Purchase a Cloud Box

Cloud Box is deployed in your on-premises data center and can be ordered online. To purchase a Cloud Box, create a deployment site in the console, create a Cloud Box at that site, and then purchase its resources.

Step 1: Create a deployment site

A deployment site is the physical location where Cloud Box hardware is installed, such as your on-premises data center. The site must meet specific power, networking, and environmental requirements. For more information, see Deployment requirements.

Go to the Deployment Sites tab.
1. Log on to the ECS console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Instances & Images > CloudBox.
3. In the top navigation bar, select a region.
4. Click the Deployment Sites tab.
Click Create Deployment Site.

Configure the basic information for the deployment site and complete the delivery condition survey.

Configure the deployment site information and click Next:Delivery Condition Survey.

Parameter	Example	Description
Deployment Site Name	Test-Datacenter	The name of the deployment site.
Description	Test	An optional description for the deployment site.
Country	China	The administrative geographic location of the deployment site. You cannot modify this information after a Cloud Box is associated with the deployment site.
Province/City	Guangdong/Heyuan
Detailed Address	Zhongshan Avenue, Yuancheng District

Complete the delivery condition survey and click Confirm.

Complete the survey with information about your data center's environment.

Step 2: Create a Cloud Box

After you create a deployment site, create an empty Cloud Box at that site.

On the CloudBox page, click the Cloud Boxes tab.
Click Create Cloud Box.

Configure the basic information for the Cloud Box and click Confirm Configuration.

Parameter	Example	Description
Name	Test-CloudBox	A custom name for the Cloud Box.
Description	Test	An optional description for the Cloud Box.
Deployment Sites	Test-Datacenter	Select the deployment site that you created. You cannot change this setting after the Cloud Box is delivered, accepted, and in the Running state.
Cloud Box Zone Identifier	huidu	An identifier used to generate the public cloud availability zone name.

Confirm the basic information and click OK.

Step 3: Purchase Cloud Box resources

After you create a Cloud Box, purchase resources for it, such as computing SKUs and block storage.

On the CloudBox page in the ECS console, click the Resource Directory tab.
Select a computing SKU, specify the quantity, and click Associate Cloud Box.

A Cloud Box must contain at least one computing SKU. This example purchases one computing SKU with ID OR-BC72F47D81, which includes two ecs.c6.26xlarge maximum-sized instances that provide 208 vCPUs and 384 GiB of memory. You can create multiple ECS instances of the ecs.c6 instance family.
Select your newly created Cloud Box from the drop-down list and click OK.

Purchase storage and value-added service plans as needed, and then configure the payment information.

Configuration		Example	Description
Compute		1 computing SKU with ID OR-BC72F47D81	Confirm the previously selected computing SKU, or add more.
Storage	Block storage	ESSD, 12 TiB	Select the block storage to purchase. For more information, see Block storage billing.
Storage	Object storage	0 TiB	Purchase object storage as needed. For more information, see Object storage billing.
Value-added service plan	SLA service plan	Not purchased	Purchase an SLA service plan as needed. By default, ECS instances in the Cloud Box do not include a service level agreement (SLA).
	Local express connect circuit plan	Not purchased	Purchase a local express connect circuit plan as needed. By default, the bandwidth between the Cloud Box and your on-premises devices is 20 Gbps. This plan increases the bandwidth to 60 Gbps.
	Compute expansion plan	Not purchased	Purchase a compute expansion plan as needed. This plan allows you to upgrade your existing computing SKU and expand compute resources within the rack.
Duration		3 Years	The subscription period for the Cloud Box. Valid values: 3 Years and 5 Years.
Payment type		All Upfront	Valid values: All Upfront and Partial Upfront.

Read and accept the service agreement, and then click Confirm Order.

After confirming the order, the system generates a resource demand order. You can click the Cloud Box ID to go to the Cloud Box details page, and then view the order information on the Resource Demand Order tab.

Important
To receive the resources, you must first pay for the order. Click Pay in the order's Actions column and complete the payment.

Next steps

After you submit the resource demand order, Alibaba Cloud begins the delivery process to install and deploy the Cloud Box in your on-premises data center. For more information, see Deliver a Cloud Box.