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AWS Direct Connect Monitoring

AWS Direct Connect - Overview

Amazon Direct Connect is a cloud service solution that enables users to establish a dedicated network connection between their on-premises infrastructure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Instead of relying on the public internet, Direct Connect provides a private, high-bandwidth, low-latency connection to AWS, offering more consistent and reliable performance for workloads and data transfers.

Creating a new AWS Direct Connect monitor

To learn how to create a new AWS Direct Connect monitor, refer here.

Monitored Parameters

Go to the Monitors Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Click on the Direct Connect instance available under Amazon in the Cloud Apps section. Displayed is the Amazon Direct Connect bulk configuration view distributed into three tabs:

  • Availability tab gives the availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
  • Performance tab gives the health status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
  • List view tab enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.

By clicking a monitor from the list, you'll be taken to the AWS Direct Connect dashboard which includes the following tabs:

Performance Overview

ParameterDescription
CONNECTION STATUS
Connection State The state of the connection. 
CONNECTION ERRORS
Connection Errors The average number of all types of MAC level errors on the AWS device (including CRC errors), between the poll interval.
CONNECTION BANDWIDTH
Connection Ingress Bandwidth The average rate at which inbound data is transferred to the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in Mb/s).
Connection Egress Bandwidth The average rate at which outbound data is transferred from the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in Mb/s).
CONNECTION PACKET RATE
Connection Ingress Packets The average rate at which inbound packets are received by the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in packets/s).
Connection Egress Packets The average rate at which outbound packets are sent from the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in packets/s).

Configuration

ParameterDescription
Connection ID The unique ID of the connection.
AWS Device The direct connect endpoint on which the physical connection terminates.
Bandwidth The bandwidth of the connection.
LAG ID The ID of the LAG (Link Aggregation Group).
LOA Issue Time The timestamp for the Letter of Authorization and Connecting Facility Agreement.
Location The location of the connection.
Service Provider The name of the service provider with the connection.
Partner Name The name of the Direct Connect service provider associated with the connection.
AWS Logical Device The endpoint that terminates the logical connection, which may differ from the physical connection device.
Port Encryption Status The MAC Security (MACsec) port link status of the connection.
VLAN The ID of the Virtual LAN.
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