Available services at AMS-IX

Connections are offered to the AMS-IX switches via:

• 100 Mbit/s “FastEthernet” (100BaseTX) (not available after 30/06/2009)
• 1 Gbit/s “GE” (1000BaseSX, 1000BaseLX, 1000BaseLH)
• 10 Gbit/s “10GE” (10000BaseLR, 10000BaseER)

AMS-IX offered new 10BaseT ports on all VLAN's on the platform until 01 January 2007. After this date, the AMS-IX team ceased to do so. AMS-IX will continue to fully support the current connected 10BaseT ports on all VLAN's, for as long as we are required to.

Ports are configured in one of the following VLANs:

• ISP (Internet) VLAN, Unicast, either using IPv4, IPv6 or both.
• Multicast (MC) VLAN.
• A Private VLAN to set up a Private Interconnect (PI) with another member.
• Closed User Group: a private VLAN reserved for a ‘Closed User Group’ (CUG) with three or more members.

Q-tagging

AMS-IX also offers the possibility to enable your connection in multiple VLANs. For this we offer an optional Q-tagged solution for an additional monthly fee.

Link Aggregation

Bundling multiple parallel links between a pair of devices forming a single high-performance channel is available for Gigabit and 10Gigabit Ethernet connections through link aggregation.

Link aggregation is also known as Trunking (Foundry), EtherChannel (Cisco) or LACP / 802.3ad (IEEE).

Service level, demarcation and parameters

The AMS-IX service level is described in detail and referred to in the members connection agreements. The service level describes demarcation points, maintenance, emergency and escalation procedures , as well as service parameters such as availability, packet loss, delay and inter-packet delay variation (jitter). Further the realtime reporting on these parameters is detailed and explained. More details can be found here.