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# Using the AWS Direct Connect Resiliency Toolkit to get started

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## Classic

* **Note**\
  You cannot use the AWS Direct Connect console to request a hosted connection. Instead, contact an AWS Direct Connect Partner, who can create a hosted connection for you, which you then accept. Skip the following procedure and go to [Accept your hosted connection](#get-started-accept-hosted-connection).
* **Important**\
  A campus is treated as a single AWS Direct Connect location. To achieve high availability, configure connections to different AWS Direct Connect locations.