Creating a Direct Connect

Creating a Direct Connect

For details, see Using Direct Connect to Connect an On-Premises Data Center to the Cloud.

1. Create a connection.
   1. Log in to the management console.
   2. Click in the upper left corner and select the region and project.
   3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Networking > Direct Connect to switch to the Connections page.
   4. Click Create Connection.
   5. On the Create Connection page, enter the equipment room details and select the Direct Connect location and port based on Table 1.

      Table 1 Parameters required for creating a cloud connection

      Parameter	Description
      Billing Mode	Specifies how you are charged. Currently, only Yearly/Monthly is supported.
      Region	Specifies the region where the connection is deployed. You can change the region in the upper left corner of the console.
      Connection Name	Specifies the name of your connection.
      Location	Specifies the location where your leased line can connect to.
      Carrier	Specifies the carrier that provides the leased line.
      Port Type	Specifies the type of the port used by the connection. There are four types of ports: 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, and 100GE.
      Leased Line Bandwidth	Specifies the bandwidth of the leased line in the unit of Mbit/s. This is the bandwidth of the leased line you bought from the carrier.
      Your Equipment Room Address	Specifies the address of your equipment room. The address must be specific to the floor your equipment room is on,
      Tag	Identifies the connection. A tag consists of a key and a value. You can add 10 tags to a connection. NOTE: If a predefined tag has been created in TMS, you can select the corresponding tag key and value. For details about predefined tags, see Predefined Tag Overview.
      Description	Provides supplementary information about the connection.
      Contact Person/Phone Number/Email	Specifies information about the person who is responsible for your connection. If no contact information is provided, we will contact the person in your account information. This will prolong the review period.
      Required Duration	Specifies how long the connection will be used for.
      Auto-renewing DBSS	Specifies whether to automatically renew the connection to ensure service continuity. It is recommended that you set the auto-renewal period to be the same as the required duration. If the required duration is three months, the system automatically renews the subscription for every three months.
      Enterprise Project	Specifies an enterprise project by which cloud resources and members are centrally managed.

   6. Click Confirm Configuration.
   7. Confirm the configuration and click Request Connection.

      Confirm the requirements with the Direct Connect manager.

   8. After the system approves the requirement, the user needs to contact the carrier for construction.

      After the construction is complete, locate the connection in the connection list and click Confirm Cabling in the Operation column.

   9. In the displayed dialog box, click OK.
   10. In the connection list, locate the connection and click Confirm Configuration in the Operation column.
   11. Confirm the configuration and click Pay Now.
   12. Confirm the order, select a payment method, and click Confirm.
   13. After the payment is complete, wait for Huawei Cloud to complete the construction.

       Huawei onsite engineers will connect the Direct Connect connection to the Huawei Cloud gateway port based on the customer information within two working days.

   14. Verify that the connection is in the Normal state, which means that the connection is ready, and the billing starts.

2. Create a virtual gateway.
   1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Direct Connect > Virtual Gateways.
   2. In the upper right corner of the Virtual Gateways page, click Create Virtual Gateway.
   3. Configure the virtual gateway parameters.

      Table 2 Virtual gateway parameters

      Parameter	Description
      Name	Specifies the virtual gateway name. You can enter 1 to 64 characters.
      Enterprise Project	Specifies the enterprise project by which virtual gateways are centrally managed. Select an existing enterprise project.
      VPC	Specifies the VPC to be associated with the virtual gateway.
      Subnet CIDR Block	Specifies CIDR blocks of the VPC subnets. You can enter one or more CIDR blocks and separate every entry with a comma (,).
      BGP ASN	Specifies the BGP ASN of the virtual gateway.
      Tag	Adds tags to help you identify your virtual gateway. You can change them after the virtual gateway is created.
      Description	Provides supplementary information about the virtual gateway.

   4. Click OK.

3. Create a virtual interface.
   1. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Direct Connect > Virtual Interfaces.
   2. Click Create Virtual Interface.
   3. Configure the parameters as prompted.

      Table 3 Parameters for creating a virtual interface

      Parameter	Description
      Region	Specifies the region where the connection is deployed. You can change the region in the upper left corner of the console.
      Name	Specifies the virtual interface name. The name can contain 1 to 64 characters.
      Virtual Interface Priority	Specifies whether the virtual interface will be used prior to other virtual interfaces. There are two options: Preferred and Standard. If multiple virtual interfaces are associated with one Direct Connect device, the load is balanced among virtual interfaces with the same priority, while virtual interfaces with different priorities are working in active/standby pairs.
      Connection	Specifies the connection you use to connect your data center to the cloud.
      Gateway	Specifies the gateway that the virtual interface connects to. You can select a virtual gateway or global DC gateway.
      Virtual Gateway	This parameter is mandatory when Gateway is set to Virtual gateway. Specifies the virtual gateway that the virtual interface connects to.
      Global DC Gateway	This parameter is mandatory when Gateway is set to Global DC gateway. Specifies the global DC gateway that the virtual interface connects to.
      VLAN	Specifies the ID of the VLAN for the virtual interface. You need to configure the VLAN if you create a standard connection. The VLAN for a hosted connection will be allocated by the carrier or partner. You do not need to configure the VLAN.
      Bandwidth	Specifies the bandwidth that can be used by the virtual interface in the unit of Mbit/s. The bandwidth cannot exceed that of the connection.
      Enterprise Project	Specifies the enterprise project by which virtual interfaces are centrally managed. Select an existing enterprise project.
      Tag	Adds tags to help you identify your virtual interface. You can change them after the virtual interface is created.
      Local Gateway	Specifies the IP address used by the cloud to connect to your on-premises network. After you configure Local Gateway on the console, the configuration will be automatically delivered to the gateway used by the cloud.
      Remote Gateway	Specifies the IP address used by the on-premises data center to connect to the cloud. After you configure Remote Gateway on the console, you need to configure the IP address on the interface of the on-premises device.
      Remote Subnet	Specifies the subnets of your on-premises network. Separate every entry with a comma (.).
      Routing Mode	Specifies the routing mode. Two options are available, Static and BGP. If there are two or more connections, select BGP routing.
      BGP ASN	Specifies the ASN of the BGP peer. This parameter is mandatory when you select BGP routing.
      BGP MD5 Authentication Key	Specifies the password used to authenticate the BGP peer using MD5. This parameter can be set when BGP routing is selected, and the parameter values on both gateways must be the same. The key contains 8 to 255 characters and must contain at least two types of the following characters: Uppercase letter Lowercase letter Digits Special characters ~!, .:;-_"(){}[]/@#$ %^&*+\|=
      Description	Provides supplementary information about the virtual interface.

   4. Click Create Now.

      When the status changes to Normal, the virtual interface has been created.

4. Configure local routes on the on-premises data centers.

   After your on-premises network is connected to Huawei Cloud, you need to configure routes in your data center.

   • For details about how to configure static routes, see Accessing a VPC Using a Static Routing Connection.
   • For details about how to configure BGP routes, see Accessing a VPC Using a BGP Routing Connection.