Technology Update
July 3, 2008
Major systems outages on July 19 and July 26
All central IT services will be down on Saturday, July 19, and Saturday, July 26, from 4 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next morning, due to a complete power outage in Freehafer Hall. The outage will close ITaP instructional computing labs. There will be no access to Purdue home directories, shared files or folders, email, Blackboard Vista, Software Remote, Purdue Air Link wireless Internet connections, Purdue or ITaP Web pages, VPN service, or OnePurdue SAP or Banner. The outage is also expected to prevent campus users from accessing any IT service that requires a Purdue career account login and password. For more information, see: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?newsId=1717
The power upgrade to Freehafer Hall last Saturday was interrupted because of an unanticipated electrical problem. The work is rescheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2. All central IT services will be down Saturday, Aug. 2, from 4 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next morning.
The outage will close ITaP instructional computing labs. There will be no access to Exchange, Purdue home directories, shared files or folders, email, Blackboard Vista, Software Remote, Purdue Air Link wireless Internet connections, Purdue or ITaP Web pages, VPN service, or OnePurdue SAP or Banner. The outage is also expected to prevent campus users from accessing any IT service that requires a Purdue career account login and password.
The upgrade project replaces two electrical transformers with larger units needed for supporting additional IT data center loads. For details on this outage, browse to https://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?NewsId=1751
