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UPEI Firewall Upgrade (ITSS) – Scheduled Outage

Posting Date(s)

An upgrade to the UPEI Firewall wil cause a service outage on June 22 and 23.

Systems Affected: Entire UPEI Network (inbound & outbound traffic)

Outage Times: Friday June 22, 08:00 pm - Saturday June 23, 07:00 am

Details: As a precursor to our network revitalization project, ITSS will be performing an upgrade of our campus firewall service. During this 11 hour maintenance window any network traffic entering or leaving the UPEI campus will be affected. Internal network traffic will continue to function normally.

Examples of systems that will only be accessible on Campus:

  • MyUPEI
  • Moodle
  • Medical Records System
  • File and Print services
  • UPEI Website

Examples of systems that will be only accessible off Campus:

  • Google Apps and Gmail
  • Any external websites or systems hosted offsite (i.e. in the cloud)

If you have any questions or concerns about this scheduled maintenance please contact ITSS at helpdesk@upei.ca or 902-566-0465.