Creating a Hosted Connection

Scenarios

If you are a partner, you can create a hosted connection for your user.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. In the service list in the upper left corner of the page, choose Network > Direct Connect.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Direct Connect > Connections.
5. On the Connections page, click Create Hosted Connection.
6. Configure the parameters.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating a hosted connection

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Name	Specifies the connection name. The name can contain a maximum of 64 characters. Only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.	directconnect-001
   Project ID	Specifies the project ID. Specifies the ID of the project to which the hosted connection to be created belongs. The value is provided by the tenant for the partner.	f9578ed9f9b1496da3ddf4ad29ccd891
   Operations Connection	Specifies the operations connection on which the hosted connection is created.	Operations_connection_test
   Bandwidth	Specifies the bandwidth of the connection, in Mbit/s.	2 Mbit/s
   Peering Position	Specifies the physical location of the hosted connection. This address is an identifier. Only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed. It can contain 0 to 64 characters.	"Marderbug-DC01"
   VLAN	Specifies the VLAN of the hosted connection. The partner allocates the VLAN to the tenant.	100
   Description	Provides supplementary information about the hosted connection.	test

7. Click OK.