IBM Cloud Direct Link

Private 1 to 10 Gbps connectivity from an on-premises network into IBM Cloud without crossing the public internet.

Provider: ibm
Kind: Network fabric
Category: Operations
Official docs: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/dl

Properties · 2 set by this component

property	type	values	required	kind default	this component
interconnect	enum	public \| private \| cloud-backbone	no	public	▸ private
kernelBypass	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
macsec · component property	boolean	—	no	—	inherited
managed	boolean	—	no	false	▸ true
multicast	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
offering · component property	enum	connect \| dedicated	no	—	inherited
overlay	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
portSpeedGbps · component property	integer	—	no	—	inherited

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Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
2# IBM Cloud Direct Link: private connectivity from an on-premises network into IBM Cloud, "keeping
3# traffic within the IBM Cloud network" rather than the public internet. Direct Link Connect rides
4# a service provider already attached to IBM Cloud; Direct Link Dedicated is a single-tenant fibre
5# cross-connect and is the variant that supports MACsec encryption. Bandwidth options are 1, 2, 5
6# and 10 Gbps ("Getting started with IBM Cloud Direct Link").
7schemaVersion: "1"
8type: "component"
9id: "ibm-direct-link"
10kind: "network-fabric"
11provider: "ibm"
12docs: "https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/dl"
13defaults:
14  managed: true
15  interconnect: "private"
16properties:
17  offering:
18    type: "enum"
19    values: ["connect", "dedicated"]
20  portSpeedGbps:
21    type: "integer"
22  macsec:
23    type: "boolean"

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/ibm-direct-link.md