Exchange 2010 Maintenance

Detailed Description:

Exchange 2010 will be patched Sunday, September 18 between
8:00 AM and 12:00 PM. Systems will be updated in a staggered
fashion to minimize end user impact. This requires a restart
of services and may force some clients to disconnect and
reconnect

September 16, 2011

Scheduled Network Maintenance

Block 4200

Block 4300 

Block 4600 

Monday   9/19/2011 5:00AM - 7:30AM

ITS will be performing network maintenance this Monday morning during the regularly scheduled maintenance time of 5:00AM to 7:30AM.  Network connectivity will be affected for blocks 4200, 4300, and 4600 on Monday Sept 19th.  If you experience any problems with network connectivity after this time please contact the ITS Help Desk.

If there are any concerns about this scheduled network interruption please contact ITS Help Desk ASAP.

September 16, 2011

UIUCnet: Backbone router reboots Sept. 1

CITES networking will be upgrading the software on the routers in Node 1
(for the most part, north of Green St.) and the between-node routers between
5:30 - 6:30AM on Thursday, Sept.1.

During the times they are rebooting, network traffic will not go through them.
Existing connections might be dropped and new connections through the
rebooting router will not be made during the actual reboot times.

We do not expect the network to be out for the entire reserved time, most
interruptions will be 5 minutes or less. Buildings with a single backbone
connection will loose their connectivity. Buildings (i.e., Beckman Institute) that have redundant uplinks may stay up or experience much shorter outages.

August 31, 2011

UIwpa2 Campus Wireless Network Identifier to Retire August 10th

If you currently connect to the campus wireless network through UIwpa2, you will need to configure your computer to use the new IllinoisNet network name by Monday, August 9th to avoid any disruption in service. To configure IllinoisNet on your laptop see the directions at http://www.cites.illinois.edu/wireless/IllinoisNet

CITES

August 9, 2010

HP Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers

Units: About 70,000

Importer: Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif.

Hazard: The recalled lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: The firm and CPSC are aware of two reports of batteries that overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire that caused minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recalled lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are used with various HP and Compaq notebook computers.

See http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221.html for more details.

May 18, 2009

DHCP Service Interuption

We are currently experiencing problems with the DHCP server.  This will affect network connectivity for anyone using DHCP to connect to the Beckman Institute network.  We apologize for the inconvenience and will have the service restored as soon as possible.

May 12, 2009

HP DesignJet 5000 poster printer retired

After the highly successful roll out of our new HP DesignJet z61000 poster printer, our HP DesignJet 5000 poster printer has been retired today due to technical malfunction. If you have not already done so, please update your computer to print to the poster-z6100 print queue. For more information including instructions on installing the HP 6100 print queue on your computer please see our Printing page.

June 8, 2008

New Poster Printer

Our new HP Z6100 Poster Printer is now available for use. The HP Z6100 provides enhanced color fidelity, longer print life and significantly faster print speeds than our HP5000 wide format printer. For more information, see our Poster Printing page.

April 3, 2008

Photo and Color Transparency Printing

Due to low usage and high maintenance costs, the HP 3000 photo printers and the Tektronix color transparency printer will be removed from service. Users who need to print transparencies should contact the ITS Help Desk for assistance.

April 1, 2008

Welcome to the new ITS Website!
ITS has redesigned their website to help keep you informed and make your life easier. Please notice the new Printer Registration and Network Request forms which have replaced the old paper forms.
March 11, 2008

Printing and Copying rate change

Printing and copying rate changes went into effect on August 1, 2007. Please see our printing and copying page for more information.

August 1, 2007