Step 5: Buy a Bandwidth Package

Scenarios

To ensure normal network communications across regions regardless of if they are in the same geographic region or different geographic regions, you need to purchase a bandwidth package and bind it to a cloud connection. By default, the system allocates 10 kbit/s of bandwidth for testing network connectivity across regions.

• One cloud connection can only have one bandwidth package regardless of if the cloud connection is used for communications within a geographic region or between geographic regions. For example, cloud connection A can only have one bandwidth package between the Chinese mainland and Asia Pacific.
• A bandwidth package can only be bound to one cloud connection.

Procedure

Buy a bandwidth package.

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 required for buying a bandwidth package

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Mode	Specifies how you want the bandwidth package to be billed. Currently, only Yearly/Monthly is available.
   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.
   Applicability	Specifies whether you want to use the bandwidth package for network communications within a geographic region or between geographic regions. Two 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. Unit: Mbit/s
   Tag	Identifies the bandwidth package. A tag consists of a key and a value. You can add 20 tags to a bandwidth package. Tag keys and values must meet the requirements listed in Table 2. NOTE: If a predefined tag has been created on TMS, you can directly select the corresponding tag key and value. For details about predefined tags, see Predefined Tags.
   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.

   Table 2 Tag key and value requirements

   Parameter	Requirements
   Key	Cannot be left blank. Must be unique for each resource. Can contain a maximum of 36 characters. Can contain only letters, digits, hyphens, underscores, and Unicode characters from \u4e00 to \u9fff.
   Value	Can be left blank. Can contain a maximum of 43 characters. Can contain only letters, digits, period, hyphens, underscores, and Unicode characters from \u4e00 to \u9fff.

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 the cloud connection.

Bind the bandwidth package to the cloud connection.

Bind the purchased bandwidth package to the cloud connection created in step 2.

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 cloud connection list, click the name of the cloud connection.
4. On the Bound Bandwidth Packages tab, click Bind Bandwidth Package.
5. Select the purchased bandwidth package and bind it to the cloud connection.