S&T IT continues to enhance the university’s network infrastructure and has tentatively planned a major network upgrade from 8 a.m. Saturday, March 21, through 5 p.m. Sunday, March 22. During this work, all network services, including the internet, phones, access systems and alarms, will be temporarily unavailable. To minimize disruption, the upgrade is scheduled for a low-activity day.

Who and what is impacted?

• All campus users including faculty, staff, researchers and students
• Emergency systems including alarms, cameras and phones
• Critical facilities, laboratories and campus residential spaces.

Why is this happening?
The upgrade is part of the ongoing IT network modernization effort to create a more secure, reliable and efficient network and ensures the campus network can better support critical systems, research operations and campus safety.

What will happen?
During the upgrade, network services will be temporarily unavailable. Researchers and lab staff should ensure experiments or monitoring systems are properly paused or secured prior to the outage. IT staff will closely monitor implementation progress and restore services as quickly as possible.

When will it happen?
The network upgrade and outages are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22. More detailed communication with confirmed timing and specific instructions will be shared as the date approaches.

Timeline and Impacted Buildings:

• The core network upgrade will intermittently impact all of campus. Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22.
• Following this change, additional changes during the spring semester will impact Toomey Hall, McNutt Hall, the Computer Science Building and Emerson Hall.

For assistance, contact the S&T IT Help Desk
If you have questions or experience any issues after the upgrade, please contact the S&T IT Help Desk at 573-341-4357 or start an online chat. The Help Desk will coordinate directly with the team performing the upgrade to address urgent issues.