During the Tuesday, 22 July 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 in lecture venues: software will be updated on the network switches in the lecture venues listed below. AV functions in those venues may be disrupted for up to ten minutes.
GLT
Eden Grove Blue
Chemistry Major and Minor
VPN service: software on the router which provides VPN services will be updated. An outage of ten minutes is expected.
Access switch: software will be updated on a top of rack network switch. Newer RATT servers will be disconnected for up to 30 minutes.
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.