[LCH Announce] Emergency Network maintenance announcement 26/10/05 02:00-03:30

[Phillip Baker]

Hi,

After installing the new core it appears we've come across an
unfortunate bug in the Extreme switch firmware. Unfortunately we did not
have access to the updated firmware and thus were unable to perform the
upgrade during the maintenance window.

Unfortunately the impact of this apparent bug is that we are unable to
reliably sutain a link between our two routers and hence we are
operating without peering at present (potentially increasing latency and
loss).

We will be performing maintenace between 2:00 am and 3:30 am to upgrade
the firmware on this switch which due to the age of the firmware in
question will be quite a lengthy process.

Whilst this work takes place there will be a complete loss of service to
all customers serviced by AS25098 in Telehouse East.

We apologise for this continued interruption of service, but we are only
carrying out the work as an absolute necessity in order to be able to
provision the best posible service quality to you.

Regards,
Phillip Baker
LCHost Chief Technical Officer
phil at lchost.co.uk