased line
Your partner has established network connectivity with Huawei Cloud. You need to pay for the leased line to the partner.
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For details, see Product Pricing Details.
Billing Mode
Yearly/Monthly
Changing Billing Mode
Only Yearly/Monthly billing is supported, and it cannot be changed.
Renewal
For details, see Renewal Management.
Expiration and Overdue Payment
For details, see Service Suspension and Resource Release and Payment and Repayment.
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