Topic: NSOF JPSS Primary WAN Switch OS Upgrade

Date/Time Issued: October 17, 2023 1343Z

Product or Data Impacted: NSOF Primary WAN switches OS upgrade is planned for Tuesday 10/17/2023 at 2:00 pm local EST.  The OS upgrade will impact all WAN connections at NSOF.  To minimize the impact, a controlled failover to NSOF backup WAN switch and failback to primary WAN switch will be performed during the back orbits.

 Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 17, 2023 18:00 GMT (2:00 PM ET)

 Date/Time of Expected End: October 17, 2023 20:30 GMT (4:30 PM ET)

Length of the Outage/Event: Two 1-3 minutes interruptions during the maintenance window.

Details/Specifics of Change:  

1.     Failover to backup WAN switch ~18:34z (2:34 PM EST). 

2.     Perform primary WAN switch OS update.

3.     Failback to primary WAN switch ~20:17z (4:17 PM EST).

Contact information for further information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880 24x7 or ross.cox@noaa.gov during normal business hours

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  N/A

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