We will be performing Emergency System maintenance starting today, Monday, 09/13/2010, starting at 12:00pm. The Luminis LDAP will be modified via an implemented Script to increase the email quota for all students to 30MB. This change will affect all Student email quotas and will take affect dynamically once the LDAP parameter is modified.

Because of a memory leak in one of our network appliances, we will have to perform a emergency reboot of the appliance. This will be tomorrow, 09/10/2010 between 6 and 7 am. The reboot will affect network connectivity to the VPN3030. Those that are using the newer VPN (AnyConnect) will not be affected.

Hi everyone,

Today a message went out to our users regarding their password expiring. This is a legit email and I apologize for not sending out a “heads-up” message earlier. This message (and the reminders that will follow) targets users who have not reset their password since May 3, 2010. A first warning will be sent 2 weeks before password expires, then a week before, and lastly 3 days before. Once it expires, users will be automatically prompted to change it at login (MyFAU or desktop). More information is available at: http://www.fau.edu/irm/accounts/passwordexpiration.php

Please advise your users who has received this message to change their passwords as soon as possible.

Let me know if you have any questions.

In the next few weeks you will receive a notice that your FAUNet ID password will soon expire unless you change it. The password expiration is part of the 1 username-1 password (universal login) project that went into effect in May. In order to protect your personal information, university data, and the services available through the FAU network, you will now need to change your password at least once a year.

Once your password has expired, you will be prompted to change it on your next login to MyFAU or your Windows desktop before continuing with the login. You can avoid this inconvenience by changing your password now. MyFAU users can change their password by selecting the “My Account”

link on the top left of the page. Users already logged into Microsoft Windows can use Ctrl + Alt + Del and select the “Change Password” button.

For details about the minimum requirements for your new password, visit:

www.fau.edu/irm/accounts

Thank you,

Information Resource Management

You may confirm the legitimacy of this message by visiting the www.fau.edu/irm/accounts page or by calling User Services at (561) 297-2641. Please remember no representative of FAU will ever ask you for your password. Please report any violation of this procedure to User Services.

Banner (Self Service and INB) was unavailable from 5:00 am to 7:30 am.

• SAFARI AND FIREFOX USERS in Blackboard: It has been reported that with the Safari browser and versions of Firefox prior to 3.5 users are having problems downloading files. This issue was resolved.
• We will be performing emergency Systems Diagnostics on the F5/BIG-IP from 5:00am to 7:00am. This will cause intermittent interruptions in service to the following Applications:
  • BlackBoard
  • Banner (Self Service and INB)
  • MyFAU
  • IDM (Single Username/Password)

  We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause our users.

Network upgrades to cause a five-hour service outage in the Student Housing Services Building and the Housing Assistants’ Building on the Boca Raton campus: On Thursday, March 25, from 5 to 10 p.m., IRM will upgrade the networking infrastructure in the Student Housing Services Building (#46) on the Boca Raton campus. Extended periods of inaccessibility to network services in both the Student Housing Services Building and the Housing Assistants’ Building (#18) will be experienced during the time frame outlined above. Telephone service will not be affected.

Please report any problems through normal channels. If your building consultant is not available, call CSI Support Services at 561-297-6235 during and/or after normal business hours, as we wish to keep end user inconvenience to a minimum.

This message has been distributed on behalf of the department of Communication Services Infrastructure.