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2024-07-18 |
direct link, direct link dedicated, direct link connect |
dl |
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Use {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} to seamlessly connect your on-premises resources to your cloud resources. The speed and reliability of {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} extends your organization’s data center network and offers more consistent, higher-throughput connectivity, keeping traffic within the IBM Cloud network. {: shortdesc}
{{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} highlights include:
- Metered billing, which lowers the barrier of entry to {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}}
- Support for connections to multiple {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} accounts from a single direct link
- Support for multiple VPCs (without classic access) from a single direct link within the same account
- Support for both local and global routing options
- Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) address to create native connectivity between your on-premises environment and {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}}
- Support for new connect speeds for high bandwidth through {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} Connect (10, 25, 40, 50, and 100 Gbps).
- Direct Link connections to and from transit gateways.
- Support for BGP Message Digest 5 (MD5) Authentication and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).
{: #get-started-with-direct-link-dedicated}
Terminate a single-tenant, fiber-based, cross-connect into your own IBM Cloud Private network connection. This offering is also used by colocation facilities that are next to IBM Cloud PoPs and data centers.
To get started with {{site.data.keyword.dl_full_notm}} Dedicated, follow these instructions for ordering the service.
{: #get-started-with-direct-link-connect}
Use a service provider to quickly establish and deliver connectivity to IBM Cloud locations. These service providers are already connected to the IBM Cloud network that uses multi-tenant, high capacity links (also known as network-to-network interfaces, or NNI).
To get started using {{site.data.keyword.dl_full_notm}} Connect, follow these instructions for ordering the service.
{: #learn-more}
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IBM Cloud highly recommends that you establish a second, diverse direct link to prevent outages, whether unplanned, or planned due to maintenance. For more information, see Models for diversity and redundancy in Direct Link.
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If you require a diverse, redundant, or multi-cloud deployment for Direct Link Connect, see Alternatives for your Direct Link Connect deployment.
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For more information about {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} offerings, see the FAQs.
Currently, a migration path does not exist from {{site.data.keyword.dlc_short}} offerings to {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}}. You must order a new {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} Dedicated or {{site.data.keyword.dl_short}} Connect connection. {: note}