AWS Direct Connect / Direct Connect - Virtual Interface Monitoring
Overview
AWS Direct Connect enables you to set up a dedicated, private connection between your on-premises infrastructure and AWS. By bypassing the public internet, it delivers faster, more secure, and more reliable connectivity for workloads and data transfers. Applications Manager’s AWS Direct Connect monitor helps track the availability, usage, and performance of these connections to ensure consistent network communication.
A Virtual Interface (VIF) defines how your connection routes traffic to AWS. Depending on your use case, you can connect to AWS public services (Public VIF), a single VPC (Private VIF), or multiple VPCs through a Transit Gateway (Transit VIF). Applications Manager’s Direct Connect — VIF monitor provides visibility into the health and performance of each interface, helping detect and resolve connectivity issues proactively.
Creating a new AWS Direct Connect / Direct Connect - Virtual Interface Monitor
To learn how to create a new AWS Direct Connect / Direct Connect - Virtual Interface Monitor, refer here.
Monitored Parameters
Go to the Monitors Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Click on the Direct Connect/Direct Connect - Virtual Interface instance available under Amazon in the Cloud Apps section. Displayed is the Amazon Direct Connect bulk configuration view distributed into three tabs:
- Availability tab gives the availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
- Performance tab gives the health status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
- List view tab enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.
Click on the monitor name to see all the AWS Direct Connect metrics listed under the following tabs:
Click on the monitor name to see all the AWS Direct Connect - Virtual Interface metrics listed under the following tabs:
AWS Direct Connect Metrics
Performance Overview
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| CONNECTION STATUS |
| Connection State | The state of the connection. |
| CONNECTION ERRORS |
| Connection Errors | The average number of all types of MAC level errors on the AWS device (including CRC errors), between the poll interval. |
| CONNECTION BANDWIDTH |
| Connection Ingress Bandwidth | The average rate at which inbound data is transferred to the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in Mb/s). |
| Connection Egress Bandwidth | The average rate at which outbound data is transferred from the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in Mb/s). |
| CONNECTION PACKET RATE |
| Connection Ingress Packets | The average rate at which inbound packets are received by the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in packets/s). |
| Connection Egress Packets | The average rate at which outbound packets are sent from the AWS side of the connection, between the poll interval (in packets/s). |
Configuration
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| Connection ID | The unique ID of the connection. |
| AWS Device | The direct connect endpoint on which the physical connection terminates. |
| Bandwidth | The bandwidth of the connection. |
| LAG ID | The ID of the LAG (Link Aggregation Group). |
| LOA Issue Time | The timestamp for the Letter of Authorization and Connecting Facility Agreement. |
| Location | The location of the connection. |
| Service Provider | The name of the service provider with the connection. |
| Partner Name | The name of the Direct Connect service provider associated with the connection. |
| AWS Logical Device | The endpoint that terminates the logical connection, which may differ from the physical connection device. |
| Port Encryption Status | The MAC Security (MACsec) port link status of the connection. |
| VLAN | The ID of the Virtual LAN. |
AWS Direct Connect - Virtual Interface Metrics
Performance Overview
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| STATUS INFORMATION |
| State | The current state of the virtual interface.
Possible values: confirming, verifying, pending, available, down, deleting, deleted, rejected, unknown. |
| BGP PEERING DETAILS |
| Peer ID | The unique ID of the BGP peer. |
| Address Family | The address family for the BGP peer.
Possible values: ipv4 | ipv6. |
| Peer ASN | The autonomous system (AS) number for the BGP configuration. |
| Customer Address Peer IP | The IP address assigned to the customer interface. |
| Amazon Address Peer IP | The IP address assigned to the Amazon interface. |
| State | The current state of the BGP peer.
Possible values: verifying, pending, available, deleting, deleted. |
| BGP Status | The status of the BGP peer.
Possible values: up, down, unknown. |
| RATE OF DATA RECEIVED |
| Rate of Data Received | The average bitrate for inbound data to the AWS side of the virtual interface between the poll interval (in kbps). |
| RATE OF DATA SENT |
| Rate of Data Sent | The average bitrate for outbound data from the AWS side of the virtual interface between the poll interval (in kbps). |
| RATE OF PACKETS RECEIVED |
| Rate of Packets Received | The average inbound packet rate to the AWS side of the virtual interface between the poll interval (in packets/s). |
| RATE OF PACKETS SENT |
| Rate of Packets Sent | The average outbound packet rate from the AWS side of the virtual interface between the poll interval (in packets/s). |
Configuration
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| CONFIGURATION DETAILS |
| Virtual Interface Type | The type of virtual interface.
Possible values: private, public, transit. |
| AWS Account | The ID of the AWS account that owns the virtual interface. |
| Direct Connect Gateway | The ID of the Direct Connect gateway associated with the interface. |
| AWS Logical Device ID | The Direct Connect endpoint that terminates the logical connection. |
| Amazon Side ASN | The autonomous system number (ASN) for the Amazon side of the connection. |
| Connection ID | The ID of the Direct Connect connection. |
| Location | The location of the Direct Connect connection. |
| VLAN | The VLAN ID associated with the virtual interface. |
| Maximum Transmission Unit | The maximum transmission unit (MTU) in bytes.
Supported values: 1500, 8500. (Default value: 1500) |
| Site Link | Indicates whether SiteLink is enabled for the connection. |
| Jumbo Frame Capable | Indicates whether jumbo frames are supported. |
