Backup Internet Link Installed

This July UC Davis lost connectivity to the Internet due to a power outage at the UC Berkeley campus. This incident brought attention to UC Davis's dependence on UC Berkeley for Internet connectivity and to the lack of a backup Internet link for UC Davis. To resolve the issue of backup Internet connectivity a 45 MB backup network link has been successfully installed and tested between UC Davis and the Office of the President in Oakland. This link will be used should we ever again lose the main campus Internet link through UC Berkeley. The cost of the backup network link has been distributed across the entire UC system, so UC Davis does not have to bear the full burden of this installation. With this safety net in place, Information Technology's Communications Resources department will continue to explore options for more robust backup strategies.

For more information on network connectivity, see the Network Operations Center Web site at http://noc.ucdavis.edu/.