Question

Your company is provisioning a Partner Interconnect connection through a service provider. You have created a VLAN attachment (which generated a pairing key) and shared the pairing key with the provider, but the attachment remains in a PENDING_PARTNER state and BGP never establishes. What is the correct sequence of responsibilities to bring the connection to an operational state?

Accepted Answer

You generate a pairing key and share it with the provider; the provider configures their side of the VLAN attachment; you then activate the attachment and configure the Cloud Router BGP session.

Answer

The provider generates the pairing key; you create a Dedicated Interconnect in the same region; BGP establishes automatically once the LOA-CFA is signed.

Answer

You must manually configure the on-premises MACsec keys before the provider can complete the Layer 2 circuit, then BGP comes up without further action.

Answer

The provider activates the attachment on your behalf, and you only need to accept the LOA-CFA document in the Google Cloud Console to complete provisioning.