Scenarios

Typical scenarios for Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks are described as follows.

Layer 2 Network

Scenario	Private Connect	Port	Cross Connect	Cloud Connect
Data Center ↔ Data Center	√	√	√	-
Office ↔ Data Center	√	√	√	-
Data Center ↔ Cloud	√	√	√	√
Office ↔ Cloud	√	√	-	√

Layer 3 Network

Scenario	Cloud Router	Port	Cross Connect	Cloud Connect	Elastic Compute	Bare Metal VPC	Border Gateway
Data Center ↔ Data Center	√	√	√	-	-	-	-
Office ↔ Data Center	√	√	√	-	-	-	√
Data Center ↔ Cloud	√	√	√	√	-	-	-
Office ↔ Cloud	√	-	-	√	-	-	√
Bare Metal ↔ Elastic Compute	√	-	-	-	√	√	-
Elastic Compute ↔ Cloud	√	-	-	√	√	-	-
Bare Metal ↔ Cloud	√	-	-	√	-	√	-