Planned Intermittent Network Downtime (October 4, 2024 – November22, 2024)

Author: Staff Writer
September 11, 2024
Router Switches

Overview

In collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office, Information Technology Services (ITS) will replace all core network switches in the ITS Data Center, resulting in a series of maintenance windows from October 4, 2024, to November 22, 2024. This refresh will increase reliability and capacity.

Maintenance has been planned for eight Friday night windows, from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., beginning on October 4, 2024, and concluding on November 22, 2024. During these maintenance windows, users may experience various levels of disruption to the campus network, as listed below, including multiple full campus network outages.

 

What Can You Expect

Each maintenance window is planned for eight hours: four hours to complete scheduled work and four hours to roll back in the event of an issue.

The project team will build a parallel network where possible to minimize downtime; however, this will not always be an option. 

 

Maintenance Window Schedule:

October 4

October 11

  • All wired internet connections
  • SF State/Eduroam/Guest Wireless
  • Residential Network is not impacted

October 18

  • All wired internet connections
  • SF State/Eduroam/Guest Wireless
  • MyResnet Residential Network (Core Housing, UPN 1-6)

October 25

  • All wired internet connections
  • SF State/Eduroam/Guest Wireless
  • Residential Network is not impacted

November 1

  • Campus-wide internet due to DNS outage
  • All applications & services hosted in ITS Data Center, including the following:
  • OnBase, DNS, Gateway, Active Directory, etc.
  • All wired connections
  • SF State/Eduroam/Guest Wireless
  • Residential Network is not impacted

November 8

  • Reduced network capacity in ITS Data Center
  • Scheduled system backups will need to be delayed
  • No impact on campus operations

November 15

  • Reduced network capacity in ITS Data Center
  • Scheduled system backups will need to be delayed
  • No impact on campus operations

November 22

  • High availability testing
  • Campus outage if testing fails, otherwise no impact

 

Support

If you experience issues or need assistance outside of the maintenance window, please contact the ITS Service Desk at service@sfsu.edu or 415-338-1420.