PSU has confirmed the annual FAB/EB power outage testing dates - the evenings of Monday, September 15th and Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, have been reserved for the work. The testing should begin at 8pm and it usually lasts into the early hours of the morning. Although the night of Tuesday, September 16, has been reserved, it will only be used if they run into any issues on Monday night. During each test, parts of FAB/EB will experience brief power outages. Any powered systems will be affected by the testing unless they are connected to a local UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) for backup power or are located in areas served with building-provided backup power. Systems hosted in the data center are not expected to be affected unless there is an unforeseen emergency. If you work on site, we recommend that you power down your office systems, printers, and other electronics before leaving for that day. If you remotely access systems in office or lab spaces in the building, you may want to remotely shut them down, or have someone do that for you. The CAT will be shutting down all the computer labs before the work begins. We will also be checking on departmental offices. (We usually physically unplug the larger printers.) We will be onsite and monitoring status until the work ends. If you are going to be off site and want us to power down your systems for you (and haven’t asked us yet), please let us know. We will let you know if this schedule changes. If you have any questions, please contact: support@cat.pdx.edu -- Janaka Jayawardena IT Director - MCECS _______________________________________________ Allofthem mailing list -- allofthem@lists.cecs.pdx.edu To unsubscribe send an email to allofthem-leave@lists.cecs.pdx.edu