Good afternoon!
This Sunday, October 26th, we will be performing a series of activities around patching, applying security fixes, and firmware updates on multiple platforms across campus.
Nothing will be down for the entire duration, but each of the listed platforms and services will intermittently be available during the outage window as we update, and reboot each device. Because we will be patching both DHCP and our primary LDAP server . . .you may need to restart, or re-log in to some devices.
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Start: 8:00 a.m.
Estimated End Time: 11:00 a.m.
Detailed Listing of Affected platforms and services:
Public Facing Applications or websites that will be down during this window: my.mcad.edu, Jenzabar Client Application, myaid.mcad.edu, PowerFaids Financial Aid application, Autodesk Licensing, winscan.mcad.edu, and smtp.mcad.edu.
Network:
- Firmware update for all wireless infrastructure - Access Points, Controllers and Conductor - which will require 1-2 reboots of each piece of equipment.
- Addition of increased LAN connectivity from our wireless Controllers to our core network.
Servers/Services Affected - Details:
Dolph: Jenzabar, my.mcad.edu
Colvill: Retrospect backup server
Adama: Winlab domain controller
Winscan: SMB share for Records scanner service
Winupdate: Windows Update Server
Octavia: Course Evaluation Host
Flax: Development Web Server
Flotsam: License Key Server (primary)
Jetsam: License Key Server (secondary)
Kahlo: LDAP/RADIUS (primary)
Kitchen: DNS/DHCP
Lagan: Tertiary License Server
NetMate: NetPartner production (front end of PowerFAIDS)
Pwrfades: PowerFaids production (db server)
Strix: Local SMTP server
Zabbix: Monitoring server
Thank you for your patience while we work through this maintenance window. . .
Take care and have a great weekend!
Respectfully,
Matthew