Computing News
Administrative computing and
network services unavailable 11/26/99
A twenty-four hour power outage in the ISC computer room at 3401 Walnut
over
the Thanksgiving holiday will interrupt service on some key Penn
computing
systems. Major administrative systems will be unavailable and remote
access to
PennNet through the modem pool will be severely limited. In addition,
some
important network services will not be operating and University voicemail
will
be inoperative.
The outage will last from 8 a.m. Friday, November 26, to 8 a.m. Saturday,
November 27.
The outage is required so that obsolete technology that provides
electrical
power service to the computer room, including backup power for
emergencies, can
be entirely replaced. Power to stores and offices at 3401 Walnut will not
be
interrupted.
Network traffic to and from the Internet and around PennNet (other than
that involving
the 3401 Walnut computer room) will NOT be affected. ISC regrets the
necessity of the
outage but hopes that the timing will minimize the impact.
The following notes specify the services and systems affected:
Administrative systems: Administrative systems/services that will
NOT be available include
FinMIS, the Data Warehouse, and all systems housed on IVY.UMIS (e.g.,
Student Financial
Systems (SFS), Student Records (SRS), Payroll, and Gifts).
Other widely used systems: PennIntouch, the Online Directory, the
Online Calendar, Netnews, and
the graduate and undergraduate online applications will NOT be available.
Modem/office/ResNet connections: The main PPP modem pool
(215/573-4778) will NOT be operating.
The express pool and the slower CLI pool will be available. Network
access from ISP accounts
(DCANet, AOL, etc.), ResNet rooms, and on-campus offices will also be
available.
E-mail: Pobox, dolphin, and mail.sas e-mail will NOT be available.
Messages arriving for accounts
on those systems will be delayed but delivered as soon as the systems are
up again.
Voicemail: Voicemail will NOT be available, so it will not be
possible to leave or retrieve messages.
Web: Penn's home page, OncoLink, University Archives, and the
many office and service web sites on
the central Web server, www.upenn.edu, will NOT be available. Some School
web sites and web
applications (Dental, GSE, GSFA, SAS, Blackboard, IRQDB) will NOT be
available. Web sites on
pobox and dolphin will NOT be available. Web applications that require
users to enter a PennNet ID
and password to authenticate themselves will NOT be available. The
Library Web and web servers in
other Schools and offices will be available.
If you have concerns regarding how the outage will affect your work,
please call 215/898-1099
(for administrative systems only) or contact your local service provider
(LSP).
--James J. O'Donnell, Vice Provost, Information Systems and Computing
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