Network Setup

When you send data to the Exoscale network, you have a limit of 3 MAC addresses. Any traffic coming from your network cannot originate from more than 3 MAC addresses.

Therefore, it is recommended that you set up routing on your end instead of using a layer 2 connection. When you set up routing, your servers must route your Exoscale IP range (10.0.0.0/24 in the example above) through the routers connected to Exoscale. This is especially important if your Exoscale-connected routers are not your default gateway.

Also note that from a networking perspective, the Exoscale networking equipment will not be visible; it will appear as if your Exoscale private network was connected to your router on a layer 2 network without any additional routers in-between.The routing on your end is only needed to ensure compatibility and that there are never more than 3 MAC addresses visible on the Private Connect link.

As mentioned before, you can opt to use LACP for link aggregation, or you can use HSRP/VRRP to fail over the IP address between the two links. It is important to note that the IP must never be visible on both links at the same time with this option as this might cause a loop or bad performance.