IRIS

I will replace a new network hardware on Soda 4th floor (soda4b)on Thursday April 13,2006. There will be brief network outages from 5:30PM to 6:00PM.

This will affect users who use wired connection on the east side of 4th floor. Since our wireless network feeds into our switched infrastructure at several locations in Soda, there will also be a couple of brief outages to the wireless network from floors 4-5 as well.

I regret any inconvenience this may cause. Please make your plans accordingly.

Microsoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, April 11, 2006. HERMES, PRINT, RIS and WINSWW will be down for patching the following Wednesday, April 12, 2006, from 3:00p¿5:00p.

macserver.eecs.berkeley.edu, which hosts the Mac software warehouse, will be down for maintenance at this time as well.

Most of the IDSG-supported services, which includes Active
Directory (EECS domain), DNS, and the network connection to campus, will be shut down on Thursday, March 30th, between 7:00 and 8:30 AM. This will be coinciding with the network upgrade in Soda Hall. In particular, this will affect fileservers coeus and project, as well as the IMAP server.

[Read more…] about IDSG services shutdown on Thursday

A network switch located on the 5th floor of Soda Hall is off-line.

IDSG network staff are looking into the problem and will have it resolved as soon as possible.

[Read more…] about Network switch off-line on 5th floor of Soda Hall

The EECS Helpdesk in 313 Soda hall will be closed from March 27, 2006 through March 31, 2006 (Spring Break) due to a staff shortage. The Helpdesk is staffed almost entirely by UC Berkeley undergrads, most of whom will be out of town this week.

The Helpdesk in 395 Cory Hall will remain open during normal business hours.

If you happen to stop by the Helpdesk this week, make sure to thank the student(s) working for deciding to stay around during their vacation!

As some of you may have noticed, we’ve had a couple of network outages this weekend. IDSG staff is working on the issue. We hope that the steps taken so far will prevent further outages until we can talk to the vendor; however, there is a chance of the problem coming back before Monday. We will continue to monitor the situation and will attempt to respond ASAP.

We will be upgrading the network over the Spring Break.
Expect short network outages during the period from 07:00 to 08:00 (AM)
Monday through Thursday (March 27-30)

[Read more…] about Network Upgrade over Spring Break

Since about 1 PM today, AirBears and AirBearsBeyond WLANs within EECS and the outdoor Mesh are currently unable to deliver DHCP leases to clients. CNS has been notified and is currently working on the problem.

[Read more…] about Airbears Down

Apple has released Security Update 2006-001.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 has the complete bulletin.

Apple’s Security Updates’ MUST be applied within 5 business days of notification.
Should there be active exploits, the time will be adjusted and users will be informed appropriately.

Microsoft will release their patches for the month on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. HERMES, PRINT, RIS and WINSWW will be down for patching the following Wednesday, March 15, 2006, from 3:00p–5:00p.

macserver.eecs.berkeley.edu, which hosts the Mac software warehouse, will be down for maintenance at this time as well.