During the Tuesday, 25 November maintenance window, maintenance work will affect certain services, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following work is planned:
Distribution routers: software will be updated on the routers serving all buildings in the areas listed below. All network services (including Wi-Fi and IP telephones) may be disrupted in those areas for up to 30 minutes.
Main campus: all buildings in the area within Prince Alfred St, Somerset St and Lucas Avenue, up to and including Biological Sciences Building, the Library and Psychology
Access switches: software will be updated on the network switches in the buildings listed below. All network services (including Wi-Fi and IP telephones) will be disrupted in those buildings for up to 30 minutes.
26a, 70, 73 and 74 African St
29 and 33 South St
3, 5 and 6 Gilbert St
5 Prince Alfred St
Adamson Annexe
Allan Webb dining hall
Building Maintenance headquarters
Catering and Housekeeping headquarters
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (north side)
Chessington flats
College House
Day Kaif
Drostdy Barracks
King Field club house
Facilities and Infrastructure offices
Founders dining hall
Grounds and Gardens headquarters
The Hangar
Health Care Centre
Health Suite
Hobson dining hall
Law Clinic
Maintenance Stores
New House annexes
Politics
PSAM
Psychology Clinic
The Retreat
Salisbury House
Stables
Starling House
Core router software update: the software on one of the two core routers will be updated. No noticeable outage is expected as all network traffic should be handled by the other core router.
Storage systems: software on switches connecting storage systems will be updated. No noticeable outage is expected, though an unexpected failure during the upgrade would cause an outage affecting almost all services.
This work is being conducted during a minor maintenance period. Should there be a compelling reason why this work should not go ahead as planned, please contact support@ru.ac.za before 3:00 PM on Tuesday.