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Phone outage: April 1, 2014 from 8:20 to 8:30 AM

On Tuesday April 1, 2014 at 8:20 AM, the entire PBX phone switch had to be rebooted to fix a problem with the VoIP phones. This caused an outage for all phones and call centres all over campus. Services were … Continue reading

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Network Outage: Sunday March 30, 2014 from 5:35 to 6:50 PM

On Sunday March 30, 2014 and between 5:35 to 6:50 PM, CCS received alerts about intermittent Internet access. CCS staff are trying to validate the alerts and find the root cause. We apologize for any inconvenience. -Computing and Communications Services

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Network outage: Friday, March 14, 2014 7:11 AM – 7:35 AM

On Friday, March 14, 2014, at 7:11 AM, CCS added an additional firewall to the existing user subnets to provide extra redundancy. However, the new firewall took over prematurely and caused a network outage on the user subnets. Services were … Continue reading

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Network outage on Friday, February 21, 2014 from 6:15 AM to 7:50 AM

On Friday, February 21, 2014, at 6:15 AM, CCS replaced the existing Internet facing firewall with a newer and much faster firewall. This caused an outage for the incoming and outgoing Internet traffic such as access to email and to … Continue reading

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Network outage for Library 2nd floor on Thursday February 13, 2014 from 7:30 AM to 9:30AM

On Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 7:30 AM, a configuration error in a network switch servicing the library 2nd floor prevented the library computers from renewing their IP address lease. The configuration was fixed at 9:30 AM  and services resumed … Continue reading

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Network outage for academic labs on Friday January 31, 2014 from 00:04 AM to 2:17 AM

On Friday, January 31, 2014, at 00:04 AM the network switch servicing the academic labs at KHW-071 and some of the management subnets became unresponsive. The switch recovered on its own at 2:17 AM. Please accept our apologies for the … Continue reading

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Network outage on Wednesday January 29 from 6:41 PM to Thursday January 30 at 7:50 AM at POD 2nd floor

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at 6:41 PM a portion of a network switch servicing 20 connections at the 2nd floor POD building failed. The switch had to be replaced and services were resumed on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at … Continue reading

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External voice mail pre-greeting prompt change: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM

On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 between 8:30 AM and 9:45 AM the external voice mail greeting pre-prompt recording has been over-written by one of the phone administrators’ own greetings. The prompt has been restored back to the default one at … Continue reading

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Network outage on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 11:04 AM to 12:22 PM

On Thursday, January 9, 2014, during an attempt to add a VLAN to a network switch, a broadcast storm occurred. This caused a slow down for various services, including CFAPS where user data and shared departmental folders exist. The outage … Continue reading

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Network outage on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, during an attempt to add a redundant link to a network switch, a configuration error occurred. This caused a network outage for the One Card readers in the East side of the campus . The … Continue reading

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