Sometime around 7am, a pair of media converters used to attach the internet connection equipment to the campus network backbone failed. We are ordering additional spare converters to have on hand. It only stayed up for a few minutes before freezing up and having to be restarted again shortly thereafter. We had the chance to install a patch which we hope will help the situation. All applications are once again available.
All services are now back to normal.
On Friday March 30, after 6 PM, a core component of our network infrastructure will be taken down to be upgraded. During this period, local servers will not be reachable. Also, some areas of campus will not be able to connect to the Internet. This upgrade is expected to take between 15-45 minutes to complete. This upgrade should take no more than 20 minutes to complete.