OCI fastconnect | Differencies between creating Direct and Partner circuits

STEPS TABLE

STEP	FASTCONNECT PARTNER	FASTCONNECT DIRECT
1	Choose a provider partner from a list of certified paertners	No partner to select
2	Choose if virtual circuit is: private: Select an existing DRG Set Oracle and customer BGP IP addresses Set BGP customer ASN Go to partner portal and create the connection yourself public: set port speed, up to 50 of your ip address to advertise and your BGP ASN	Choose if connection is: single: select por speed and point of presence (2 available per region) aggragated (LAG): select port speed ans number of cross connects (up to 3, but you can increase later up to 8)
3	Wait for partner connection to be stablished (minutes)	Single cross-connect: Get the LOA and send to your preferred carrier Grouped cross connect: Get the cross connect LOA and send to your preferred connectivity provider
4	–	Wait for the cross connect to appear online
5		Create virtual circuit: private: select DRG, port speed, vlan, oracle and customer IP addresses and customer ASN public: select port speed, customer ip addresses to advertise (uP to 50) and customer ASN
6		Wait for virtual circuit BGP IPv4 state up