Connection

A connection is dedicated network connection between your on-premises data center and a Direct Connect location over a leased line.

Direct Connect provides ports only. After you request a connection, you need to work with the carrier and Huawei Cloud to establish network connectivity between your on-premises data center and the cloud.

Connections are dedicated channels for on-premises data centers to access the cloud. Connections are more stable, reliable, and secure than Internet-based connections, and provide up to 100 Gbit/s bandwidth.

If you are a regular user, you can request standard connections and hosted connections.

• A standard connection has a dedicated port for your exclusive use and can have multiple virtual interfaces associated.
• A hosted connection is created by a partner and allows you to share the dedicated port with other users. The partner will allocate a VLAN and bandwidth for the hosted connection you request. You can associate only one virtual interface with each hosted connection.

If you are a partner, you can request operations connections and create hosted connections for your users.

• Similar to standard connections, an operations connection has a dedicated port for your exclusive use and can have multiple virtual interfaces associated.
• A hosted connection is created for one of your users based on an operations connection.

If you are a regular user, you need to lease a line from a carrier.

Connections support redundant configuration. If two connections are terminated at different locations in the same region, they work in an active/standby pair to back each other up. If one connection becomes faulty, the other will take over, ensuring stable services.