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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1577 DECEMBER 15... 1999
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
REFERENCE FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1576
THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WAS SENT OUT BY THE NETWORK
CONTROL FACILITY
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SUBJECT DATA INTERRUPTIONS DURING AWIPS NCF UPGRADE
THE NCF IS READY TO PROCEED WITH THE SCHEDULED UPGRADE OF
THE SBN UPLINK PACKAGE. THIS WILL REQUIRE TWO... SIMULTANEOUS
INTERRUPTIONS OF ALL FOUR SBN CHANNELS. THE FIRST
INTERRUPTION WILL OCCUR WHILE PLACING THE UPLINK PACKAGE
ON A STAGING DATA SERVER AND THE SECOND WILL OCCUR WHEN
MOVING THE UPLINK PACKAGE BACK TO THE PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SERVERS. EACH INTERRUPTION WILL BE OF LESS
THAN 30 MINUTES DURATION... AND WILL OCCUR 1 TO 2 HOURS APART.
SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR THE DOWN PERIODS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE...
HOWEVER... ALL DATA ON THE NWSTG CHANNEL WILL BE QUEUED FOR
TRANSMISSION WHEN SERVICE IS RESTORED. NO NWSTG DATA SHOULD
BE LOST. NCF WILL SEND A FOLLOW UP MESSAGE WHEN WORK IS
COMPLETED.
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