Subject: Administrative: ESPC Firewall Hardware Upgrade scheduled --001a1145e0408a63e305439028d3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Topic: ESPC Firewall Hardware Upgrade Date/Time Issued: December 13, 2016 2035 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: Intermittent connectivity for all incoming and outgoing data for ESPC products. Some internal communication will be briefly disrupted as well. Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 11, 2017 1500 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: January 11, 2017 1800 UTC Length of Event: Approximately 3 hours Details/Specifics of Change: Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) will be performing a firewall hardware upgrade on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 between 1500 - 1800 UTC. The nature of this work will cause intermittent connectivity for all external users as well as some internal communication between systems. An extended outage for this upgrade is not expected, however drops in connectivity may occur during this time. This upgrade will NOT be done on a Critical Weather Day, nor if there are other significant operational issues warranting postponement. Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at (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 from 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. --001a1145e0408a63e305439028d3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable