Internet and Email Interruptions During Spring Break

Internet and Email Interruptions During Spring Break

The message below was originally sent to all Haverford community members on Friday, March 7th at approximately 11:00 AM.

To: All Haverford Community Members
From: Networking & Systems, College Information Resources
Subject: Internet and Email Service Interruptions During Spring Break

We have scheduled two more service interruptions during spring break for testing and system upgrades. Included below is a complete list of our spring maintenance plans:

Internet Service Interruption
Monday, March 10th 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Between 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM on Monday the 10th, we will test new redundancy and failover features provided by our Internet Service Provider. Though we hope to avoid noticeable interruptions in network service, it is possible that the campus may briefly become isolated from the Internet; there may be several short interruptions while we complete our testing. On-campus resources like Storage and printers will not be impacted.

Email Service Interruption
Tuesday, March 11th at 11:00 PM through Wednesday, March 12th at 4:00 AM
During spring break, Networking and Systems will shut down the mail system while we install security updates. While we have the system down, we will take the opportunity to perform preventative disk maintenance. During the interruption, users will not be able to collect email messages from the college servers. Web based email access (emumail and squirrelmail) will be unavailable as well. Mail received during this period will be queued and delivered when mail service is restored.

Please don't forget, we previously scheduled brief service interruptions for selected buildings. For your convenience, we have included this announcement below. If you have a question or concern about the maintenance schedule, please contact your computing support liaisons.

Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008
To: All Haverford Community Members
From: Networking & Systems via Sgray
Subject: Spring Break Network Service Interruptions 3/10 - 3/12
Impact Summary: Networking Service Interruptions in Many Campus Buildings

During spring break, the following buildings will experience a brief interruption network service while Networking & Systems replaces fan modules in building networking hardware. Each location or jack should only experience a single outage lasting approximately 10 minutes.

Founders Hall
Monday, March 10th from 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM

Hall Building, INSC Sharpless, and Ryan Gym
Monday, March 10th from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
(KINSC East, Link, and Hilles will not be affected.)

Comfort Hall, HCA 30 Computing Center Lab, Lloyd Hall, and Parker Building
Monday, March 10th from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
(The residents of HCA 30 will not be affected.)

GIAC (Trainers area in basement), Infirmary, and Woodside Cottage
Monday, March 10th from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
(The first and second floors of the GIAC will not be affected.)

KINSC Hilles
Tuesday, March 11th from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
(KINSC East, Link, and Sharpless will not be affected.)

Additionally, Barclay Hall, Gummere Hall, and Lloyd Hall will undergo extended network maintenance; each building will experience a single interruption in network service lasting four to six hours. This work will be scheduled during the day on Monday, March 10th though Wednesday, March 12th. To alert students who may be staying in the dorms over break, we will send an outage notice to the dorm mailing list the night before maintenance begins.

You need not take any action or shut down your computer as a result of the maintenance. If for any reason you experience a problem, please restart your computer or contact your support liaisons: