Buying a Bandwidth Package

Scenarios

To enable network communications between regions in the same geographic region or across geographic regions, you need to purchase a bandwidth package and bind it to a cloud connection.

Bandwidth packages are used when network instances to be loaded to a cloud connection are VPCs.

To allow you to test network connectivity between regions, the system allocates 10 kbit/s by default. To test network connectivity, you can ping an ECS in one VPC from an ECS in the other VPC.

No bandwidth packages are required if two VPCs are in the same region because they can communicate with each other by default after they are loaded to the same cloud connection.

Constraints

To provide cross-region network communications, Cloud Connect will obtain and transmit your credential and account ID from the Chinese mainland to the country or region where the network instances you want to connect to are running for identity verification and authentication.

The credential and account ID is required only for providing services for you. If you need to use Cloud Connect for network communications, please read and agree to the Cloud Connect Service Disclaimer.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Hover on the upper left corner to display Service List and choose Networking > Cloud Connect.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Cloud Connect > Bandwidth Packages.
4. Click Buy Bandwidth Package.
5. Configure the parameters based on Table 1 and click Buy Now.

   Table 1 Parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Mode	Specifies how you want the bandwidth package to be billed.
   Name	Specifies the bandwidth package name. The name can contain 1 to 64 characters, including digits, letters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
   Billed By	Specifies by what you want the bandwidth package to be billed. Only Bandwidth is available.
   Applicability	Specifies whether the bandwidth package is used for communications within a geographic region, between geographic regions, or between specified regions. The following options are available: Single geographic region: Use the bandwidth package between regions in the same geographic region. Across geographic regions: Use the bandwidth package between regions in different geographic regions.
   Geographic Region	Specifies the geographic region.
   Bandwidth	Specifies the bandwidth you require for network communications across regions, in Mbit/s. The sum of all inter-region bandwidths you assign cannot exceed the total bandwidth of the bandwidth package. Assign the bandwidth based on your network plan.
   Required Duration	Specifies how long you require the bandwidth package for. Auto renewal is supported.
   Cloud Connection	Specifies the cloud connection you want to bind the bandwidth package to. Two options are available, Bind now and Bind later.

6. Confirm the information and click Pay Now.
7. Click Pay.

   Go back to the bandwidth package list and locate the bandwidth package. If its status changes to Normal, you can bind the bandwidth package to a cloud connection.