Planned Event Notification - MyIX core network upgrade to increase capacity from 40G to 100G

Dear Sirs/Mdms,
 
Everworks would like to bring your attention to a network upgrade maintenance  exercise to be carried out by Malaysia Internet Exchange (MYIX), which  objective is to upgrade MyIX core network from 40G to 100G from 15th September to 30th September 2016. 
 
The details of the maintenance are as follow: -
 
 
Brief Description:
MYIX advised that the upgrade will be carried in two phases.
 
Phase 1 – Upgrade of existing Brocade (management modules and client modules) in AIMS (KL) and TM node (Cyberjaya) from 15/9/2016 to 23/9/2016 MYT (GMT +8:00).
 
Phase 2 – Migrate DWDM from CISCO (capacity 40G) to Huawei platform (capacity 100G). The exact date will be advised soon.
 
 
The particulars of the maintenance services that directly impact Everworks MYIX link (swapping of physical cable) are as follows:
 
Day 1 - PLT
Start Date : 15 September 2016 (Thursday)
Start Time : 00:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00)
 
End Time   : 07:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00) 
Down time  : 5 minutes (as advised by MYIX to be between 2:00am and 3:30am (GMT +8:00))
 
Day 2 - PLT
Start Date : 16 September 2016 (Friday)
Start Time : 00:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00)
End Time   : 07:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00) 
Down time  : 5 minutes (as advised by MYIX to be between 2:00am and 3:30am (GMT +8:00))
 
Day 1 - EWS Network
Start Date : 17 September 2016 (Thursday)
Start Time : 00:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00)
End Time   : 07:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00) 
Down time  : 5 minutes (as advised by MYIX to be between 2:00am and 3:30am (GMT +8:00))
 
Day 2 - EWS Network
Start Date : 18 September 2016 (Friday)
Start Time : 00:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00)
End Time   : 07:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00) 
Down time  : 5 minutes (as advised by MYIX to be between 2:00am and 3:30am (GMT +8:00))
 
Day 1 - AIMs KL
Start Date : 22 September 2016 (Thursday)
Start Time : 00:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00)
End Time   : 07:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00) 
Down time  : 5 minutes (as advised by MYIX to be between 2:00am and 3:30am (GMT +8:00))
 
Day 2 - AIMs KL
Start Date : 23 September 2016 (Friday)
Start Time : 00:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00)
End Time   : 07:00hrs MYT (GMT +8:00) 
Down time  : 5 minutes (as advised by MYIX to be between 2:00am and 3:30am (GMT +8:00))
 
Service Impact: 
1. During cable swapping of MYIX link, there will be downtime as stated above.
2. During the cable swapping of other MYIX member's link, there will be intermittent service interruption, during the two days mentioned above.
 
 
We wish to express our regret for any inconveniences this planned upgrade maintenance may have caused. We thank you for your cooperation and understanding in the matter.