Currently, IBM Cloud Direct Link has two offerings — Dedicated and Connect — whereas Direct Link on Classic has four offerings: —Dedicated, Connect, Exchange and Dedicated Hosting.
Note: The “on Classic” 1.0 version of Exchange and Connect are combined into the latest Connect offering. Also, Dedicated Hosting is currently in development for 2022.
Manual IP address range supported
172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, 10.254.0.0/16,
any public IP addressesBGP ASN supported
0
, 13884
, 36351
, 64512
, 64513
, 65100
, 65201–65234
, 65402–65433
, 65500
and 4201065000–4201065999
0
, 13884
, 36351
, 64512
, 64513
, 65100
, 65201–65234
, 65402–65433
, 65500
, and 4201065000–4201065999
Billing
VPC connectivity
Cross-account connectivity
Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)
Pricing
Automation
Locations
MACsec
100G NNI
Account in VRF
BGP authentication
Note: BGP authentication key setup details are mentioned in Setting up BGP Message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication keys.
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