AWS Direct Connect Limits
The following table lists the limits related to AWS Direct Connect. Unless indicated otherwise, you can request an increase for any of these limits using the AWS Direct Connect Limits form.
| Component | Limit | Comments |
|---|---|---|
|
Private or public virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect dedicated connection |
50 |
This limit cannot be increased. |
| Transit virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect dedicated connection |
1 |
This limit cannot be increased. |
| Private, public, or transit virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect hosted connection1 | 1 | This limit cannot be increased. |
|
Active AWS Direct Connect dedicated connections per Region per account |
10 | |
| Number of virtual interfaces per Link Aggregation Group (LAG) | 50 | |
|
Routes per Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) session on a private virtual interface If you advertise more than 100 routes over the BGP session, the BGP session will go into an idle state. |
100 |
This limit cannot be increased. |
|
Routes per Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) session on a public virtual interface |
1,000 |
This limit cannot be increased. |
|
Dedicated connections per link aggregation group (LAG) |
4 | |
|
Link aggregation groups (LAGs) per Region |
10 |
|
|
AWS Direct Connect gateways per account |
200 |
|
|
Virtual private gateways per AWS Direct Connect gateway |
10 |
This limit cannot be increased. |
| Transit gateways per AWS Direct Connect gateway | 3 | This limit cannot be increased. |
|
Virtual interfaces per AWS Direct Connect gateway |
30 |
|
| Number of prefixes from on-premises to AWS on a transit virtual interface | 100 | This limit cannot be increased. |
| Number of prefixes per AWS Transit Gateway from AWS to on-premise on a transit virtual interface | 20 | This limit cannot be increased. |
AWS Direct Connect supports these port speeds over single-mode fiber: 1 Gbps: 1000BASE-LX (1310nm) and 10 Gbps: 10GBASE-LR (1310nm).
1: You cannot create a transit virtual interface on a hosted connection with a capacity less than 1Gbps.
Load Balance Considerations
If you want to use load balancing with multiple public VIFs, all the VIFs must be in the same Region.
