Subject: Administrative, ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is scheduled --047d7b6dd02056730604fdb047cc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Topic: ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is scheduled for July 22, 2014 Date/Time Issued: July 8, 2014 1530 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: July 22, 2014 1500 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: July 22, 2014 1515 UTC Length of Event: 15 minutes Details/Specifics of Change: Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) is planning a network outage for July 22, 2014, between 1500 -1530 UTC to upgrade the Cisco IOS in the Partner Zone. This upgrade impacts the network router and switch. 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 outage: 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. The upgrade to the Partner zone 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 July 29, 2014 if a Critical Weather Day is declared on July 22, 2014. No date past July 29, 2014 has been planned and will require a new outage notification. 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. 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.gov and 301-817-3880, and and our network team by phone on 301-817-3807. 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. --047d7b6dd02056730604fdb047cc Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Topic: ESPC Partner Zone Network Outage is scheduled = for July 22, 2014

Date/Time Issued: =C2=A0July 8, = 2014 1530 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: =C2=A0P= roducts/data received or disseminated to select partners (please see Detail= s); AWIPS text products, EMWIN re-broadcasts and environmental products, Ja= son-2 products, and Wallops CIP-Products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: =C2=A0July 22, 2014 1500 U= TC

Date/Time of Expected End: =C2=A0July 22, 2014 = 1515 UTC

Length of Event: =C2=A015 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change: =C2=A0Environmental Satellite Processing = Center (ESPC) is planning a network outage for July 22, 2014, between 1500 = -1530 UTC to upgrade the Cisco IOS in the Partner Zone. This upgrade impact= s the network router and switch. We realize this temporary product outage m= ay cause some inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding as we wor= k to increase system reliability for the future.

Products/data received or disseminated to the following= users will be impacted during this network outage:

The National Weather Service Telecommunication Gateway (NWSTG) - nport5 w= ill 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 wil= l NOT be impacted. N-AWIPS will NOT be impacted.
Meteo-France - All products that go to them through a point-to-point c= onnection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted. =C2=A0At the momen= t, we would not know which passes would be delayed or missed.
UK&= #39;s National Weather Service (UKMET) - All products (including HRPT data)= that go to them through a point-to-point connection (data distribution cir= cuits) will be impacted. At the moment, we would not know which passes woul= d be delayed or missed.
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellite= s (EUMETSAT) EARS System - All products that go to them through a point-to-= point connection (data distribution circuits) will be impacted for the dura= tion of the network outage.
LRIT (EMWIN) - EMWIN re-broadcasts and environmental products will not= be delivered for the duration of the network outage.

<= div>The upgrade to the Partner zone will not be done on a Critical Weather = Day, or if there are other significant operational issues warranting postpo= nement. =C2=A0This planned outage will be postponed until July 29, 2014 if = a Critical Weather Day is declared on July 22, 2014. No date past July 29, = 2014 has been planned and will require a new outage notification.

Please note: No backup capabilities exist for individua= l network zones within the ESPC operational network. Any users not listed a= bove should not experience a disruption in communications via the ESPC Part= ner 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, t= he request will be reviewed with OSPO management to determine whether it is= feasible to reschedule the outage.

At the close of this outage window we expect all servic= es to resume as normal. =C2=A0If you find that any of your services are sti= ll affected after the close of the outage window please use contact informa= tion 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 301-817-3807.

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.=C2=A0
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