Information Technology Services

Network Outage – Science & Tech Campus – Multiple Locations

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

Location: Science & Tech Campus: Bull Run Hall, Discovery Hall, Hylton Performing Arts, and Bio-Research lab.

Status: Closed

Resolved Alert:

Initial Symptoms

Users in the listed buildings reported a loss of internet connectivity.

Root Cause Analysis

Cause

Engineers went to IACR and noticed that the first PE in the VSS had zero active connections and 90% of the connections second PE were also down.

Resolution

Engineers rebooted the router once rebooted VSS started passing traffic between the Router and all internet Services was restored.

Prevention

Network & security engineering is working with the vendor to determine cause and prevention of future reoccurance.