Alternatives for your Direct Link Connect deployment

Describes alternatives that you can choose for your Direct Link Connect deployments.

The default deployments of Direct Link Connect do not include redundant configuration, although they can be deployed diversely on discrete routers.

Many customers choose to create redundant deployments by setting up an extra Direct Link connection. The following diagrams illustrate some schematic representations of alternative Direct Link deployments

IBM Cloud Direct Link also allows you to establish diverse Connect deployments, as shown in Figure 1.

Using Connect along with other clouds

Some customers want to use Direct Link Connect along with other cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. The following schematic shows an overview of how to establish this type of connection with a telco (service provider).