Global Fabric Locations

Global Fabric locations are places in which Global Fabric Ports and their corresponding Networks Services are available for consumption. When procuring a Global Fabric Port, you must select the location you would like the Port to be provisioned into.

Global Fabric Locations have two main roles, PoP and Data Centre. A Global Fabric location can be assigned either one or both roles:

Any location where a Global Fabric Edge is physically present is assigned the PoP role. Where this location is also a Carrier Neutral Facility (CNF) with cross connect capability, it is also assigned a Data Centre role in addition to the PoP role.

CNFs in which Global Fabric services are available but do not have a physical Global Fabric Edge (i.e. where services are provided from a Global Fabric PoP within proximity) are assigned only the Data Centre role.

The Customer Port types available in each location is dependent on the role assigned to the location.

Global Fabric Port Availability

Customer Ports

All Global Fabric locations support all variations of Customers Port type. on any Global Fabric Edge in all locations where a Global Fabric Edge is available. Customer Ports come in three variants:

• Port Only - 'On net’ ports physically dedicated to you. These ports are deliverable only within data centres where our Global Fabric Edges are located (those designated as PoPs).
• Data Centre Connection - Ports physically dedicated to you and delivered to your data centre cabinet location. These ports are deliverable only in a predefined set of data centres or Carrier Neutral Facility locations, which are within proximity to where our Global Fabric Edges are located (those designated as Data Centres).
• Customer Premises Port - Logical or dedicated ports delivered directly into your premises using an access line.

For more information on the various Customer Port types, refer to the Customer Port documentation.

The table below lists these locations and their associated planned availability date.

Cloud Ports

Cloud ports are private connections from our Global Fabric Edges to Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)

Global Fabric Cloud Ports come in two variants:

• Dedicated Ports are available in all Global Fabric Locations. When procuring a Dedicated Cloud Port, .
• Shared Ports are pre-cabled connections from Global Fabric Edges to select CSPs in certain locations. These ports allow for immediate provisioning of connectivity, when an appropriate Network Service is associated, towards a CSP.

Table 1 shows which CSPs are available to connect to using Cloud Ports from each Global Fabric location.

For more information on Cloud Ports, refer to the Cloud Port documentation.

Table 1: Global Fabric Edge and Port Availability

Network Services Availability

Network Services provide different ways for you to connect your Global Fabric ports together. All Network Services are available to use on all port types in available Global Fabric locations. Table 2 shows the current availability of each Network Service.

For more information on Network Services, refer to the Network Service documentation.

Table 2: Network Services Availability