Creating a direct trunk and a private connection in it

The process of enabling the Yandex Cloud Interconnect service can be logically divided into the following stages:

1. Setting up a direct trunk.
2. Setting up a private connection in the trunk.

Setting up a direct trunkSetting up a direct trunk

This guide explains how to set up a direct trunk.

Getting startedGetting started

• See the documentation to learn how the service works.

• Contact your Yandex Cloud manager to agree upon the pricing plan (connection capacity).

• Select a point of presence for connecting a trunk.

  Warning

  To ensure fault tolerance, connect trunks in two points of presence.

• Select the type of an optical transceiver to enable a cross connect to the Yandex Cloud equipment in the point of presence. A port of the selected type will be reserved for you on the Yandex Cloud equipment side. For installation on your equipment, purchase the transceiver of the selected type on your own.

• If a Yandex Cloud solution architect is working with you, discuss and agree on a Yandex Cloud Interconnect service setup diagram.

Contacting tech support to set up a new trunkContacting tech support to set up a new trunk

Create a new support request to reserve a port on the Yandex Cloud equipment and set up a trunk.

Write a support request as follows:

Subject: [CIC] Creating a new trunk.

Request text:
Please set up a new Cloud Interconnect trunk
with the following parameters:

client: My Company Ltd
folder-id: b1g28j9359gic3p2gca2
point of presence: M9
transceiver type: 10GBASE-LR
connection capacity: 250mbps

The details for a private connection will be provided later in a separate ticket.

Where:

• client: Company name.
• folder-id: ID of the folder to send Cloud Interconnect monitoring metrics to.
• point of presence: Code of the point of presence.
• transceiver type: Type of transceiver to enable a cross connect.
• connection capacity: Bandwidth in Mbps.

Tech support team's response to the customer's requestTech support team's response to the customer's request

Once the requested trunk is set up, the support team will send you information about the created trunk.

Sample response from the support team:

trunk_id: euus5dfgchu23b81d472
pop: M9
rack: 10th floor, room 30-1, row 11, space 10
unit: 36
port: 18

Where:

• trunk_id: ID of the created Cloud Interconnect trunk.
• pop: Code of the point of presence where the Cloud Interconnect trunk is created.
• rack: Location of the Yandex Cloud equipment in the point of presence.
• unit: Number from 1 to 45 that indicates the equipment location in the Yandex Cloud rack.
• port: Number from 1 to 48 that specifies the port number on the equipment to enable the cross connect for.

How to write an agreement letter for a point of presenceHow to write an agreement letter for a point of presence

• Download the agreement letter form for the point of presence you need in .docx format.
• In the form, specify your company data and equipment location in the point of presence (highlighted in yellow).
• Using the information received from the support team, set the unit and port parameter values in the form (highlighted in green).
• Attach the completed form to the open support request.
• Within two business days, you will receive the agreement letter in PDF format signed by Yandex Cloud as an attachment to the open support request.

Setting up a cross connect in a point of presenceSetting up a cross connect in a point of presence

Request and set up a cross connect between your equipment and Yandex Cloud in the point of presence you need using the agreement letter you received.

Monitoring the trunk statusMonitoring the trunk status

Use the monitoring service to track when the trunk's physical port on the Yandex Cloud equipment switches to the running status. If there are any issues, contact support so that they may run diagnostics and troubleshooting.

Setting up a private connectionSetting up a private connection

To set up a new private connection in an existing trunk, create a new support request.

Contacting support to set up a new private connectionContacting support to set up a new private connection

Write a support request as follows:

Subject: [CIC] Add a new private connection to an existing trunk.

Request text:
Please add a new private connection to an existing trunk.
Connection parameters:

trunk_id: euus5dfgchu23b81d472
vlan_id: 101
ipv4_peering:
  peering_subnet: 192.168.10.0/30
  peer_ip: 192.168.10.1
  cloud_ip: 192.168.10.2
  peer_bgp_asn: 65001
  #cloud_bgp_asn: 200350
vpc:
  vpc_net_id: enpdffqsg8r221d7vjq5
    vpc_subnets:
      ru-central1-a: [10.60.192.0/21]
      ru-central1-b: [10.60.200.0/21, 10.60.220.0/24]
      ru-central1-d: [10.60.208.0/20]

Where:

• trunk_id: Trunk ID received from the support team at the previous step.
• vlan_id : VLAN-ID for the private connection in trunk 802.1Q. This value is selected by the customer. It must be different from the VLAN-ID values of the private connections previously set up in this trunk.
• peering_subnet: Point-to-point subnet for BGP peering, This value is selected by the customer.
• peer_ip: IP address of the point-to-point (peering) subnet on the customer's equipment. This value is selected by the customer.
• cloud_ip: IP address of the point-to-point (peering) subnet on the Yandex Cloud equipment. This value is selected by the customer.
• peer_bgp_asn: BGP ASN on the customer's equipment in ASPlain format. This value is selected by the customer.
• vpc_net_id: ID of the Yandex Virtual Private Cloud network for a private connection.
• vpc_subnets: List of IPv4 subnet prefixes grouped by Yandex Cloud availability zones. The resources in these subnets will only be accessible via this private connection. These prefixes will be announced over BGP by the Yandex Cloud equipment in the direction towards the customer's equipment.
• folder_id (optional): By default, private connection monitoring metrics will be saved to the folder specified when creating a trunk. If required, you can explicitly specify the folder to save private connection monitoring metrics to.

Support team's response to the customer's requestSupport team's response to the customer's request

Once you complete all required actions for setting up a private connection, the support team will provide the customer with the ID of the created private connection.

Here is how the support team may respond to the request for creating a private connection (this sample is provided for indicative purposes only):

id: cf3qdug4fsf737g2gpdu

where id is the ID of the created private connection.

Monitoring the status of a private connectionMonitoring the status of a private connection

• Use the monitoring service to monitor, on your own, when the private connection BGP session on the Yandex Cloud equipment switches to the running status.
• The support team will notify you once they finish configuring BGP announcements for the subnet prefixes you requested. It may take up to two business days to configure BGP announcements.
• You should check the IP connectivity between your equipment and the cloud resources to be accessible through the configured private connection yourself and notify the support team of the check results.
• If there are any IP connectivity issues, contact support so that they may run diagnostics and troubleshooting.