I-Light Network Operations Report
2025-03-28 - 2025-04-11

I-Light Network Operations Center

Unscheduled Outages Summary

Incident Number Customer Impact Network Impact Title Outage Type Source of Impact Current State Start Time (UTC) End Time (UTC) Duration

INC0208952 3 - Moderate3 - Moderate Outage Resolved - I-Light Various MembersSoftware Internal Resolved 2025-03-26 05:41:22 2025-04-03 15:53:04 8 days 10 hr 11 min
INC0209835 2 - High2 - High Brief Outage - I-Light Backbone MCCI-SBNDUndetermined Undetermined Closed 2025-04-01 02:17:22 2025-04-01 02:17:27 0 days 0 hr 0 min
INC0209999 2 - High2 - High Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone LGNR-SBNDUnannounced Maintenance Vendor Closed 2025-04-02 04:03:49 2025-04-02 09:46:48 0 days 5 hr 42 min
INC0210157 3 - Moderate3 - Moderate Instability Resolved - I-Light Backbone IPIU-LFYTPower - Commercial Power Vendor Closed 2025-04-03 01:20:02 2025-04-03 02:25:45 0 days 1 hr 5 min
INC0210938 2 - High2 - High Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone EVVL-GENTCircuit - Damaged Fiber Vendor Resolved 2025-04-08 21:02:56 2025-04-10 12:33:37 1 days 15 hr 30 min
INC0211095 2 - High2 - High Brief Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone EVVL-IVYEVNSHuman Error Vendor Resolved 2025-04-09 14:13:02 2025-04-09 14:17:41 0 days 0 hr 4 min
INC0211259 2 - High2 - High Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone KOKM-MARNCircuit - Damaged Fiber Vendor Resolved 2025-04-10 14:38:25 2025-04-11 01:52:45 0 days 11 hr 14 min

Unscheduled Outages Detail


Ticket No.:INC0208952
Subject:Outage Resolved - I-Light Various Members
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:ILN-GARY-IPIU-EVPL-24778
ILN-IPHE-IVYLFYT-EVPL-24397
ILN-GARY-IPIU-EVPL-24425
ILN-IVYEASTCHI-IPIU-EVPL-24411
ILN-IVYMCHGN-IPIU-EVPL-24413
ILN-IVYVALPO-IPIU-EVPL-24422
ILN-MP-VALP-EVPL-24646
ILN-MP-WBAA-EVPL-26995
ILN-GARY-IPIU-EVPL-27152
ILN-IPIU-WABASH-EVPL-25736
ILN-WBAA-WFYIPOP-EVPL-27045
ILN-LFYT-PUKOKM-EVPL-25998
ILN-LFYT-PURCMD-EVPL-25997
ILN-ARSN-LFYT-EVPL-24372
ILN-LFYT-PUNC-EVPL-24639
ILN-LFYT-PUNA-EVPL-25888
ILN-IUPUCLC-LFYT-EVPL-25987
ILN-LFYT-SBND-EVPL-25449
ILN-LFYT-PFW2-EVPL-26010
ILN-GARY-LFYT-EVPL-27049
Ivy Tech Northwest
Ivy Tech Lafayette
Ivy Tech East Chicago
Ivy Tech Michicgan City
Ivy Tech Valparaiso
Valparaiso University
WBAA
Indiana University OOB
Wabash
WBAA
Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo
Purdue Polytechnic Richmond
Purdue Polytechnic Anderson
Purdue NorthWest Westville
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Purdue Polytechnic Columbus
Purdue Polytechnic South Bend
Purdue Ft.Wayne
Purdue Northwest Hammond Campus
Current State:Resolved
Start Time:2025-03-26 05:41:22
End Time:2025-04-03 15:53:04
Outgoing Notification TextI-Light engineers have applied a permanent fix to all services. The outage occurred following planned software upgrades. No further outages are expected.


