MnSCU System Status

2009-08-31 Internet Outage 15:45-16:35

MnSCU Internet connectivity failed for all colleges routed via UofM at approximately 15:45. A Procera bandwidth management device stopped allowing new network connections. The errant device was restarted at 16:35. Connectivity to and from the Internet appears to have returned to normal.

2009-08-19 State Wide Network Outage, 07:16 -> 07:30am

OET experienced a state wide network outage from 07:16 -> 07:30. The cause appears to be a misconfigured network device that caused a routing loop when brought back on line after a circuit failure. A significant portion of the state backbone was unavailable, including connection to some MnSCU campuses and connections to MnSCU data centers.

OET has taken the misconfigured equipment off line.

2009-05-03 Data Center Shutdown 04:00 - 18:00

The University of Minnesota will be shutting down cooling systems at the West Bank Datacenter for repair of a cooling leak. This will affect all Enterprise Applications. As currently planned, the shutdown will begin at 4am and last no longer than 6pm. Applications affected include ISEEK, DARS, CAS, eFolio, Desire2Learn, ISRS, eServices, CEB, Resource 25, RARE, Media Streaming, APPS, Lyris Mailing Lists and other miscellaneous applications. Status updates will be via this web site and RSS feed.

02-01-2009 Network Maintenance

On Sunday, February 1st from 4:00 AM to 6:00 AM the Internet connectivity will be upgraded. During this time there will be several short system wide Internet outages as circuits are moved to the new infrastructure. The January 25th maintenance has been deferred to February 1st.

Update - Slow Metro Area Network

RESOLVED. The source of the problem (a Denial of Service attack) was traced and has been resolved. ISRS, eServices and D2L systems were not affected, however, users at Metro schools experienced problems connecting to any website.

Slow Performance - Metro Area Network

One of OET's core routers is causing routing and performance issues for parts of the metro area WAN. Most metro area colleges appear to be affected.

OET is looking at the problem.