Capacity expansion on core network

Capacity expansion on core network

10-05-2023 00:00:00 - 10-05-2023 06:00:00

Urgency: Planned
Affected services:
 - Internet access
Expected impact:
 - Short interruption of connectivity
Customer intervention required: No
Reference number: 182977 / 177880

Summary

The capacity between the Arista access network and the Juniper core routers, and the capacity of the Juniper core routers to the core network will be doubled. The connections between the access network and the core routers will also be configured to a more redundant setup. 

Details

To increase the capacity and improve the redundancy, the currently singular Layer 2 connections between the access network and the core routers at two locations will be upgraded to a port channel. Before the connections are doubled, traffic will be carefully rerouted to the other connection to minimize impact. Then, the upgrade will be carried out, and vice versa. Additionally, extra ports will be added to the port channels between the core routers and the core switches to expand the overall capacity.
Update placed at 10/05/2023, 2:25h
This maintenance has been completed successfully. Due to some unexpected issues with the new configuration one of the disruptions was longer than originally anticipated.