Monitor with Amazon CloudWatch
You can monitor physical Amazon Direct Connect connections, and virtual interfaces, using CloudWatch. CloudWatch collects raw data from Direct Connect, and processes it into readable metrics. By default, CloudWatch provides Direct Connect metric data in 5-minute intervals. The metric data in every interval is an aggregation of at least two samples collected during that interval.
If your connection is a dedicated non-hosted connection and you don't see any CloudWatch metrics, you may be connected to an older platform being migrated. To view metrics, request an expedited migration to the newer platform by contacting Amazon Web Services Support.
For detailed information about CloudWatch, see the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide. You can also monitor your services CloudWatch to see what ones are using resources. For more information, see Amazon services that publish CloudWatch metrics.
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Amazon Direct Connect metrics and dimensions
Metrics are available for Amazon Direct Connect physical connections, and virtual interfaces.
Amazon Direct Connect Connection metrics
The following metrics are available from Direct Connect dedicated connections.
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The state of the connection.1 indicates up and 0 indicates down. This metric is available for dedicated and hosted connections. NoteThis metric is also available in hosted virtual interface owner accounts in addition to connection owner accounts. Units: Boolean |
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The bitrate for outbound data from the Amazon side of the connection. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default, 1 minute minimum). You can change the default aggregate. This metric might be unavailable for a new connection, or when a device reboots. The metric starts when the connection is used to send or receive traffic. Units: Bits per second |
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The bitrate for inbound data to the Amazon side of the connection. This metric might be unavailable for a new connection, or when a device reboots. The metric starts when the connection is used to send or receive traffic. Units: Bits per second |
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The packet rate for outbound data from the Amazon side of the connection. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default, 1 minute minimum). You can change the default aggregate. This metric might be unavailable for a new connection, or when a device reboots. The metric starts when the connection is used to send or receive traffic. Units: Packets per second |
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The packet rate for inbound data to the Amazon side of the connection. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default, 1 minute minimum). You can change the default aggregate. This metric might be unavailable for a new connection, or when a device reboots. The metric starts when the connection is used to send or receive traffic. Units: Packets per second |
Amazon Direct Connect virtual interface metrics
The following metrics are available from Amazon Direct Connect virtual interfaces.
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The bitrate for outbound data from the Amazon side of the virtual interface. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default). Units: Bits per second |
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The bitrate for inbound data to the Amazon side of the virtual interface. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default). Units: Bits per second |
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The packet rate for outbound data from the Amazon side of the virtual interface. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default). Units: Packets per second |
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The packet rate for inbound data to the Amazon side of the virtual interface. The number reported is the aggregate (average) over the specified time period (5 minutes by default). Units: Packets per second |
Amazon Direct Connect available dimensions
You can filter the Amazon Direct Connect data using the following dimensions.
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This dimension is available on the metrics for Direct Connect connection, and virtual interface. This dimension filters the data by the connection. |
OpticalLaneNumber |
This dimension filters the ConnectionLightLevelTx
data and the ConnectionLightLevelRx data, and filters
the data by the optical lane number of the Direct Connect
connection. |
VirtualInterfaceId |
This dimension is available on the metrics for Direct Connect virtual interface, and filters the data by the virtual interface. |