Re: Equinix

[Paul Zugnoni via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

I'll second Martijn's comment and add this: Never choose "Next Available."
It's the easy route up front but painful the rest of its life. We started
predetermining where we wanted each of our xconnects (regardless which colo
company) and submitting the port numbers with tickets / Equinix
portal-based request. And it's been way smoother sailing since. You are you
own source of truth, not the tech that serviced your ticket.  PZ

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:33 AM Grzegorz Janoszka <grzegorz () janoszka pl>
wrote:

> On 05/12/2019 17:10, Martijn Schmidt via NANOG wrote:
> > You're probably best off ordering those crossconnects through the
> > Equinix portal, then you can choose the exact positions for the order
> > that goes to the facility rather than relying on a human to transcribe
> > them correctly from your PDF.
>
> If only Equinix portal reflected how your patch panels really look like...
>
> --
> Grzegorz Janoszka


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