Subject: Administrative, ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is --f46d04462fe0f11c6904c624deef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 CORRECTION: Removed wrong contact information for the ESPC network team. Topic: ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is Scheduled for August 1, 2012 Date/Time Issued: July 31, 2012 1905 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. 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 * 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. --f46d04462fe0f11c6904c624deef Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
CORRECTION: Removed wrong contact information for the ESPC network tea= m.=A0

Topic: ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is S= cheduled for August 1, 2012

Date/Time Issued: =A0J= uly 31, 2012 1905 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: =A0Products/data received = or disseminated to select partners (please see Details); AWIPS text product= s, EMWIN re-broadcasts and environmental products, Jason-2 products, and Wa= llops CIP-Products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: =A0August 1, 2012 1600 UTC=

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

Length of Event: =A090 minutes

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Details/Specifics of Change: =A0Environmental Satellite Processing Cen= ter (ESPC) is planning a network outage for August 1, 2012, between 1600 -1= 730 UTC to upgrade the Partner Zone network. =A0This upgrade impacts the ne= twork router and firewall components. =A0We realize this temporary product = outage may cause some inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding a= s 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 Gatewa= y (NWSTG) - nport5 will NOT be available.

* Jason-= 2 Users - All product distribution and reception will be delayed for the du= ration 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.=A0

* Meteo-France - All products that go to them through a p= oint-to-point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted. =A0= At the moment, we would not know which passes would be delayed or missed.

* UK's National Weather Service (UKMET) - All produ= cts (including HRPT data) that go to them through a point-to-point connecti= on (data distribution circuits) will be impacted. At the moment, we would n= ot know which passes would be delayed or missed.

* European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteoro= logical Satellites (EUMETSAT) EARS System - All products that go to them th= rough a point-to-point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impa= cted 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 individu= al network zones within the ESPC operational network. Any users not listed = above should not experience a disruption in communications via the ESPC Par= tner Zone. If you have any specific questions, please contact User Services= at SPSD.Userservices@noaa.go= v between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (EDT), Monday through Friday, at leas= t 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of the outage.=A0

The upgrade to the Partner zone router will not be done= on a Critical Weather Day, or if there are other significant operational i= ssues warranting postponement. =A0This planned outage will be postponed unt= il August 2, 2012 if a Critical Weather Day is declared on August 1, 2012. = =A0No date past August 2, 2012 has been planned and will require a new outa= ge notification.

At the close of this outage window we expect all servic= es 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 informatio= n listed below.

Contact Information for Further Information: For inf= ormation on the status of this outage, please contact ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 30= 1-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See <= a href=3D"http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html">http://www.ssd.noa= a.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messag= es.

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 re= ason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-38= 80. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubs= cribe request.

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