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Executive Summary

  • Cornell AWS accounts using Direct Connect will be migrated to a new network architecture in January 2023.
  • This new architecture simplifies Direct Connect configuration and management, and improves Direct Connect bandwidth and flexibility.
  • There will be no interruption in Direct Connect connectivity during this migration.
  • Cornell AWS account owners/administrators will be solicited for feedback directly via email several times throughout this process. But, in most cases, this input is not required for the migration to proceed.
    • AWS accounts having VPCs using Direct Connect and with numerous subnets and route tables, or where network resources are configured by infrastructure-as-code will need to provide input to complete this migration.
  • The new Direct Connect architecture will cost AWS account owners about $36/mo.

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Cornell AWS accounts using  Direct Connect  for private access to Cornell networks will be transitioned to using  Internet 2 Cloud Connect  (I2CC) as the Direct Connect provider.That change will simplify  

The Internet 2 Direct Connect provider offers several benefits:

  • Consolidating and simplifying configuration and management of Direct Connect for Cornell AWS accounts

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  • Improving flexibility and bandwidth of Direct Connect connectivity
  • Allows private Cornell network traffic in AWS and Azure to flow between those clouds without transiting campus

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Scope

As of , 65 Cornell AWS accounts were configured to use Direct Connect. During this migration, all those AWS accounts will have their existing Direct Connect connectivity updated to use new pathways and AWS resources to connect the Cornell campus network to AWS. 

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