To set up an AWS Direct Connect connection, place an order through the AWS GovCloud console to create a Direct Connect connection in a region where VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud is available.
Connection Types
- Dedicated Connection
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A dedicated connection provides a physical Ethernet port dedicated to a single customer that supports multiple private or public virtual interfaces (VIF) and 1 transit VIF.
To order a dedicated connection, ask a member of the AWS Direct Connect Partner Program to provision a circuit to an AWS Direct Connect location in the same region as your SDDC. Use your (customer-managed )AWS account to make this request. After the circuit has been provisioned, create a hosted private VIF to your SDDC using the account shown in the AWS Account ID field of the Direct Connect page of the Networking & Security tab, or create a Direct Connect Gateway (DXGW) in your account and connect a transit VIF to it from the DXGW.
- Hosted Connection
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A hosted connection is a circuit shared by multiple customers and provisioned to your AWS account by an AWS Direct Connect Partner. After the circuit has been provisioned, create a hosted private VIF to your SDDC using the account shown in the AWS Account ID field of the Direct Connect page of the Networking & Security tab. If your hosted connection speed is 1Gbps or higher, you also have the option to create a Direct Connect Gateway (DXGW) in your account, and connect a transit VIF to it from the DXGW.
- Hosted VIF
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A hosted VIF is similar to a hosted connection but only provides the ability to create a single VIF managed by a partner. The hosted private VIF must be created by the AWS Partner using the account number shown in the AWS Account ID field of the Direct Connect page of the Networking & Security tab, rather than provisioned to your own AWS account.