Ticket No.:INC0209835
Subject:Brief Outage - I-Light Backbone MCCI-SBND
Source Of Impact: Undetermined
Affected:ILN-MCCI-SBND-FIBR-03811
ILN-GSHN-VALP-EVPL-25776
ILN-GSHN-VALP-EVPL-25779
ILN-IPHE-MCCI-EVPL-25430
ILN-IPHE-MCCI-OSPF-25960
ILN-MCCI-SBND-10GE-25432
ILN-MP-MP-VLAN-24005
ILN-MP-VALP-EVPL-24646
ILN-PDUCLMT-PUNC-EVPL-24636
ILN-PUNC-SBND-VLAN-1800
Backbone MCCI-SBND
Goshen College
Purdue Northwest Hammond Campus
Valparaiso University
Current State:Closed
Start Time:2025-04-01 02:17:22
End Time:2025-04-01 02:17:27
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone MCCI-SBND was briefly unavailable. I-Light Engineers have been contacted; however, the reason for the outage is pending.


Ticket No.:INC0209999
Subject:Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone LGNR-SBND
Source Of Impact: Vendor
Affected:ILN-LGNR-SBND-FIBR-1511
Backbone LGNR-SBND
Backbone IPHE-STAR
Member Indiana GigaPOP
Member Anderson University
Member Ball State University
Member Earlham College
Member Holy Cross College
Member Huntington University
Member Huntington University-Parkview
Member Indiana Institute of Technology Ft. Wayne
Member Indiana University East
Member Indiana University Fort Wayne
Member Indiana University Northwest
Member Indiana University South Bend
Member Indiana Wesleyan University
Member Ivy Tech Anderson
Member Ivy Tech Anderson 60th Street
Member Ivy Tech Connersville
Member Ivy Tech East Chicago
Member Ivy Tech Elkhart
Member Ivy Tech Fort Wayne
Member Ivy Tech Lafayette
Member Ivy Tech Lawrenceburg
Member Ivy Tech Marion
Member Ivy Tech Michigan City
Member Ivy Tech Muncie
Member Ivy Tech Northwest
Member Ivy Tech Richmond
Member Ivy Tech South Bend
Member Ivy Tech Valparaiso
Member Manchester University - Ft. Wayne Campus
Member Purdue Northwest Hammond Campus
Member Purdue Polytechnic Anderson
Member Purdue Polytechnic Columbus
Member Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo
Member Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Member Purdue Polytechnic Richmond
Member Purdue Polytechnic South Bend
Member Purdue University Ft. Wayne
Member Taylor University
Member Trine University
Member University of Notre Dame
Member University of Notre Dame
Member University of St. Francis
Member Valparaiso University
Member Wabash College
Member WBAA - NPR Greater Lafayette
Member WFWA - PBS Fort Wayne
Member WNIT - PBS Michiana
Current State:Closed
Start Time:2025-04-02 04:03:49
End Time:2025-04-02 09:46:48
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone LGNR-SBND is now available. Vendor Zayo Engineers have been contacted. The reason for the outage is scheduled fiber relocate maintenance via a partner provider in Mishawaka, IN scheduled from 12:00-6:00 AM EDT. Member traffic was re-routed via redundant connections.


