Network maintenance on March 7 from 12:01 am – 6:00 am

OIT will be performing network maintenance on Wednesday, March 7 from 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. Due to the nature of the maintenance, users may experience intermittent Internet outages lasting approximately 5 minutes during this window. The Internet connection will be rerouted to the backup connection to minimize any downtime.

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Posted in Network and Telecom

Wi-Fi upgrades on Tuesday March 06

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, between 5:00 am and 6:30 am, OIT will perform routine maintenance on the FAU wireless networks. This upgrade will cause an interruption to the fau, fauwpa2, and fauguest wireless networks. If you experience difficulties after the times outlined above, please contact the FAU help desk at https://helpdesk.fau.edu or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

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Posted in Network and Telecom

OIT Systems Maintenance, Thurs. February 22 from 3:00AM to 7:00AM

Office of Information Technology will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deemed necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 02/22/2018 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

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University accreditation system upgrade
Description of change: OIT will be upgrading the software used for accreditation​ on request of the vendor​
Downtime window start: 6:00 AM
Downtime window end: 6:30 AM
Affected services: http://xitracs.fau.edu
Affected systems: xitracs
Expected End-user impact: The http://xitracs.fau.edu site will be unavailable during the window

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Posted in Systems