Completed
Setonix appears to have had no issues overnight so we are closing the maintenance.
Posted Oct 08, 2026 - 11:36 AWST
Verifying
HPE have rolled the change back and Pawsey have returned Setonix to service. HPE will investigate what went wrong and we will re-attempt the change at some point in the future.
We will monitor the system overnight.
Thank you for your patience.
If you have any issues, please reach out to the Help Desk (help@pawsey.org.au).
Posted Oct 07, 2026 - 18:18 AWST
Update
Unfortunately, HPE have not been able to identify what is causing the anomalies or rectify the issues. Setonix will remain unavailable for research overnight so that HPE staff based in the US can continue to troubleshoot the problems. A further update will be provided tomorrow morning.
Thank you for your patience.
Posted Oct 07, 2026 - 15:56 AWST
Update
Our vendor has completed expansion work on the high speed network infrastructure within Setonix but during verification work we detected some anomalies and have passed it back for rectification. We expect to have an update soon so we can return Setonix to service.
Posted Oct 07, 2026 - 11:49 AWST
Update
Setonix has passed baseline checks for the Slingshot upgrade. It has been passed back to HPE to complete the next step in the upgrade. We'll send out an update tomorrow with progress.
Posted Oct 06, 2026 - 19:23 AWST
Update
Mediaflux and Data Portal have been returned to service.
Posted Oct 06, 2026 - 16:09 AWST
Update
We have identified an issue with MediaFlux and Data portal and these services are removed from service so that maintenance can continue.
Posted Oct 06, 2026 - 15:47 AWST
Update
Good afternoon,
Banksia, Mediaflux and Data Portal has been returned to service.
Acacia Ingest, Acacia MWA and Acacia Projects are in service.
ASKAP Ingest has been returned to service.
Maintenance activities on Setonix will continue through to tomorrow with Setonix return to service currently forecast to occur tomorrow afternoon.
Posted Oct 06, 2026 - 14:58 AWST
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Oct 06, 2026 - 08:00 AWST
Scheduled
Maintenance on Pawsey systems will be carried out on Tuesday the 6th October to apply required patches and updates to improve the systems stability, security, and performance. This maintenance window will also be used to undertake other tasks which require down-time to achieve.
HPE will be upgrading the Slingshot Fabric Manager to the latest supported version as part of their Extended Support Release (ESR). They will also have to update the firmware of all of the Slingshot switches in Setonix. HPE require eight hours before they can hand Setonix back to Pawsey. To ensure the stability of the system before it is returned to service, Setonix may not be returned to full production until Wednesday morning.
Planned work for this window includes:
• Mediaflux server will have the latest bug and security fixes from Rocky Linux
• Mediaflux will be upgraded
• Acacia Ingest will have the latest bug and security fixes from Ceph
• Banksia's servers will have the latest bug and security fixes from Rocky Linux
• Banksia will be upgraded to the latest version of ScoutFS
• Banksia fibre switches will have firmware updates and zoning updates
• Patching of core Pawsey services will be undertaken
• Setonix will have the latest bug and security fixes from SLES 15 applied
• ASKAP Ingest will have a minor Slurm upgrade applied to align with Setonix
If you have any questions, please contact help@pawsey.org.au.
Posted Sep 23, 2026 - 13:03 AWST
This scheduled maintenance affected: ASKAP (ASKAP ingest nodes, ASKAP service nodes), Central Services (Authentication and Authorization, Service Desk, License Server, Application Portal, Origin, /home filesystem, /pawsey filesystem, Central Slurm Database, Documentation), Storage Systems (Acacia Ingest, Banksia, Data Portal Systems, MWA ASVO), Setonix (Login nodes, Data-mover nodes, Slurm scheduler, Setonix work partition, Setonix debug partition, Setonix long partition, Setonix copy partition, Setonix askaprt partition, Setonix highmem partition, Setonix gpu partition, Setonix gpu high mem partition, Setonix gpu debug partition), and Visualisation Services (Setonix vis nodes, CARTA - Stable, CARTA - Test).