Ticket No.:INC0210157
Subject:Instability Resolved - I-Light Backbone IPIU-LFYT
Source Of Impact: Vendor
Affected:ILN-IPIU-LFYT-FIBR-1505
Backbone IPIU-LFYT
Anderson University
Ball State University
DePauw University
Earlham College
FABRIC Operations
Goshen College
Grace College
Holy Cross College
Huntington University
Huntington University-Parkview
Indiana GigaPOP
Indiana Institute of Technology Ft. Wayne
Indiana University / GlobalNOC
Indiana University East
Indiana University Fort Wayne
Indiana University Kokomo
Indiana University Northwest
Indiana University South Bend
Indiana Wesleyan University
Ivy Tech Anderson
Ivy Tech Anderson 60th Street
Ivy Tech Connersville
Ivy Tech East Chicago
Ivy Tech Elkhart
Ivy Tech Fort Wayne
Ivy Tech Kokomo
Ivy Tech Lafayette
Ivy Tech Lawrenceburg
Ivy Tech Marion
Ivy Tech Michigan City
Ivy Tech Muncie
Ivy Tech Northwest
Ivy Tech Richmond
Ivy Tech South Bend
Ivy Tech Valparaiso
Ivy Tech Warsaw
Manchester University - Ft. Wayne Campus
Manchester University - North Manchester
Purdue Northwest Hammond Campus
Purdue Polytechnic Anderson
Purdue Polytechnic Columbus
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Purdue Polytechnic Richmond
Purdue Polytechnic South Bend
Purdue University Ft. Wayne
Trine University
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
University of St. Francis
Valparaiso University
Wabash College
WBAA - NPR Greater Lafayette
WFWA - PBS Fort Wayne
WNIT - PBS Michiana
Current State:Closed
Start Time:2025-04-03 01:20:02
End Time:2025-04-03 02:25:45
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone IPIU-LFYT experienced periods of brief instability and has stabilized. I-Light Engineers were contacted and determined the reason for the instability was severe weather moving through Indiana. No additional outages are expected.


Ticket No.:INC0210938
Subject:Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone EVVL-GENT
Source Of Impact: Vendor
Affected:ILN-EVVL-GENT-FIBR-04112
Backbone EVVL-NEWA
Hanover College
Indiana State University
Indiana State University Federal Hall
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast - Water Tower Square
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Evansville
Ivy Tech Madison
Ivy Tech Sellersburg
Ivy Tech Terre Haute
Oakland City University
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
St. Mary of the Woods College
University of Evansville
University of Southern Indiana
Vincennes University
Vincennes University - Aviation
Vincennes University - Fort Branch
Vincennes University - Indiana Deaf School
Vincennes University - Jasper
Vincennes University - Lebanon
Vincennes University - Plainfield
Wabash College
Current State:Resolved
Start Time:2025-04-08 21:02:56
End Time:2025-04-10 12:33:37
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone EVVL-GENT is now available. Zayo aerial crews discovered a section of damaged fiber that needed to be replaced. Splicing efforts are complete, and services are restored. No further outages are expected.


Ticket No.:INC0211095
Subject:Brief Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone EVVL-IVYEVNS
Source Of Impact: Vendor
Affected:ILN-EVVL-IVYEVNS-10GE-24967
Backbone EVVL-IVYEVNS
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Evansville
University of Evansville
University of Southern Indiana
Current State:Resolved
Start Time:2025-04-09 14:13:02
End Time:2025-04-09 14:17:41
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone EVVL-IVYEVNS is available following a brief outage. The outage was unplanned impact caused by circuit provider Zayo's troubleshooting of the ongoing outage on Backbone EVVL-GENT. Services are restored, and no further outages are expected.


Ticket No.:INC0211259
Subject:Outage Resolved - I-Light Backbone KOKM-MARN
Source Of Impact: Vendor
Affected:ILN-KOKM-MARN-10GE-1574
Backbone KOKM-MARN
Indiana University Kokomo
Ivy Tech Kokomo
Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo
Current State:Resolved
Start Time:2025-04-10 14:38:25
End Time:2025-04-11 01:52:45
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone KOKM-MARN is now available. The circuit provider Zayo was contacted to investigate. Zayo technicians located damaged fiber and conducted repairs. Member traffic re-routed via redundant connections. No additional outages are expected.




