- RU Single Sign-on: the single sign-on identity provider software will be replaced. Staff and students will not be able to login to the following sites during an outage that's expected to last around an hour.
- RUconnected
- www.ru.ac.za
- RIMS
- satextbooks.net
- CHERTL Evaluation Assistant
- anything else that uses login.ru.ac.za for login
- Access switches: software updates will be done on a number of access switches, causing a network outage (including Wi-Fi and IP telephones) of up to ten minutes in the following buildings:
- AMM
- Biological Sciences (1 Gbps ports only)
- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Wireless links: software on point-to-point wireless link devices will be updated. This will cause network outages (including Wi-Fi and IP telephones) of up to ten minutes in the following buildings:
- 1 and 3 On Luke
- 36 Somerset St
- 6a Croft St
- 7 Croft St
- 70 African St
- Community Library
- Duna Library
- Hill St Library
- Joza Youth Hub
- Mandalay on High
- NELM
- New Holland
- The Provost
- VC's Lodge
- Server software updates: software on the servers which provide the following services will be updated, resulting in outages of up to 15 minutes per server:
- DNS
- DHCP
- NTP
- RT
- Web proxies
- Registration system
- Incoming e-mail
- Outgoing e-mail
- E-mail mailboxes
- Webmail
- Mailing lists
- SMS
- Apple Software Update Server
- Provisioning (web proxy autodiscovery, telephone provisioning)
- Wi-Fi and VPN authentication
- CHERTL Evaluation Assistant
- Network graphs
- Guest network access
- Network monitoring
- Terminal Four content management system
- University administration and meal booking systems
- SEALS Library consortium services
- VPN service: software on the router which provides VPN services will be updated. An outage of up to an hour is expected.
- Edge router: software on one of the edge routers will be updated. As it operates within a redundant pair, no noticeable outage is expected during this maintenance.
- Firewalls: software on the firewalls which connect the Internet to the campus, SEALS and public networks will be updated. As the firewalls operate as a redundant pair, no noticeable outages are expected during this maintenance.