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EECS Network Border Maintenance, December 13-14

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This week, we will be performing network maintenance to complete the decommissioning of our old border firewalls. The work will be performed in two stages; the first between 11AM-12PM on Tuesday the 13th, and the second between 11AM-12PM on Wednesday the 14th.

We do not expect this work to have any impact to network connectivity, as the vast majority of traffic flows were migrated to our new firewall earlier in the year.

Please email help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have any questions, or if you notice any unusual network behavior.

Update 12/14: This work has been completed without any network impact. Please email us at help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you notice any issues.

EECS Border Firewall Update, 11/3 1PM

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This afternoon at 1PM, we pushed a configuration change to the EECS border firewall which affects the firewall’s access to various configuration resources. This change was tested and we anticipate no effect; however please email help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you notice any of your machines or services suddenly become unreachable from outside the EECS network.

Cory Hall 1F Network Outage, 10/29

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Beginning at 8:05 this morning, there is a partial wired network outage on the first floor of Cory Hall. The apparent cause is a failed switch; staff will arrive onsite this afternoon to investigate further and attempt repair.

We do not believe that wi-fi networks, or wired networks on other floors, are affected at this time.

Update 15:45: Network service was restored just prior to 3PM this afternoon. Please email help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you notice continuing network issues.

Soda and Cory Halls Network Maintenance, Thu. 7/14 6AM

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At 6AM on Thursday, July 14th, we will be performing emergency maintenance in order to address recent network instability. Soda and Cory Hall wired and wireless networks will experience interruptions during this time, and we expect all connectivity will be restored by 7AM. IDSG services in 290 Soda (such as file service) will not be interrupted, but Instructional services in 290 will be interrupted.

BWRC will also be isolated from Campus and the Internet for a period during this maintenance.

Some systems or services such as nfs mounts may need to be restarted after this maintenance. Please contact us at help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have any questions.

Update 7/14: This maintenance has been completed. Wired networks have been restored, and wireless networks are coming back online.

Sutardja Dai Hall Network Maintenance, Wed. 7/13 6AM

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At 6AM on Wednesday, July 13th, we will be performing emergency maintenance in order to address recent network instability. Sutardja Dai wired and wireless networks will experience interruptions during this time, and we expect all connectivity will be restored by 7AM.

Some systems or services such as nfs mounts may need to be restarted after this maintenance. Please contact us at help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have any questions.

Update 7/13 6:28AM: This maintenance has been completed and most connectivity has been restored. Wi-fi networks in some areas are still coming back online, but we anticipate all connectivity will be restored by start of business.

Firewall Migrations for Private Networks, 6/27 6AM

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At 6AM on Monday, June 27, we will be migrating various Private Networks to our new border firewall. After this maintenance, our migrations to the new firewall will be complete.

This will affect all networks using addresses between 169.229.3.0 and 169.229.3.83. There will be a brief interruption to each Private Network as they are migrated.

We encourage network administrators to test their systems on Monday morning after this maintenance is complete, to ensure their traffic is being properly handled by the new firewall.

Update 6/27 6:05AM: This maintenance is complete. Please contact us at help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have questions or notice any issues.

BWRC Firewall Migration, 6/9 6AM

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At 6AM on Thursday, June 9th, we will be migrating BWRC networks to the new border firewall. BWRC’s connectivity to EECS, Campus, and the Internet will be briefly disrupted at this time. This will affect all wired and EECS wireless networks at BWRC.

We encourage system administrators to test their systems on Thursday morning after this maintenance is complete, to ensure their applications and services are being properly handled by the new firewall.

Please contact the BWRC Sysadmins or help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have any questions.

Update 6/6: Due to a conflict with other work being performed at BWRC, this maintenance has been moved from Tuesday 6/7 to Thursday 6/9. The original post has been edited accordingly.

Update 6/9: This maintenance has been completed. Please contact BWRC Sysadmins or help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you notice issues with the new firewall.

EECS Network Outage, 5/16 9:32AM

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There was an unplanned outage to the EECS network this morning from 9:32 until approximately 9:46 this morning due to a router crash. The outage primarily affected Soda and Jacobs Halls as well as BWRC; but there was also some lesser effect in other locations. This was unrelated to the planned maintenance which occurred earlier this morning.

Network service has been restored, and we are investigating the cause of the crash. Please email help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you notice any ongoing issues.

Sutardja Dai and Blum Halls Network Maintenance, Thu. 5/19 5-7AM

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Between 5 and 7AM on Thursday, May 19th, we will be performing firmware upgrades on various Sutardja Dai and Blum Hall network hardware. Wired networks in SDH will be unavailable for approximately 15 minutes beginning at 5:00AM. Wireless networks in both buildings will experience a number of interruptions throughout the two hour period. We expect all connectivity will be restored by 7AM.

We recommend system administrators check their systems on Monday morning after 7AM to verify they are working as expected. Some systems or services, such as nfs mounts, may need to be restarted.

This maintenance is complete as of 6:20AM. Please contact us at help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have any questions or notice any lingering issues.

Soda, Jacobs, and BWRC Network Maintenance, Tue. 5/17 5-7AM

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At 5AM on Tuesday, May 17th, we will be performing firmware upgrades on various Soda Hall network hardware. Wired networks in Soda and Jacobs Halls will be unavailable for approximately 15 minutes beginning at 5:00AM; BWRC networks will also be isolated from EECS, campus, and the Internet during this short period. Wireless networks in Soda Hall will experience a number of interruptions throughout the two hour period. We expect all connectivity will be restored by 7AM.

We do not expect significant interruption to most IRIS services hosted in 290 Soda.

This maintenance is complete as of 6:20AM. Please contact us at help@eecs.berkeley.edu if you have any questions or notice any lingering issues.