Upcoming Scheduled Maintenances

Ticket No.:CHG0091012
Subject:Maintenance - I-Light Core Nodes OAKC & EVVL
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:Backbone EVVL-IUSMEVVL
Backbone EVVL-IVYEVNS
Backbone EVVL-NEWA
Backbone EVVL-OAKC
Backbone OAKC-VINC
Hanover College
Indiana State University
Indiana State University Federal Hall
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast - Water Tower Square
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Evansville
Ivy Tech Madison
Ivy Tech Sellersburg
Ivy Tech Terre Haute
Oakland City University
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
St. Mary of the Woods College
University of Evansville
University of Southern Indiana
Vincennes University
Vincennes University - Aviation
Vincennes University - Fort Branch
Vincennes University - Indiana Deaf School
Vincennes University - Jasper
Vincennes University - Lebanon
Vincennes University - Plainfield
Wabash College
Start Time:2025-04-16 04:00:00
End Time:2025-04-16 10:00:00
Outgoing Notification TextI-Light Engineers will be performing software upgrades on the optical nodes OAKC and EVVL. The process takes approximately 30 minute to 3 hours with an expected downtime of approximately 20 minutes, however the entire maintenance window is reserved. A service impact is expected for directly connected Members. Traffic traversing across these nodes will switch to protect paths. Nodes will be completed in serial.


Ticket No.:CHG0090902
Subject:Maintenance - I-Light Core Nodes CLMB & SHLB
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:Backbone BLTN-CLMB
Backbone CLMB-CROT
Backbone CLMB-IPIU
Backbone CLMB-IUPUC
Backbone CLMB-IVYCLMB
Backbone CLMB-NEWA
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Hanover College
Indiana Office of Technology
Indiana State University
Indiana State University Federal Hall
Indiana University
Indiana University Purdue University Columbus
Indiana University Purdue University Columbus Learning Center
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast - Water Tower Square
IU Radio and TV
IU Research Network
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Bloomington
Ivy Tech Columbus
Ivy Tech Evansville
Ivy Tech Madison
Ivy Tech Plainfield
Ivy Tech Sellersburg
Ivy Tech Terre Haute
Martin University
Oakland City University
Purdue Polytechnic Columbus
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
St. Francis Crown Point
St. Mary of the Woods College
University of Evansville
University of Southern Indiana
Vincennes University
Vincennes University - Aviation
Vincennes University - Fort Branch
Vincennes University - Indiana Deaf School
Vincennes University - Jasper
Vincennes University - Lebanon
Vincennes University - Plainfield
Start Time:2025-04-14 04:01:00
End Time:2025-04-14 10:00:00
Outgoing Notification TextI-Light Engineers will be performing software upgrades on Core Nodes CLMB & SHLB The process takes approximately 30 minute to 3 hours with an expected downtime of approximately 15 minutes, however the entire maintenance window is reserved. A service impact is expected for directly connected Members. Traffic traversing across these nodes will switch to protect paths. Nodes will be completed in serial.


Ticket No.:CHG0091036
Subject:Maintenance - I-Light Core Nodes BLTN, HPER & STAR
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:Backbone BLTN-CLMB
Backbone BLTN-IPHE
Backbone BLTN-REEVES
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
CenturyLink
FABRIC Operations
Hanover College
I-Light
I-Light Engineering & Support
Indiana Gigapop
Indiana GigaPOP
Indiana Office of Technology
Indiana University
Indiana University East
Indiana University Fort Wayne
Indiana University Kokomo
Indiana University Northwest
Indiana University Purdue University Columbus
Indiana University Purdue University Columbus Learning Center
Indiana University South Bend
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast - Water Tower Square
IU Radio and TV
IU Research Network
IU Research Network Operations
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Bloomington
Ivy Tech Columbus
Ivy Tech Plainfield
Martin University
OmniSOC Engineering & Support
St. Francis Crown Point
Vincennes University - Aviation
Vincennes University - Indiana Deaf School
Vincennes University - Jasper
Vincennes University - Lebanon
Vincennes University - Plainfield
WNIN - Tri State Public Media Evansville
WYIN - Lakeshore Public Media
Start Time:2025-04-15 04:00:00
End Time:2025-04-15 10:00:00
Outgoing Notification TextI-Light Engineers will be performing a software upgrade on the optical nodes BLTN, HPER, and STAR. The process takes approximately 30 minute to 3 hours with an expected downtime of approximately 15 minutes, however the entire maintenance window is reserved. A service impact is expected for directly connected Members. Traffic traversing across these nodes will switch to protect paths. Nodes will be completed serially.


