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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=442150709-25012010>Dear PLX Users,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>on wednesday 27th
January 2010, PLX will be shut-down due to maintenance operation to update the
firmaware of the internal network switch. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>The operation is
necessary to solve the HW problem that's currently keeping some nodes out of
production and is firmly requested by the HW support.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>The operation will
start on 27th January 9:30. The jobs running at that time will be
killed. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>PLX will be
available again for production on thursday
28th January 10:30. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>Login and RVN nodes
will be available, but will not reach the file
systems.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>For further
informations please wite to <A
href="mailto:superc@cineca.it">superc@cineca.it</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>I apologize for the
short dealy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=442150709-25012010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=442150709-25012010>Best
regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=442150709-25012010><FONT face=Arial size=2>the CINECA HPC
support</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>