Tech News – VIC-IX rack migration and upgrades
Since our last newsletter, we’re pleased to announce that our hardworking Tech Team have completed the cleanup of VIC-IX. In our previous newsletter we announced that Phase 1 rack migration at VDC-MEL03 now allows all members on level 3 to access 40/100G ports. You can still get your orders in via the IAA Member Portal.
Since then, we’ve undertaken and completed the final two phases. Phase 2 saw our engineers remove the 14.5RU BDX8 from mel3/NextDC M1, with the assistance of a forklift! During this changeover we managed to avoid bumping any live cables to any of our members.
Phase 3 and the final part of our VIC-IX visit was decommissioning our legacy hardware (Extreme Networks X670-48x) and mass migrating all peers to our more modern x870-32c hardware. We also did what we could without re-cabling the entire rack with shorter cables to avoid cable wastage.
With the VIC-IX complete, our Members can enjoy an even more stable and efficient service, with more port options.