Ticket No.:CHG0091027
Subject:Maintenance - I-Light Core Node NEWA
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:Backbone CLMB-NEWA
Backbone CROT-NEWA
Backbone EVVL-NEWA
Hanover College
Indiana State University
Indiana State University Federal Hall
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast - Water Tower Square
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Evansville
Ivy Tech Madison
Ivy Tech Sellersburg
Ivy Tech Terre Haute
Oakland City University
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
St. Mary of the Woods College
University of Evansville
University of Southern Indiana
Vincennes University
Vincennes University - Aviation
Vincennes University - Fort Branch
Vincennes University - Indiana Deaf School
Vincennes University - Jasper
Vincennes University - Lebanon
Vincennes University - Plainfield
Wabash College
Start Time:2025-04-17 04:00:00
End Time:2025-04-17 10:00:00
Outgoing Notification TextI-Light Engineers will be performing a software upgrade on the optical node NEWA. The process takes approximately 30 minute to 3 hours with an expected downtime of approximately 15 minutes, however the entire maintenance window is reserved. A service impact is expected for directly connected Members. Traffic traversing across these nodes will switch to protect paths.


Ticket No.:CHG0090985
Subject:Maintenance - I-Light Core Nodes GENT, HUNT & MILL
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:Core Node GENT
Core Node HUNT
Core Node MILL
Backbone EVVL-NEWA
Backbone EVVL-GENT
Backbone HUNT-MILL
Backbone MILL-NEWA
Hanover College
Indiana State University
Indiana State University Federal Hall
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University Southeast - Water Tower Square
IU School of Medicine Health Science
Ivy Tech Evansville
Ivy Tech Madison
Ivy Tech Sellersburg
Ivy Tech Terre Haute
Oakland City University
Purdue Polytechnic New Albany
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
St. Mary of the Woods College
University of Evansville
University of Southern Indiana
Vincennes University
Vincennes University - Aviation
Vincennes University - Fort Branch
Vincennes University - Indiana Deaf School
Vincennes University - Jasper
Vincennes University - Lebanon
Vincennes University - Plainfield
Wabash College
Start Time:2025-04-13 04:00:00
End Time:2025-04-13 10:00:00
Outgoing Notification TextI-Light Engineers will be performing software upgrades on the optical nodes GENT, HUNT, MILL. The process takes approximately 30 minute to 3 hours with an expected downtime of approximately 15 minutes, however the entire maintenance window is reserved. A service impact is expected for directly connected Members. Traffic traversing across these nodes will switch to protect paths. Nodes will be completed in serial.


Ticket No.:CHG0090904
Subject:Maintenance - I-Light Backbone FTWY-MARN
Source Of Impact: Internal
Affected:Backbone FTWY-MARN
Anderson University
Ball State University
Earlham College
Global Research Network Operations Center
Goshen College
Grace College
Huntington University
Huntington University-Parkview
I-Light
I-Light Engineering & Support
Indiana Institute of Technology Ft. Wayne
Indiana University East
Indiana University Fort Wayne
Indiana Wesleyan University
Ivy Tech Anderson
Ivy Tech Anderson 60th Street
Ivy Tech Connersville
Ivy Tech Fort Wayne
Ivy Tech Lawrenceburg
Ivy Tech Marion
Ivy Tech Muncie
Ivy Tech Richmond
Ivy Tech Warsaw
Manchester University - Ft. Wayne Campus
Manchester University - North Manchester
Purdue Northwest Hammond Campus
Purdue Polytechnic Anderson
Purdue Polytechnic Kokomo
Purdue Polytechnic Richmond
Purdue University Ft. Wayne
St. Francis Crown Point
Taylor University
Trine University
University of St. Francis
WFWA - PBS Fort Wayne
Start Time:2025-04-18 04:00:00
End Time:2025-04-18 10:00:00
Outgoing Notification TextBackbone FTWY-MARN will be unavailable while Zayo Engineers will be troubleshooting the high span loss alarm in the link FTWY-MARN. An outage of three (3) hours is expected, however the entire maintenance window is reserved. Traffic will re-route via redundant connections.