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DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-03.19
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
SUBSCRIBERS EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION
NETWORK /EMWIN/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT NWS SECURE ROUTER OUTAGE
ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25... 2003 AT 700AM EDT /1100 UTC/ WE
WILL REPLACE A DEFECTIVE CARD ON THE TELECOMMUNICATION
OPERATIONS CENTER /TOC/ SECURE ROUTER /NWS WASHINGTON...
DC/. WE HAVE SCHEDULED A DOWNTIME OF ABOUT AN HOUR BUT
WE HOPE THE ACTUAL OUTAGE WILL BE LESS.
THE ENTIRE ROUTER WILL BE SHUT DOWN WHEN WE REPLACE THE
CARD.
THE AFFECTED ROUTER IS LOCATED INSIDE THE SOC FIREWALL.
ALL DATA FLOWING THROUGH OUR SECURE ROUTER WILL BE
AFFECTED. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO OUR SECURE
ROUTER... SUCH AS...
NCEP
NESDIS
DATMS-U
GTS LINKS
RADAR MULTICAST
SAS CUSTOMERS
ALTHOUGH CONNECTIONS TO OUR REGIONAL AND NON-SECURE ROUTER
ARE NOT AFFECTED... NO DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE TO OUR PUBLIC FTP
AND WEB SERVERS DURING THIS PERIOD.
IF THE SCHEDULED DATE IS DESIGNATED A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...
THE OUTAGE WILL BE POSTPONED.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT THIS OUTAGE MAY
CAUSE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF THE TIMING OF THIS OUTAGE PRESENTS
A CRITICAL PROBLEM FOR YOUR OPERATIONS.
CONTACT INFORMATION
JACKIE LORD
PH 301-713-1878 X 126
EMAIL JACQUELINE.LORD/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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