In order to keep up with the growing needs and provide greater expansion, the data center will be replacing the current core routers with Brocade MLXe series routers.
Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010
Start Time: 12:01 AM CDT (GMT-5)
End Time: 6:00 AM CDT (GMT-5)
Maintenance Scope: Replace core routers.
Customer Impact: Major - Minimal customer downtime is expected.
This maintenance should be considered very major, and short periods of customer downtime during this maintenance window are expected. In order to minimize downtime as much as possible, core3.chi01 will be turned down and replaced with the new core1.chi01 router. After proper functionality has been established, the maintenance will continue with the replacing of core4.chi01 with the new core2.chi01.
This maintenance will be scripted prior to the maintenance window, and all configurations should be completed ahead of time. The network operators, data center operators, support, and management teams will be on-site during this maintenance to ensure all issues are addressed quickly and smoothly.
During this maintenance, there will be localized outages from BGP convergence, in addition to periods of downtime for many customers. We do not expect downtime for any individual customer to exceed thirty minutes during this maintenance window.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions regarding this maintenance, please contact us at [email protected]
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
