How-to Guides

Interconnect types

• Choose Interconnect Type

  View a summary of the Cloud Interconnect types and choose the one that fits your needs.

Creating Dedicated Interconnect connections

• Overview

  Summary of the Dedicated Interconnect creation process.

• Ordering an Interconnect

  Order a Dedicated Interconnect interconnect.

• Retrieving LOA-CFAs

  Retrieve LOA-CFAs for your interconnects.

• Testing Connections

  Test your interconnect connections before they're usable.

• Creating VLAN Attachments

  Create VLAN attachments to establish a connection between subnets and your interconnect.

• Modifying VLAN Attachments

  Modify values for existing VLAN attachments.

• Configuring on-premises routers

  Configure your on-premises routers to establish BGP sessions with Cloud Routers.

Dedicated Interconnect redundancy

• Duplicating an Existing Interconnect for Redundancy

  Build redundancy for an existing interconnect.

Managing Dedicated Interconnects

• Using Interconnects in Other Projects

  Create VLAN attachments with interconnects that are in other GCP projects.

• Listing locations

  List the colocation facilities where you can order an interconnect.

• Viewing interconnect details

  View the details of an interconnect.

• Modifying interconnects

  Modify the your interconnect attributes, such as its description and capacity.

• Monitoring

  View metrics for your interconnects.

Deleting connections

• Disconnecting networks

  Disconnect subnets from reaching an interconnect.

• Deleting interconnects

  Delete interconnects from your project.

Creating Partner Interconnect connections

• Overview

  Summary of the Partner Interconnect creation process.

• Creating VLAN Attachments

  Create VLAN attachments to establish a connection between VPC subnets and your on-premises network.

• Requesting Connections

  Request connections from your service provider.

• Activating Connections

  Activate VLAN attachments that have been configured by your service provider.

• Configuring on-premises routers

  For layer 2 connections, configure your on-premises routers to establish BGP sessions with Cloud Routers.

Partner Interconnect redundancy

• Duplicating an Existing VLAN Attachment for Redundancy

  Build redundancy for an existing VLAN attachment.

Managing VLAN attachments

• Viewing VLAN Attachments

  View details for a specific VLAN attachment.

• Modifying VLAN Attachment Capacity

  Modify the capacity of VLAN attachments.

• Disabling VLAN Attachments

  Disable a VLAN attachment so that no traffic can traverse it.

Deleting connections

• Disconnecting Networks

  Delete VLAN attachments to disconnect networks.

Monitoring

• Monitoring

  View metrics about your Dedicated Interconnects or VLAN attachments.

Getting Diagnostics

• Getting Diagnostics

  View diagnostic information about your Cloud Interconnect physical connections.