IT items to be aware of during this weekend's power outage

In light of this Saturday's power outage on campus, please be aware of the following issues related to IT hardware and services:

Computers should be powered down

Please power down your computer at the end of your workday on Friday, July 31. This will prevent any surges from damaging your computer equipment when power is restored. If you do not use a surge protector, please unplug your machine from the power outlet.

VoIP telephones will lose power

VoIP phones will not work after 4-6 hours of the campus being without power. If you have voicemail set up on your phone, the voicemail service will still function during the power outage.

Some IT services will be unavailable

IT will be using the power outage to take care of some maintenance work. From 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Minerfiles and Miner Mail services will be unavailable.  During this time, customers will not be able to access their "S:" drive, as well as any department, research, or personal website volumes.  Miner Mail will be down during this time frame, but mail will queue up for delivery once service is restored. 

If you have any questions about what your need to do from an IT perspective to prepare for this power outage, please contact the IT Help Desk at 573-341-HELP.