Completed – Bldg 47 Network Upgrade

Networking will be performing a switch upgrade in building 47 on the fourth floor at the Boca Raton campus tonight from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Network connectivity to the fourth floor of this building will be disrupted during this time.

Posted in Network and Telecom

Completed – IRM Systems Maintenance, April 12, 2011 from 1:00AM to 7:00AM

IRM will be performing routine systems maintenance which includes but is not limited to rebooting Windows servers as deem necessary, installing critical patches and other health checks on Thursday, 05/12/2011 from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM during IRM maintenance window.  In addition, the following systems will be specifically impacted:

When: 1:00 AM – 7:00 AM

Affected Services:  Blackboard 9.1 Production

Affected Systems: Solaris Zones: BP1 – BBP7 and COLLAB servers

Description of Maintenance: The Blackboard 9.1 production will be upgraded to Service Pack 5. Blackboard will be unavailable from 1:00 AM to 7:00AM

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When: 4:00 AM to 5:00AM

Affected Systems: Banner Production

Affected Services:

INB

SSB

Travel

EFC

Workflow

Job submission

Posting

Description of Maintenance: Banner production will be unavailable on Thursday May 12 from 4:00am-5:00am to apply patches for a problem that was discovered last week.

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When: 6:00am-7:00am

What: Financial Aid 8.11 upgrade

Affected: Financial aid users

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When : 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Affected Systems:  DNS

Nsboc0.fau.edu, Nsboc1.fau.edu, Nsdav1.fau.edu, Nsftl1.fau.edu, Nsjup1.fau.edu, Nspsl1.fau.edu

Affected Services: DNS

Description of Change: We will be adding the following DNS zones to above name servers: bocnode1.voip.fau.edu, bocnode2.voip.fau.edu, davproxy.voip.fau.edu, hbproxy.voip.fau.edu, voip.fau.edu.

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When : 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Affected Systems: SharePoint

Spapp1.fau.edu

Affected Services: SharePoint

Description of Change: We will be moving the virtual machine to a new host (hvboc02).

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Posted in Banner and Admin Systems

Resolved – Telephone Outages

We are currently experiencing issues with telephones located at the Harbor Branch and Davie West locations. We are aware of the outages and working diligently to determine the cause and make corrections.

Posted in Educational Technologies

Resolved – Building 96, New Engineering possible network issue

There is an issue with devices in building 96 (New Engineering) getting DHCP IP addresses. Networking is aware of the issue and working diligently to determine the cause and make corrections.

Posted in Uncategorized

Completed – Banner Production Maintenence 5/12/2011 from 4:00AM to 5:00AM

Banner production will be unavailable on Thursday May 12, 2010 from 4:00AM-5:00AM to apply patches for a problem that was discovered last week.

Services that will be unavailable during this time: INB SSB Travel EFC Workflow Job submission Posting

Posted in Uncategorized

Resolved – MyFAU emergency reboot

MyFAU is experiencing sporadic errors. There has been various cases of people getting 404 errors. We are now rebooting the portals to see if this helps alleviate the problem. We will do one portal at a time. There will be some downtime experienced by users during these restarts.

Posted in Uncategorized

Completed – MacArthur Campus Network Upgrades 05/12/2011 (6:00pm-2:00am)

We will be replacing the network equipment in MC-03 (Student Resources & Classroom Building) on the MacArthur campus in Jupiter on Thursday May 12, 2011. The network in that building will be offline from 6:00pm until 2:00am.

Posted in Uncategorized

Completed – Voice System Maintenance, Saturday May 7th 2011 from 5:00am to 7:00am

On Saturday May 7th 2011 from 5:00am to 7:00am CSI will be performing telephone system maintenance that will interrupt telephone service on the Jupiter Campus. Other Northern campuses may experience intermittent outages. All off campus calls originating from the Northern campuses may require dialing a seven or ten digit number for all off campus calls. If you are trying to reach the Northern campuses, the ten digit number might be required. In the event of an emergency the FAU police department can be reached at 561-297-3500 by using a cellular or other non-FAU phone, and local police can be reached by Dialing 911 from a cellular or other non-FAU-phone. If you experience network or telephone difficulties after the dates or times outlined above, please call CSI Support Services at 561-297-6235 or contact the FAU help desk at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk/ or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

Posted in Uncategorized

Completed – Voice System Maintenance, Friday May 6th 2011 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm

On Friday May 6th 2011 starting at 6:00pm through 9:00pm CSI will be performing system upgrades to our telephone system. During this time phones located on the Boca Campus Buildings 96 (COE),97 (CU), and peer campus phones at HBOI, and Davie West building will be out of service. In the event of an emergency the FAU police department can be reached at 561-297-3500 by using a cellular or other non-FAU phone, and local police can be reached by Dialing 911 from a cellular or other non-FAU-phone. If you experience network or telephone difficulties after the dates or times outlined above, please call CSI Support Services at 561-297-6235 or contact the FAU help desk at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk/ or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

Posted in Uncategorized

Completed – Network Upgrades during the semester break, May 10 – May 14

Network upgrades to cause service outages during the semester break (Tuesday, May 10 through Saturday, May 14, 2011).  Beginning on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, IRM will be upgrading the networking infrastructure to implement a redundant Internet connection. This upgrade will cause intermittent interruptions to the network and telephone systems during the implementation and testing of the new connection. IRM will begin testing the network and telephone services on Tuesday, May 10 between 5:00 am and 7:00 am. Implementation and testing will continue on Wednesday, May 11, Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, 2011 between 12:01 am and 7:00 am. Please be advised that calls between campuses as well as off campus calls may require dialing a seven or ten digit number. In case of an emergency during this period, the FAU Police Department can be reached at 561-271-5163 If you experience network or telephone difficulties after the dates or times outlined above, please call CSI Support Services at 561-297-6235 or contact the FAU help desk at http://www.fau.edu/helpdesk/ or 561-297-3999 for immediate assistance.

Posted in Uncategorized