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Direct Connect(DX) - Coggle Diagram
Direct Connect(DX)
1 or 10 Gbps port allocated for aws account in a DX location
1 GBPS?
1000-Base-LX
10 GBPS?
10G-Base-LR
Larger company?
Can talk to Telco, get a physical cable from DX location to your router
Small company?
Cable from DX location to partner router and from there to business premises
Physical DX Connection
VIFs
Private VIFs
Each Private VIF connects to One Individual VPC
1 VIF = 1 VLAN
Public VIFs
Provide connectivity to AWS Public Zone services
S3
SNS
No public Internet
Direct connection is just a port allocated to aws account at a DX location.
Cable from AWS DX port on a DX rack to customer port also in a DX location
Cable conection from customer router to AWS DX Port connection
Router must support VLANs and BGP
DX doesn't directly provide encryption
Can take weeks or months to make physical connection
Supports upto 40 Gbps with aggregation
Low consistent latency