Subject: Administrative, ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is --f46d0444ed0ba1258a04c4f7660b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Topic: ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is Scheduled for August 1, 2012 Date/Time Issued: July 16, 2012 1925 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: Products/data received or disseminated to select partners (please see Details); AWIPS text products, EMWIN re-broadcasts and environmental products, Jason-2 products, and Wallops CIP-Products Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 1, 2012 1600 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: August 1, 2012 1730 UTC Length of Event: 90 minutes Details/Specifics of Change: Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) is planning a network outage for August 1, 2012, between 1600 -1730 UTC to upgrade the Partner Zone network. This upgrade impacts the network router and firewall components. We realize this temporary product outage may cause some inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding as we work to increase system reliability for the future. Products/data received or disseminated to the following users will be impacted during this network upgrade: * National/Naval Ice Center (NIC) - AutoSnowIce and IMS products will be available. * The National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway (NWSTG) - nport5 will NOT be available. * Jason-2 Users - All product distribution and reception will be delayed for the duration of the network outage, but no products will be lost. * AWIPS Users - Text data only will be impacted. AWIPS imagery data will NOT be impacted. N-AWIPS will NOT be impacted. * Meteo-France - All products that go to them through a point-to-point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted. At the moment, we would not know which passes would be delayed or missed. * UK's National Weather Service (UKMET) - All products (including HRPT data) that go to them through a point-to-point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted. At the moment, we would not know which passes would be delayed or missed. * European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) EARS System - All products that go to them through a point-to-point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted for the duration of the network outage. * LRIT (EMWIN) - EMWIN re-broadcasts and environmental products will not be delivered for the duration of the network outage. Please note: No backup capabilities exist for individual network zones within the ESPC operational network. Any users not listed above should not experience a disruption in communications via the ESPC Partner Zone. If you have any specific questions, please contact User Services at SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (EDT), Monday through Friday, at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of the outage. If we receive one or more communications from sites requesting that the outage be rescheduled, the request will be reviewed with OSPO management to determine whether it is feasible to reschedule the outage. The upgrade to the Partner zone router will not be done on a Critical Weather Day, or if there are other significant operational issues warranting postponement. This planned outage will be postponed until August 2, 2012 if a Critical Weather Day is declared on August 1, 2012. No date past August 2, 2012 has been planned and will require a new outage notification. At the close of this outage window we expect all services to resume as normal. If you find that any of your services are still affected after the close of the outage window please use contact information listed below. Contact Information for Further Information: For information on the status of this outage, please contact ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.govand 301-817-3880, and and our network team by phone on 301-917-3887. Web Site(s) for applicable information: See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. This message was sent to ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --f46d0444ed0ba1258a04c4f7660b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Topic: ESPC Partner Zone N= etwork Outage is Scheduled for August 1, 2012

Date/Time Issued: =A0July 16, 2012 1925 UTC=

Product(s) or Data Impacted: =A0Pro= ducts/data received or disseminated to select partners (please see Details)= ; AWIPS text products, EMWIN re-broadcasts and environmental products, Jaso= n-2 products, and Wallops CIP-Products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: =A0Aug= ust 1, 2012 1600 UTC

Date/Time of = Expected End: =A0August 1, 2012 1730 UTC

Length of Event: =A090 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: =A0Env= ironmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) is planning a network outage = for August 1, 2012, between 1600 -1730 UTC to upgrade the Partner Zone netw= ork. =A0This upgrade impacts the network router and firewall components. = =A0We realize this temporary product outage may cause some inconvenience, a= nd we appreciate your understanding as we work to increase system reliabili= ty for the future.

Products/data received or dissemina= ted to the following users will be impacted during this network upgrade:

* National/Naval Ice Center (NIC) -= AutoSnowIce and IMS products will be available.

* The Nationa= l Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway (NWSTG) - nport5 will NOT be av= ailable.

* Jason-2 Users - All prod= uct distribution and reception will be delayed for the duration of the netw= ork outage, but no products will be lost.

* AWIPS Users= - Text data only will be impacted. AWIPS imagery data will NOT be impacted= . N-AWIPS will NOT be impacted.=A0

* Meteo-Franc= e - All products that go to them through a point-to-point connection (data = distribution circuits) will be impacted. =A0At the moment, we would not kno= w which passes would be delayed or missed.

* UK's National Weather Service= (UKMET) - All products (including HRPT data) that go to them through a poi= nt-to-point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted.=A0At = the moment, we would not know which passes would be delayed or missed.

* European Organization for the Exp= loitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) EARS System - All product= s that go to them through a point-to-point connection (data distribution ci= rcuits) will be impacted for the duration of the network outage.

* LRIT (EMWIN) - EMWIN re-broadcast= s and environmental products will not be delivered for the duration of the = network outage.

Please note: No backup capabilities= exist for individual network zones within the ESPC operational network. An= y users not listed above should not experience a disruption in communicatio= ns via the ESPC Partner Zone. If you have any specific questions, please co= ntact User Services at SPSD.U= serservices@noaa.gov between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (EDT), Monday thro= ugh Friday, at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of the outage. = =A0If we receive one or more communications from sites requesting that the = outage be rescheduled, the request will be reviewed with OSPO management to= determine whether it is feasible to reschedule the outage.

The upgrade to the Partner zone rou= ter will not be done on a Critical Weather Day, or if there are other signi= ficant operational issues warranting postponement. =A0This planned outage w= ill be postponed until August 2, 2012 if a Critical Weather Day is declared= on August 1, 2012. =A0No date past August 2, 2012 has been planned and wil= l require a new outage notification.

At the close of this outage window = we expect all services to resume as normal. =A0If you find that any of your= services are still affected after the close of the outage window please us= e contact information listed below.

Contact Information for Further Inf= ormation: For information on the status of this outage, please contact ESPC= Operations at ESPCOperations@no= aa.gov and 301-817-3880, and and our network team by phone on 301-917-3= 887.

Web Site(s) for applicable informat= ion:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.go= v/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.<= /font>

This message was sent to ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You hav= e been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to recei= ve it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help= Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov= or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to= process your unsubscribe request.

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