Upgrade of Network – Sydnet6 deployment – Friday 31st October to Saturday 1st November 2025

F07 – Carslaw

Dear colleagues,

An upgrade of the Information Communications Technology (ICT) network infrastructure from Sydnet5 to Sydnet6 in the above-mentioned building is scheduled for 6PM Friday 31st October to 10PM Saturday 1st November 2025.

ICT Change Advisory Board (CAB) record: ‘CHG0064235’

Further information on this upgrade is available on the Services Portal.

Impacts of change: temporary weekend network outage:

Wired and wireless (Wi-Fi) network services will be unavailable during this change period, including the following: internet, intranet, VOIP phones, wireless services, printers, building management system, fire system, closed-circuit television, and Central Operations Services (COS) managed services.

Important information:

· 'Network outage’ means that all wired ethernet network and internet services will be unavailable during the timeframe.

· There will be no connectivity for any wired equipment that relies on the network or internet, including computers, printers, and audio-visual equipment.

· Services such as air conditioning, power and water will not be disrupted.

· Work will be undertaken only in the communications rooms within the building (not in office spaces) and will not result in disruptive noise.

Action for you:

· Forward this email to any colleagues who need to be aware of this upcoming building-specific outage.

· Save any work that is reliant on network connections well before the work commences.

· After the outage: people using a 'bring your own device' (BYOD) are strongly encouraged to use the wireless connection on their device, if a wired connection is required you will need to change the settings on the device to use the wired network connection.

Further information is available on the Services Portal. (Wi-Fi connections remain unaffected by this upgrade outage).

Questions about this work can be directed to Adam Greenfield on 0434307466 or at adam.greenfield@sydney.edu.au

Regards,

Project Team

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)