Information Technology Services

Lab Network Outage – Bull Run Hall rm 147(lab)

Outage category: VoIP phone service, Wired Network, Wireless Network

Location: Prince William Campus, Bull Run Hall, First floor(s), room 147

Status: Closed

Resolved Alert:

Initial Symptoms

Loss of wired and wireless connectivity within Bull Run Hall Room 147.Faculty and Students using Bull Run Hall Room 147 were without internet connectivity for the duration of the outage.

Root Cause Analysis

Cause

Spike in DHCP packets were sent to switch.

Resolution

Increased limit rate on uplink. We have this configure on all Cisco switches but not the Enterasys switches.

Prevention

Implement the same configuration on Enterasys switches.