{"513571":{"#nid":"513571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Brief Network Interruptions Expected During Campuswide Upgrade","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Information Technology (OIT) will perform a significant upgrade to the campus network on Saturday, March 19. This will include increasing the core network bandwidth by four times the current capacity, which will greatly improve the speed and performance of Georgia Tech\u2019s network, resulting in a better user\u0026nbsp;experience when using Wi-Fi, applications, and websites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo minimize disruptions, the maintenance has been scheduled from 6 a.m. to noon. However, OIT is anticipating some campus network outages during the upgrade period. Specifically, users should expect a disruption to inbound and outbound network traffic. This means Internet service and external websites will\u0026nbsp;not be available during this time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditional services that will be affected include, but are not limited to, BuzzPort, T-Square, Student Printing, Banner, Passport,\u0026nbsp;Service Desk, LAWN and GT Wi-Fi,\u0026nbsp;DegreeWorks, the campus VPN,\u0026nbsp;and Office 365 (email, contacts, and calendar). This network upgrade will also interrupt access to the Compliance Campaign modules.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsers who are logged into their email prior to the maintenance window will be able to access their email messages, but users attempting to\u0026nbsp;log in\u0026nbsp;to email\u0026nbsp;once the upgrade begins will not be able to do so until the upgrade is complete.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll services are expected to resume normal operations after noon on March 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor updates on this network upgrade, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/status.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Estatus.oit.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. If you have questions, send an email to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:support@oit.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esupport@oit.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or call the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 404.894.7173.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Office of Information Technology (OIT) will perform a significant upgrade to the campus network on Saturday, March 19."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2016-03-15 12:27:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:05","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.status.oit.gatech.edu\/","title":"OIT Status Updates"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatechoit","title":"OIT Twitter Feed"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171831","name":"network upgrade"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOffice of Information Technology\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:support@oit.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Esupport@oit.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.7173\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}