Subject:

CANARIE Core Router Software Upgrade - Montreal 3( 1250 Rene Levesque)

Category:

Scheduled Maintenance

TicketID:

20260629-004

Start Time:

2026-07-14 06:30:00 EDT (2026-07-14 10:30:00 UTC)

End Time:

2026-07-14 07:30:00 EDT (2026-07-14 11:30:00 UTC)

We will carry out a router software upgrade during the scheduled time window. This upgrade is not expected to affect services. If an outage occurs, the services that may be affected include all Layer 2 VPN, Layer 3 VPN, and IP services that transit through Montreal (1250 Rene Levesque). 

The following BGP peering services with AS6509 will be affected:

CP_Amazon_CDS_v4 (AS16509 PNI)    
CP_Amazon_CDS_v6 (AS16509 PNI)   
CP_Google_CDS_v4 (AS15169 QIX)    
CP_Google_CDS_v6 (AS15169 QIX)    
CP_MSN_CDS_v4  (AS8075 PNI)      
CP_MSN_CDS_v6  (AS8075 PNI)      
CP_Oracle_CDS_v4 (AS31898 QIX)    
CP_Oracle_CDS_v6 (AS31898 QIX)    
CP_CIRA_CDS_v4  (AS394354)    
CP_CIRA_CDS_v6  (AS394354 QIX)    

GigaPoP_GCSN_CDS_v4

INTl_Geant_v4

INTl_Geant_v6

INTl_SURFNet_v4

INTl_SURFNet_v6

LHCONE_SURFNet_v4

LHCONE_SURFNet_v6

LHCONE_NORDUNet_v4

LHCONE_NORDUNet_v6

The following Lay2 services will be affected:

10111CS02-KISTI-TORO1-MTRL3-KISTI_CERN

10228CS03-SFU-VNCV1-MTRL3 Primary Link to SFU/VNCV

10228CS05-SFU-VNCV1-MTRL3 IPV6 Link to CERN

10310CS03-CANARIE-OTWA4-MTRL-Office_IT_VM

10310CS04-CANARIE-OTWA4-MTRL3-HE