The Echo360 web services are back online. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Wireless network upgrades on the Boca Raton campus 2-13-2013
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, between 5:00 am and 6:00 am, OIT will perform maintenance on the wireless network segments on the Boca Raton Campus. 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. Thank you
COMPLETED – Wireless Upgrades 02-12-2013
wireless network upgrades on the Boca Raton Campus 02-12-2013 completed
Wireless network upgrades on the Boca Raton campus 2-12-2013
On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, between 5:00 am and 6:30 am, OIT will perform maintenance on the wireless network segments on the Boca Raton Campus. 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. Thank you
Intermittent Blackboard Grade Center issues
Some instructors are experiencing errors when attempting to access the Grade Center in their course. We are currently working with Blackboard to resolve this issue. For details on how to resolve the problem please visit the Known Issues Module within Blackboard.
resolved – network outage affecting one switch in building 22
We experienced a network switch outage that affected one data switch in building 22. The switch outage was from 1:42 pm through 1:47 pm. The issue has been resolved.
Thank you
Exchange and Firewall Modifications
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve performance of MS Exchange, on Sunday, January 20 between 3:00 am and 6:00 am additional system will be added to the Exchange cluster. Users will experience intermittent connectivity issues during this period.
On Monday, Jan 21 from 3:00 am to 6:00 am, FAU core firewall will be receiving patch upgrade. This may cause intermittent network outage.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
OIT
[Completed] Blackboard Maintenance
Blackboard maintenance has been completed and all systems are back up and running.
Thank you
Middleware
Exchange Issue Resolved
Several users have reported connectivity issue to Microsoft Exchange mail and calendar. We have identified and resolved the issue which was related to an active mail server at FAU remote site. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you are still experiencing problems, please contact the OIT Helpdesk, (561) 297 3999.
Emergency Exchange Maintenance Scheduled Wednesday January 9th from 6:00a.m. until 6:30a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance to the Exchange email systems between 6:00a.m. and 6:30a.m. tomorrow morning. During the maintenance, Exchange may be briefly unavailable at times. These changes are expected to resolve widespread reports of slowness and freezes among Exchange users.