Revised: November 1, 2020
This Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) for Lumen Private Cloud for VMware Cloud for AWS sets forth the service levels ("Service Levels") for the VMware Cloud on AWS services provided to Customer by Lumen. This SLA is subject to and incorporated into the Agreement, the Lumen Hybrid Technologies Service Exhibit and Hosting Service Schedule between the parties. Any terms not defined in this SLA shall have the meaning set forth therein. Lumen reserves the right to change the terms of this SLA in accordance with the Service Exhibit.
Unavailability and SLA EventsThe total minutes that the service component is unavailable is measured from the time that the unavailability, outage, inaccessibility or interruption has occurred, as validated by VMware, until the time that the unavailability, outage or interruption is resolved such that the service component is no longer unavailable (“Unavailable” or “Unavailability”).
Subject to the Requirements and Limitations sections below, VMware’s monitoring tools will determine whether any period of Services being Unavailable triggers a potential Service Credit (each, an “SLA Event”) has occurred.
If two or more SLA Events occur simultaneously, the SLA Event with the longest duration will be used to determine the total minutes Unavailable.
Each of the following will be considered Unavailability
SDDC Infrastructure:Availability of the Service is dependent on and subject to availability of the AWS infrastructure on which the Service is hosted. Availability of the AWS infrastructure is not covered by this Service Level Agreement. If the AWS infrastructure is unavailable, and therefore the Service is unavailable, Customer’s sole recourse pursuant to the Agreement is to Lumen, and not to AWS if AWS services are purchased from Lumen. Customer must contact AWS directly if AWS services are contracted separately with AWS (and not through Lumen).
RequirementsTo be eligible to receive any SLA Credits for an SLA Event, Customer must meet the following requirements:
Lumen, through its vendor, VMware, will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that, during any given billing month of the term, Availability of each component of the Service meets the “Availability Service Level” specified in the table below.
Service Component | Availability Service Level |
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SDDC Infrastructure (for a cluster in a single availability zone) | 99.9% |
SDDC Infrastructure (for a stretched cluster across more than one availability zone) | 99.99% |
SDDC Management | 99.9% |
VMware Site Recovery – Management | 99.9% |
Subject to being deemed an SLA Event, if the Availability of the service component is less than the associated Availability Service Level, Customer may request an SLA Credit. Availability in a given billing month is calculated according to the following formula:
“Availability” = ([total minutes in a billing month – total minutes Unavailable] / total minutes in a billing month) x 100
SDDC InfrastructureFor a cluster in a single availability zone
Monthly Availability Service Level | SLA Credit |
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Less than 99.9% but equal to or greater than 99.0% | 10% |
Less than 99.0% | 30% |
For a stretched cluster across more than one availability zone
Monthly Availability Service Level | SLA Credit |
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Less than 99.9% but equal to or greater than 99.0% | 10% |
Less than 99.0% | 30% |
Monthly Availability Service Level | SLA Credit |
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Less than 99.9% but equal to or greater than 99.0% | 5% |
Less than 99.0% | 15% |
Monthly Availability Service Level | SLA Credit |
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Less than 99.9% but equal to or greater than 99.0% | 5% |
Less than 99.0% | 15% |
Each SLA Credit is based on the monthly recurring or metered subscription amount (net of any discounts) for the billing month in which the SLA event occurred.
If an SLA Event occurs on SDDC Infrastructure, it applies to a cluster within the SDDC. For each SLA Event for a cluster, Customer is entitled to an SLA Credit proportional to the number of hosts in that cluster. For example, for an SDDC with two clusters, where the first cluster has 4 hosts and the second cluster has 6 hosts, if there is an SLA Event that affects the first cluster, then the SLA Credit would be applied to 40% of the monthly recurring or metered subscription amount (excluding add-ons, and net of any discounts) for the billing month in which the SLA Event occurred.
If an SLA Event occurs with SDDC Management, it applies to the entire SDDC. For each SLA Event for the SDDC, you are entitled to an SLA Credit for the entire SDDC. For example, for an SDDC with two clusters where the first cluster has 4 hosts and the second cluster has 6 hosts, if there is an SLA event that applies to the first cluster, then the SLA Credit would be applied to 100% of the monthly recurring or metered subscription amount (net of any discounts) applicable to the SDDC for the billing month in which the SLA Event occurred.
If an SLA Event occurs for VMware Site Recovery management, it applies to all VMs protected using VMware Site Recovery add-on. For each SLA Event for VMware Site Recovery, Customer is entitled to an SLA Credit for the VMware Site Recovery add-on. For example, for an SDDC with the VMware Site Recovery add-on, if there is an SLA event that applies to the SDDC, then the SLA Credit would be applied to 100% of the monthly recurring or metered subscription amount (excluding add-ons, and net of any discounts) applicable to the VMware Site Recovery add-on for the billing month in which the SLA Event occurred.
LimitationsThe following will be excluded from any time-based calculations related to the service component being Unavailable: (i) scheduled maintenance where Customer is notified at least 24 hours in advance, (ii) recurring or zero-impact maintenance that is generally applicable to all Customers, (iii) Customer’s misuse of the service offering or a service component, (iv) force majeure events, denial of service attacks, viruses, or hacking attacks for which there is no commercially reasonable known solution, or any other events that are not within our control or that could not have been avoided with commercially reasonable care, (v) acts or orders of government, (vi) packet loss, network or internet problems beyond Lumen’s border router provided by VMware that is supporting the public internet connectivity, or (vii) bugs in code or services for which there is no commercially reasonable known fix (even if there is a known workaround).
In addition to the limitations set forth, above, Customer will not be eligible to receive an SLA Credit if: (i) Customer’s account has any delinquent payments for the Service Offering, (ii) Customer is in violation of Lumen’s Acceptable Use Policy during the time of the SLA Event, or (iii) the SLA Event was due to Customer’s failure to meet its own security responsibilities as set forth in the Agreement.
VMware’s monitoring tools, data, and records will be the sole source of information used to track and validate Availability. Upon Customer request, Lumen will provide to you, within 60 days after a confirmed SLA Event, a copy of the Availability report.
Service Level Agreement ClaimsCustomer must request any SLA Credit due hereunder by submitting an e-mail to billing.department@lumen.com within sixty (60) calendar days after the suspected SLA Event. Customer waives any right to SLA Credits not requested within this sixty (60) calendar day period. Lumen will review the request and issue an SLA Credit when VMware validates the SLA Event based on both Lumen’s and Customer’s data and records.
SLA Credits will be issued to the entity that Lumen invoices for the Service, as a separate credit memo that can be applied towards a future invoice for that Service instance. If Customer’s subscription term for the Service expires or is terminated prior to the issuance of a Service Credit, the Service Credit will become void as of the date of the expiration or termination.
The Service Credits specified in this SLA are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedies for any SLA Events occurring during the subscription term for the Service or for any other claim in connection with this SLA.
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