Network has been restored in bldg. 69

There is currently a network outage on the Boca Raton campus that is affecting building 69. The outage is due to loss of light on the fiber uplink. We are working to resolve the problem.

Thank you

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, 10/25/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 4:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected services: Admissions Application System
Affected systems: Admissions Application System
Description of maintenance: The Admissions application system will be upgraded to support Letters of Recommendation and an improved administrator and end user interface.
User impact: Graduate College applicants will not be able to create or manage admissions applications. Undergraduate Admissions applications and fees will be delayed and processed after 6:00 AM.

When: 3:00 AM – 4:30 AM
Affected services: Blackboard
Affected systems: Blackboard
Description of maintenance: Apply Blackboard Patchset2 as well as supplementary patches.
User impact: Blackboard will not be available during the proposed downtime.

Central Authentication Service must be restarted to improve Blackboard reliability. Users may experience approximately 1 minute of service interuption.

On Friday, October 19, 2012, between 3:00 am and 7:00 am, The networking department will upgrade the data switch in building 31E (Student Activities Center) on the Boca Raton campus. This upgrade will cause an interruption to the FAU network in the Student Activities Center building. This upgrade will not affect the PCI network.

On Friday, October 19, 2012, between 3:00 am and 7:00 am, The networking department will upgrade the data switch in building 31E (Student Activities Center) on the Boca Raton campus. This upgrade will cause an interruption to the FAU network in the Student Activities Center building. This upgrade will not affect the PCI network.

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, 10/18/2012 from 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM during OIT maintenance window. In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 5:30 AM – 5:45 AM
Affected Services: Secure ANDI server and 22_CM desktops
Affected Systems: FAU\BOC\22_CM desktops
Description of Maintenance: We will be adding a new GPO to enable IPsec communication between 22_CM desktops and the secure ANDI server
User impact: None

When: 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM
Affected services: Network
Affected systems: boc31Blo264Asw8224 = Cisco 2950, boc31uc100Bsw8221 = Cisco 2980, boc31Ecr178Bsw8227 = Cisco 3548
Description of maintenance: The goal of this change is to retire and replace the old data switch in the Student Union Building # 31-B Live Oak Pavilion. To accomplish this, the old device must be removed from service and the communications room will be rewired. This change will result in a network outage for the building mentioned above.
User impact: The data network in the Student Union Building 31-B Live Oak Pavilion will be affected by the switch upgrade.

When: 3:00 AM – 3:30 AM
Affected Services: http://sharepoint.fau.edu
Affected Systems: spwfe1, spwfe2, spapp1
Description of Maintenance: Bamboo Solutions Alert Plus and Alerts Administrator will be installed on the SharePoint farm.
User impact: No user impact is expected

When: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM
Affected Services: ibiweb, AV/Creative Services shares, Blackboard (HP Chassis)
Affected Systems: NetApp Filers: bocana01.fau.edu, bocana02.fau.edu, HP chassis (passive), 7210 (passive), Cisco UCS management console, Dell CMC consoles
Description of Maintenance: We will be relocating rack RU13 to the old side of the datacenter. This will involve moving all ports in the switch to other racks.
User impact: The end user impact for the NetApp Filers will be anyone connecting through the front facing network (131.91.0.0).