NaaS Manager support
Lumen® NaaS Manager (available within Control Center) is an intuitive, streamlined digital experience that offers three ways to easily spin up and modify reliable connections. You can choose public or private direct internet connections to multiple locations or cloud providers. Use NaaS Manager to add and manage Lumen network‑as‑a‑service (NaaS) products:
Get started with a Lumen Platform account. After signing in, you can give others in your organization access to NaaS Manager using Control Center user permissions.
Follow these configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services to prepare your equipment for adding a connection and to configure VLAN and IP services on your router once your connection is ready. This helps ensure you can use the connections you provision.
A Lumen® NaaS Port is your gateway to Internet On‑Demand and Ethernet On‑Demand.
Once your NaaS Port is ready, follow these configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services to prepare to add On‑Demand services over the port.
Lumen® Internet On‑Demand gives you connectivity up to 10 Gbps in minutes. Turn bandwidth up and down based on evolving networking needs to optimize costs.
Follow these configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services to prepare your equipment for adding a connection and to configure VLAN and IP services once your connection is ready.
Adding connections
- Configuration guidelines for On-Demand services
- Adding Internet On‑Demand to a customer site/building
- Adding Internet On‑Demand to a Digital Realty data center
- Adding Internet On‑Demand to an Equinix data center
- Adding Internet On‑Demand to a Flexential data center
- Adding Internet On-Demand with BGP routing
Managing connections
- Viewing Internet On‑Demand service details
- Updating Internet On‑Demand bandwidth
- Updating Internet On‑Demand service nickname
- Adding DDoS Essentials to Internet On-Demand
- Adding Lumen Defender to Internet On-Demand
- Upgrading Lumen Defender for Internet On-Demand
- Creating a repair ticket for Internet On‑Demand
- Removing DDoS Essentials from Internet On-Demand
- Removing Lumen Defender from Internet On-Demand
- Downgrading Lumen Defender for Internet On-Demand
- Disconnecting Internet On‑Demand service
Lumen® Ethernet On‑Demand allows you to establish real‑time private, high‑performance connections between locations, data centers, and cloud providers. You can modify bandwidth on the connections. This flexibility enables you to scale your connectivity needs dynamically, optimizing costs and resources.
Follow these configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services to prepare your equipment for adding a connection and to configure VLAN and IP services once your connection is ready.
Managing connections
Adding connections
Your location
- Adding a connection between two of your locations
- Adding a connection from your location to AWS Hosted Connections
- Adding a connection from your location to Microsoft Azure
- Adding a connection from your location to Microsoft Azure Gov
- Adding a connection from your location to Digital Realty
- Adding a connection from your location to Equinix Fabric
- Adding a connection from your location to Google
- Adding a connection from your location to Oracle
- Adding a connection from your location to Oracle Gov
AWS
- Adding a connection from your location to AWS Hosted Connections
- Adding a connection between AWS Hosted Connections and Equinix Fabric
- Adding a connection between AWS Hosted Connections and Google
- Adding a connection between AWS Hosted Connections and Oracle
- Adding a connection between two AWS Hosted Connections
Azure
- Adding a connection from your location to Microsoft Azure
- Adding a connection from your location to Microsoft Azure Gov
- Adding a connection between Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Azure Gov
- Adding a connection between two Microsoft Azure locations
- Adding a connection between two Microsoft Azure Gov locations
For connections to Microsoft Azure, your equipment must support 802.1ad (Q‑in‑Q). Before creating a connection, we recommend configuring your router for Q‑in‑Q.
Equinix Fabric
- Adding a connection from your location to Equinix Fabric
- Adding a connection between Equinix Fabric and AWS Hosted Connections
- Adding a connection between Equinix Fabric and Digital Realty
- Adding a connection between Equinix Fabric and Google
- Adding a connection between Equinix Fabric and Oracle
Use Equinix Fabric to connect to cloud service providers such as Alibaba, Salesforce, Webex, Five9, IBM Cloud 2.0, and more.
Oracle
- Adding a connection from your location to Oracle
- Adding a connection from your location to Oracle Gov
- Adding a connection between Oracle and AWS Hosted Connections
- Adding a connection between Oracle and Equinix Fabric
- Adding a connection between Oracle and Google
- Adding a connection between two Oracle locations
- Adding a connection between two Oracle Gov locations
Lumen® IP VPN On‑Demand lets you turn up cloud‑based applications and services in real‑time with private data connections. Modify bandwidth and routing options on connections as your network evolves. This flexibility enables you to scale your connectivity needs dynamically, optimizing costs and resources.
Follow these configuration guidelines for On‑Demand services to prepare your equipment for adding a connection and to configure VLAN and IP services once your connection is ready.
Adding connections
- Configuration guidelines for On-Demand services
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to AWS
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Azure
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Azure Gov
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Google
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Oracle
- Adding an IP VPN On‑Demand connection to Oracle Gov
- Adding an IP VPN On-Demand connection to a Lumen Hosted Gateway
Additional On‑Demand support
- For issues with On‑Demand services, use the chat in the lower‑right corner (within Control Center).
- For issues with active connections, open a repair ticket in Control Center.
