Create a Point-to-Point Connection

When you create a point-to-point connection, you are also provisioning two new PacketFabric ports.

Log in to the PacketFabric portal. Select Point to Points in the menu on the left.
Click Create Point-to-Point in the upper right.

NOTE: If you do not see this action, your user account might not have the appropriate permissions.

Complete the following fields:

Source Location

Use the search field to provided to locate the data center in which you want to provision one of the ports. This should be a location in which you are already present and can build a cross connect.

Destination Location

Select a location for the second port in the connection.

Configuration

Speed

Select a speed for the connection.

Media

Select the media for the ports. The same media is used in both the source and destination port.

Click to view optic details

Optic Type*	Speed (Gbps)	Distance (km)**	Frequency (nm)	Transmit Max (dB)	Transmit Min (dB)	Receive Max (dB)	Receive Min (dB)
1000BASE-LX/LH	1	10	1310	-3	-9.5	-3	-20
1000BASE-EX	1	40	1310	3	-1	1	-22
1000BASE-ZX	1	80	1550	5	0	-3	-23
10GBASE-LR	10	10	1310	0.5	-8.2	0.5	-14.4
10GBASE-ER	10	40	1550	4	-4.7	-1	-15.8
10GBASE-ZR	10	80	1550	4	0	-7	-24
40GBASE-LR4	40	10	1271 1291 1311 1331	2.3	-7	2.3	-13.7
40GBASE-ER4	40	40	1271 1291 1311 1331	4.5	-2.7	-4.5	-21.2
100GBASE-CWDM4	100	2	1271 1291 1311 1331	2.5	-6.5	2.5	-11.5
100GBASE-LR4	100	10	1295 1300 1304 1309	4.5	-4.3	4.5	-10.6
100GBASE-ER4	100	30	1295 1300 1304 1309	4.5	-2.9	-4.9	-20.9

* All cables are Single Mode Fiber, Duplex
** Distance is approximate

NOTE: If there is an optic you want but the option is not available when creating your port, you can special order it. This generally includes a lead time up to 5 business days (if in stock).

You can work with your sales representative to make a special order. Additional costs might apply.

Source availability zone

Select a zone.

Allocating connections within different zones supports redundancy.

Source autonegotiation

This option is only available when you select 1 Gbps. Autonegotiation means the port can automatically determine the best speed and duplex mode.

Destination availability zone

Select a zone.

Allocating connections within different zones supports redundancy.

Destination autonegotiation

This option is only available when you select 1 Gbps. Autonegotiation means the port can automatically determine the best speed and duplex mode.

Description

Provide a meaningful name for your connection.

Billing

Select a contract length for the port. Then complete the following:

Select the appropriate billing account to associate with this service. You can also create a new billing account.

Review your information. When everything is correct, click Place order.

Per our cancellation terms, you have 24 hours to delete the connection without incurring any costs.

After the first 24 hours have passed, you can only delete services that are on month-to-month contracts.

Next steps

It might take a few minutes for your connection to provision. Once provisioned, you can generate LOAs and/or order outbound cross connects. For more information, see Cross Connects.

Create a Point-to-Point Service - POST

Updated on 30 Nov 2022