Introduction
Beginning May 2016 Cornell AWS accounts are setup with AWS Direct Connect (DC) joining the campus 10-space network to the 10-space network in Cornell Standard AWS VPCs. Prior to that accounts were setup with VPN connection back to campus.
In early 2023 Cornell AWS accounts using Direct Connect for private access to Cornell networks will be transitioned to using Internet 2 Cloud Connect (I2CC) as the Direct Connect provider. That change will simplify configuration and management of Direct Connect for AWS accounts. This switch to I2CC Direct Connect also will allow private Cornell network traffic in AWS and Azure to flow between clouds without transiting campus, as it does now. See Upcoming AWS Direct Connect Changes