Re: Fire in Data Centre of Twente University, Netherlands

[Erik-Jan Bos <Erik-Jan.Bos () surfnet nl>]

NANOG,

Yesterday I wrote:

> Besides that the University of Twente at Enschede (UTwente) and various
> affiliated institutes lost many resources, SURFnet completely lost
> their PoP in Enschede, inclusing 10 customer connections. All routing
> and switching gear went up in flames.
>
> Because of this the following institutions will not be reachable for
> some time:
>  * University Twente (UTwente)               (130.89.0.0/16)
>  * Saxion Hogeschool Enschede                (145.76.0.0/16)
>  * Instituut voor Leerplanontwikkeling (SLO) (192.87.212.0/22)
>  * ITC Enschede                              (192.87.16.0/24,
>                                               192.87.172.0/24,
>                                               192.87.173.0/24,
>                                               192.87.174.0/24)
>  * Telematica Instituut                      (195.169.16.0/23)
>  * Open University Deventer                  (145.20.114.0/24,
>                                               145.20.77.0/24,
>                                               145.20.95.0/24)
>  * Open University Enschede                  (145.20.112.0/24,
>                                               145.20.75.0/24,
>                                               145.20.93.0/24)
>
> UTwente has dedicated a new building for ICT, and in this building
> the new SURFnet PoP will be built. New routing and switching gear
> is on its way to Enschede now, and our infrastructure suppliers are
> working hard to get our fiber and copper into the new building.
>
> Our current expectation is to be up and running again before the
> upcoming weekend starts.

The SURFnet PoP in Enschede was rebuild yesterday and today and
connectivity was established between the Enschede PoP and rest of
SURFnet at 10:30pm localtime (21:30 hrs UTC) on Thursday. Except
for the Saxion Hogeschool Enschede and Telematica Instituut all
connectivity to the customers has been restored. Connectivity with
the two remaining customers will be restored as soon as local loop
problems to these sites are fixed. This is expected on Friday or
shortly thereafter.

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Erik-Jan.