Scheduled vxc02.tor2 & core03.tor2 maintenance - 14-May-2015

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Scheduled vxc02.tor2 & core03.tor2 maintenance - 14-May-2015

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Hi Guys,

Please be advised of the following maintenance window:

Maintenance Window: Thursday May 14th, 2015: 11:00pm - 2:00am Eastern Time
Facility: Tor2
Affected Device(s): vxc02.tor2 & core03.tor2
Affected Customers: Physically connected customers
Service Impacting: Yes - Customers who purchase connectivity through the VXC platform between the Tor1 and Tor2 facilities will be impacted. Also, customers who are connected to the "Gi2" linecard on the dist03.tor2 distribution switch (the word "dist03.tor2_gi2" would show up in your MRTG graphs) will be impacted by this maintenance.

Details: We will be replacing the current vxc02.tor2 switch (Cisco 6503-E) with a new/higher capacity platform (Cisco 7606-S). This will enable deployment of 10GE linecards, additional modules, higher density, etc. on the VXC platform. Additionally, we will be replacing the Gi2 linecard on dist03.tor2 with a newer model (all other linecards on dist03.tor2 are already utilizing the newer model).

vxc02.tor2: The new switch chassis for vxc02.tor2 has been pre-configured, and simply needs to be physically relocated into the space that the current switch chassis is occupying. Cables to customer equipment will be re-terminated on the new switch, ports will be relocated, and customers will be sent new MRTG graphs for any of their vxc02.tor2 connections which have been moved to different ports. We expect the maintenance will take less than 30 minutes during this window.

dist03.tor2_gi2: The new linecard is on hand, has been tested, and we will simply be hot-swapping out the old linecard with the new one. We expect this operation to take less then 10 minutes during this maintenance window.

We will be sending this notice VIA email to all customers who are on said devices, and will be impacted by this maintenance.

Regards,
Myles Loosley-Millman
Priority Colo Inc.
myles@prioritycolo.com
http://www.prioritycolo.com
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