Topic: Upcoming Network Technology Refresh and 4 Planned Outages
at th=
e Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) in August,
2012
Date/Time Issued: =A0July 27, 2012 1800
UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: A detailed outage notification
with=
an impact statement will be sent for each planned network
outage. =A0Sever=
al products/data received or disseminated to select users will be
impacted.=
Date/Time of Initial Impact: =A0August 1, August
8 , Au=
gust 15, and August 22, 2012 (see
Details)
Date/Ti=
me of Expected End: =A0See Details.
Length
of Even=
ts: An approximate two-hour window for each planned outage: 90 minutes
(Par=
tner Zone Outage), 1 hour 15 minutes (Production Zone Outage Outage);
2 hou=
rs (Staging and Migration Zone Outage), and 2 hours 30 minute
(DMZ Outage).=
Details/Specifics of Change: Environmental
Satellite Pr=
ocessing Center (ESPC) is planning 4 network outages in August, 2012,
to up=
grade our network design and devices. =A0This upgrade will impact
the netwo=
rk router and firewall components at 4 different network zones at
the NOAA =
Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in the ESPC. =A0Please note:
No backup=
capabilities exist for individual network zones within the ESPC
operationa=
l network.
These temporary product outages may cause some
inconven=
ience, and we appreciate your understanding as we work to increase
system r=
eliability for the future.
Proposed dates
for the =
Network Technology Refresh implementation:
Partner Zone Outage is scheduled for August 1, 2012,
1600 -1730=
UTC (or August 2, 2012, in the event of a Critical Weather Day) -
You shou=
ld have received a detailed notification and the product impact
statement o=
n July 17, 2012 (
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/MESS/MSG1981928.01.txt)
Production Zone Outage is scheduled for
August 8=
, 2012, 1600 - 1715 UTC (or August 9, 2012 in the event of a Critical
Weath=
er Day) - A detailed outage notification with an impact statement
is forthc=
oming.
Staging and Migration Zone Outage is
scheduled f=
or August 15, 2012 (or August 16, 2012, in the event of a Critical
Weather =
Day) - A detailed outage notification with an impact statement is
forthcomi=
ng.
DMZ Outage is scheduled for August 22,
2012 (or =
August 23, 2012, in the event of a Critical Weather Day) - A detailed
outag=
e notification with an impact statement is forthcoming.
The upgraded will not be done on a Critical Weather Day, or if
there a=
re other significant operational issues warranting
postponement.
=
If you have any specific questions, please contact
User Serv=
ices at
SPSD.Userservices@noa=
a.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. =A0If
we receive=
one or more communications from sites requesting that the outage
be resche=
duled, the request will be reviewed with OSPO management to determine
wheth=
er it is feasible to reschedule the outage.
At the close of those outage window we expect
all servi=
ces to resume as normal. =A0If you find that any of your services
are still=
affected after the close of the outage window please use contact
informati=
on listed below.
Contact Information for Further Information:
For inform=
ation on the status of this outage, please contact ESPC Operations
at
ESPCOperations@noaa.gov
and 301-8=
17-3880, and and our network team by phone on 301-917-3887.
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