FAU’s network will be unavailable from 12:00am to 1:00am Sunday, February 6, 2011.
IRM’s Network group need to perform some necessary tests due to some recent changes made by FAU’s Internet Service Provider (FLR).
We apologize for the inconvenience.

At approximately 9:00 AM this morning, the FLRPrimaryInternet, FLRPrimaryI2, and FLRnetPrimary connections were down. We were also experiencing a problem with the FLRSecondaryI2 connection and it was also down. Our Network team was notified immediately, and proceeded to work with AT&T to resolve the issue.

As of 11:30 AM the FLR connections were back up and are currently running. Network on-call is continuing to monitor them in the event of any future problems.

IRM 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, 02/03/2011 from 3:00am to 7:00am during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

–          Date and time: 2/03/2011 4am – 6am
–          What Service will be interrupted? INB  
–          Who does it impact?  Can affect INB users and scheduled jobs during this time only
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–          Date and time: 2/03/2011 4am – 6am
–          What Service will be interrupted?  BigIP rule being added to address new financial aid frontend for needs analysis
–          Sometime between 3am-7am (no interruption)
–          Who does it impact?  Will not affect anyone
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–          Date and time: 2/03/2011 —  6am
–          What Service will be interrupted? Blackboard database parameter change to address ORA-600 error
–          Who does it impact?  Will not affect anyone
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–          Date, Time 02/03/11  6 a.m. to 7 a.m.
–          What Service will be interrupted?  Ironport (bertx) firmware upgrade
–          Who does it impact?  None, since the other Ironport server will be handling mail
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–          Date, Time 02/03/11  3a.m. to 4 a.m.
–          What Service will be interrupted?  BigIP and 7210 Storage (No service interruption – failover)
–          Who does it impact?  None
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We are currently experiencing a network outage on all campuses.

We are experiencing network issues at Oxley Center and the Wally Sanger building. We are currently working on resolving the issue.

IRM will perform routine systems maintenance on Thursday, January 27 between 3:00am and 7:00 a.m. During that time the following system will be unavailable: Signature System

We are currently experiencing a power issue with the network equipment in Village Apartments 59E.

We are working to resolve the issue.

Systems Maintenance

Due to systems maintenance on Thursday, 1/20/2011, the following processes will be affected during the 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM maintenance window:

* Internet Native Banner (INB) /Forms Access will be down from 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM

* Appworks will be down from 3:00 AM – 7:00 AM

Additionally, a change to Active Directory will be made which will allow users to login to SharePoint without being prompted for their password.

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday our maintenance window took place on Wednesday, November 24. The following system were down for maintenance.

• Password Synchronization (IDM) from 3:00 am – 7:00 a.m.
• Effort Certification will be down sporadically between 3:00 am -7:00 am, due patches being applied.

At 15:43 a router crashed, causing a network outage all over the Boca campus. Network connectivity was restored at 15:54.