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With Lumen® Ethernet On‑Demand connections, you can provision real‑time, layer‑2 network connections between one of your locations (an Ethernet endpoint device) and partner interconnects, including cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle. You can also create virtual cross connects to Equinix so you can access additional cloud service providers such as Alibaba, Salesforce, Webex, Five9, IBM Cloud 2.0, and more. Connections are billed hourly or monthly and require no long‑term contracts.
Create and manage connections using NaaS Manager (available within Control Center):
For connections to Microsoft Azure, your equipment must support 802.1ad (Q‑in‑Q). Before creating a connection, we recommend configuring your router for Q‑in‑Q.
Use Equinix Fabric to connect to cloud service providers such as Alibaba, Salesforce, Webex, Five9, IBM Cloud 2.0, and more.
Higher classes of service offer higher availability SLAs and allow you to increase traffic prioritization for your EVC: