IT Services -- Network Services will be performing a software code upgrade on the Datacenter nexus switches on Sunday, September 27, 2020 from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. The upgrade is required to fix a software vulnerability. We'll be upgrading the code on one DCN device at a time, and no outage is expected for the dual-attached hosts as traffic will be re-routed through redundant devices. There's a potential brief connection disruption while the traffic is being re-routed.
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UCLA IT Services — Network Services will be performing maintenance to Campus Backbone border routers on Sunday, September 27, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The border routers' connections to CENIC will be re-configured to trunks to accommodate VLANs to Internet2 for Radware. No network interruption is expected during the maintenance window as traffic will be routed away from each connection prior to changes.
On Thursday, September 10, 2020, from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., DGIT’s Network Services team will be migrating the existing wireless network in the Fielding School of Public Health building to DGIT’s services. This migration will result in improved wireless performance and seamless coverage throughout the building and the Center for Health Sciences.
To better use Zoom's Cloud Recording capability, IT Services will be working with the CCLE (Common Collaboration and Learning Environment) team to install an integration on Monday, September 7th to improve meeting and webinar recording management and workflow.
UCLA IT Services — Network Services will be performing maintenance to the Campus VPN servers on Thursday, August 27, 2020 from 12:01 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The AnyConnect software on the Campus VPN servers will be upgraded to version 4.9.01095 and all clients will automatically auto-update after connecting. Campus VPN service is not expected to be interrupted during the maintenance window.
A university-wide IT assessment was launched in mid-August to review, assess, and evaluate the current information technology environment and provide recommendations as well as a roadmap for improving and aligning IT capabilities to meet the strategic needs of its students, faculty, researchers, and staff.
Network Services will be migrating Vlan79 (128.97.98.128/26 network) configured on the Datacenter environment to the new infrastructure on Thursday, August 27th from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. This will impact UCOP switches, as well as ITS LDAP servers that reside on this network. Services on these hosts will be intermittently available during the migration.
IT Services -- Network Services will be performing a software code upgrade on the Datacenter core routers and Nexus switches on Sunday, August 30th from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The upgrade is required to fix a software vulnerability. The upgrades will be performed on one device at a time, and no outage is expected as traffic will be rerouted through redundant devices. There may be a potential brief connection disruption while the traffic is being rerouted.
From 2 p.m. Wed., August 19, until 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, Facilities Management is closing the chilled water supply to some campus buildings, and is strongly encouraging faculty and staff in those buildings to telecommute.
UCLA IT Services — Network Services will be performing maintenance to the Campus VPN servers on Friday, July 31, 2020 from 12:01 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The AnyConnect software on the Campus VPN servers will be upgraded to version 4.9.00086 for macOS clients. Campus VPN service is not expected to be interrupted during the maintenance window.
UCLA IT Services -- Network Services will be performing emergency wireless network maintenance on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
IT Services will be performing wireless network maintenance on Sunday, July 26, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
UCLA IT Services -- Network Services will be performing maintenance to the Campus VPN servers on Monday, July 20, 2020 from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The AnyConnect software on the Campus VPN servers will be upgraded to version 4.9.00086. Campus VPN service is not expected to be interrupted during the maintenance window.
UCLA IT Services -- Network Services will be performing campus wireless authentication server maintenance on Sunday, July 19, 2020 from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The servers will be restarted one at a time, and there is no expected interruption of service during the maintenance window.
On Monday, July 6, 2020, IT Services will enable WebAuthn support for UCLA Logon Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This update will enable you to use security keys on additional supported browsers as well as Touch ID on supported Macs for Duo authentication.
The Zoom at UCLA portal page has been updated to unify access to the Zoom login and all usage guidelines in one place. Zoom at UCLA is THE link for end-users and support personnel alike.
