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22 May 2008

The Facilities Department is planning a power shutdown 13-14 June for required maintenance that will require ALL computer and network systems to be shut down. The shutdown of all computer/network services (i.e., e-mail, Internet access, VPN, etc.) is scheduled to begin at 10:00 P.M. on Friday, 13 June 2008, and is expected to end at approximately midnight, Saturday, 14 June (thus, down all day Saturday). Administrative systems, including Banner, PRESTO, and FAMIS, will have an extended period of downtime, lasting until 6:30 A.M., Monday, 16 June, in order to perform required upgrades. The time-frame for having services restored will be delayed if any significant problems are encountered during the Facilities maintenance activities. In addition, since the Facilities maintenance involves outside electrical work, this work will be delayed or rescheduled in the event of a thunderstorm.

Buildings directly affected by the power outage include:

College Relations	Finney	Safety & Security
Cox	Mudd Center	Service Building
Daub House	Peters Hall	Wilder Hall

The list of computer services affected by the shutdown (i.e., not available) includes, but is not limited to:

Admissions	Lab computer logins	PRESTO
Backups (Retrospect)	Logins on Windows office computers, except for Workstation Only (at the Login box, check Workstation Only)	Printing (in labs and in offices)
Banner	Meeting Maker	Registration
Blackboard (oncampus.oberlin.edu) will stay up, but you will not be able to log into this system.	Network Authentication	Room Scheduling
E-mail	Novell file-sharing services (Stu and Staff LOCKER)	Software Downloads (accessible from CIT web pages)
FileMaker Pro databases	OBIS and other Library services	VPN
Housing Program - online, for students	Oracle databases (centralized in CIT)	Web server: www.oberlin.edu (Internet access; college web pages)

The campus data network - both wired and wireless - will be down. This includes all on-campus connections, off-campus connections (connecting from off-campus to campus), wireless in the Oberlin Inn, Village Housing connections served by the Cable Co-op, and VPN services.

The campus One-Card door-swipe system will continue to operate. The campus telephone system, voicemail, and college cell-phones will continue to operate. The college emergency notification system will remain operational, except for processing campus e-mail messages.