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NOAAPORT going down for maintenance (fwd)

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  • Subject: NOAAPORT going down for maintenance (fwd)
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:03:56 -0600 (MDT)

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:20:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: NOAAPORT going down for maintenance

Just a heads up...

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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NOUS72 KNCF 091829
ADMNCF
PLEASE PASS TO THE MIC/HIC, ESA, AND SOO
AS PART OF THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO PROVIDE GREATER REDUNDANCY FOR THE
SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK (SBN), WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF TESTING A
BACKUP MASTER GROUND STATION (MGS).  THIS EFFORT WILL PROVIDE THE 
AWIPS/NOAAPort COMMUNITY AN ALTERNATE METHOD FOR RECEIPT OF NWS 
TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY, GOES-E, GOES-W, AND NON-GOES PRODUCTS.  
THIS REDUNDANCY WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE TRANSMISSION PATH SHOULD THE
TERRESTRIAL LINKS TO THE PRIMARY MGS FAIL OR ANY COMPONENTS AT THE PRIMARY 
MGS FAIL

IN ORDER TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION OF THE NEW BACKUP MGS, DYNCORP MUST CONDUCT
A SERIES OF TESTS ON THE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEM COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
BACKUP MGS.  THIS ENTAILS TAKING DOWN THE PRIMARY MGS AND MEANS THE SBN WILL BE
UNAVAILABLE DURING THESE TESTING PERIODS.  SPECIFICALLY, TESTING PERIODS AND 
THEIR IMPACTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

JUNE 14, 2000, 0600Z-0630Z, ALL CHANNELS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE
JUNE 15, 2000, 0600Z-0645Z, NWSTG AND GOES-E CHANNELS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE
JUNE 15, 2000, 0645Z-0730Z, GOES-W AND NON-GOES CHANNELS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE

THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO MINIMIZE THE ADVERSE IMPACT ON USERS.  PRIOR TO
TESTING IT WILL BE ENSURED THAT THE SDM HAS NOT DECLARED A CRITICAL WEATHER
DAY.  SHOULD ANY TEST PERIOD FALL WITHIN A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY, THE TESTING
WILL BE CANCELED AND RESCHEDULED.  THE NCF WILL SEND OUT A REMINDER PRIOR TO 
THE START OF TESTING.