During the Tuesday, 12 August maintenance window, maintenance work will affect certain services, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following work is planned:
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 around 30 minutes.
26a, 70, 73 and 74 African St
29 and 33 South St
3, 5 and 6 Gilbert St
Adamson Annexe
Allan Webb dining hall
Building Maintenance headquarters
Catering and Housekeeping headquarters
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
Law Clinic
Maintenance Stores
New House annexes
Politics
PSAM
Psychology Clinic
The Retreat
Salisbury House
Stables
Starling House
Swimming pool office
Distribution routers: software will be updated on the routers serving the university data centres. All services hosted in data centres will be affected, possibly for as long as an hour.
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.
Internet edge routers: the software on one of the two edge routers will be updated. No noticeable outage is expected as all network traffic should be handled by the other edge router.
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.