Verify your connections

Note: This page includes instructions about AWS products. Google doesn'tguarantee that this guidance is up to date or that the sample configurationchoices are ideal for your use case. For the most current information, refer totheAWS documentation.

To check connectivity between your Google Cloud and AWS networks, complete the following tasks.

Check for a signal from AWS

In Google Cloud, check to see whether your Cross-Cloud Interconnect port is receiving a signal from the Direct Connect port.

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud InterconnectPhysical connections page.

    Go toPhysical connections

  2. Click the name of your primary Cross-Cloud Interconnect connection.
  3. On theInterconnect details page, locate theLink circuit info table. Check theReceiving Optical Power column. This column indicates whether the Cross-Cloud Interconnect connection is receiving input from the AWS port. The value in this column should beOK.
  4. Repeat the preceding steps for your redundant Cross-Cloud Interconnect connection.

Review the Troubleshooting page

For additional guidance, seeTroubleshooting.

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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.