(65768) Chicago Data Center Network Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Northwestern Information Technology

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Oct 12, 2026 - 21:00 CDT

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Oct 12, 2026 - 19:00 CDT

Scheduled

Northwestern Information Technology will be performing a software upgrade to the network routers and switches in the Chicago Data Center. This new software brings us to the latest vendor recommended software and also protects us from security vulnerabilities that have been released.

Servers and equipment with a single connection to the data center network will lose network connectivity for ~15 minutes while their upstream switch reboots to load the new software.

No service impact is expected for equipment with redundant connections to the data center network, including NUCloud and the enterprise virtualization clusters.
Posted Oct 12, 2026 - 15:49 CDT
This scheduled maintenance affected: Voice Services (Telephone Services (Videoconferencing and Telephones)) and Infrastructure (Wired Network Services (Network Connectivity), Wireless Network Services (Network Connectivity)).