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Wed 30 Nov 2005 - Most systems ran without major problems

The Exchange email system was unavailable between 1pm and 6pm for essential hardware maintenance.

Tue 29 Nov 2005 - ResNet hardware failure

The core of the residence network failed because of a hardware fault, causing complete loss of service to the residences for about an hour in the afternoon. The hardware has been replaced with a temporary unit until next Tuesday morning when the correct switch will go back in. As a result the Residences Network and offices in Southwest campus will be affected. After reviewing the failure of the hardware, we believe that the failure had been present in a minor way for several weeks causing some performance problems and some users seeing no connection to the network for periods of time. The replacement unit should make a big difference to the performance and reliability of the network. The residence network team apologise for the problems, and are working with suppliers to ensure it does not happen again.

Mon 28 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Fri 24 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Thu 23 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Wed 22 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Tue 22 Nov 2005 - Most systems ran without major problems

During the at risk period 8am to 10am, switches feeding Houses 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 in Graduate College were upgraded. All these blocks had no internet connection for the duration of the work.

During the Network at Risk period 7am to 9am, 'network redesign' work took place in Slaidburn House and the County College building.

Mon 21 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Fri 18 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Thu 17 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Following the problems with Exchange on the 16th Nov, some users may have to restart Outlook.

Wed 16 Nov 2005 - Exchange Problems

The Exchange email system was unavailable between 1pm and 6pm for essential hardware maintenance during this time, and for part of the evening.

The Domino server was unavailable betwene 2pm and 3pm for essential maintenance - this affected LUVLE My Modules, LU-News, and ISS Lab Room bookings.

Tue 15 Nov 2005 - Brief Network Outage

The network stopped working at around 11am for about three minutes. This was due to the central switch rebooting itself for no apparent reason. All systems are now running without major problems.

Mon 14 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems

Fri 11 Nov 2005 - Exchange problem

Some minor Exchange problems, but all other systems ran without major problems.

Thu 10 Nov 2005 - Exchange Problem

The 'Exchange-BE2' server was unavailable between 3pm and 5pm. Other systems ran without major problems.

Wed 9 Nov 2005 - Exchange Maintenance

The Exchange email system was partially unavailable betwene 1pm and 3pm for scheduled essential hardware maintenance. Other systems ran without major problems.

Tue 8 Nov 2005 - the University Website Unavailable for Short Period

Due to an external 'denial of service' attack, the the University website was unavailable for about one hour at midday.

Mon 7 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems.

Fri 4 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems.

Thu 3 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems.

Wed 2 Nov 2005 - All systems ran without major problems.

Tue 1 Nov 2005 - Network Redesign Work

Network redesign work took place in the Chaplaincy Centre, Security Reception and the Lancaster House Hotel (MDC) between 7am and 9am.