Alaska Winter Power Outage, UPS & Internet Failover Checklist
Prepare your office servers, firewalls, and POS systems for Mat-Su windstorms, Anchorage freeze-thaw surges, and Fairbanks winter outages.
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Field-Tested Alaska IT Checklist
High winds in the Mat-Su Valley, heavy snow loads in Anchorage and Girdwood, and sub-zero grid events in Fairbanks routinely test office hardware. Use this checklist before winter hits.
1. UPS Battery Backup & Surge Conditioning
Test UPS battery health and age
Lead-acid UPS batteries degrade after 3–4 years; replace batteries before winter brownouts corrupt server drives.
Configure automated graceful server shutdown
Connect your NAS or Windows Server to the UPS via USB/SNMP so it shuts down cleanly before battery exhaustion.
Put ISP modems and core PoE switches on battery backup
Keep your GCI/MTA/Starlink modem, firewall, and PoE Wi-Fi/phone switch running during short 15–45 minute power blips.
2. Dual-WAN Internet Failover
Verify secondary WAN failover triggers automatically
Unplug WAN 1 during a maintenance window to confirm traffic shifts to Starlink or LTE backup within 10 seconds.
Inspect outdoor Starlink & PtP cabling before freeze-up
Secure exposed mast mounts, drip loops, and snow-melt heater settings before roof access freezes.
3. Remote Work & Emergency Communication Continuity
Verify cloud VoIP mobile app failover
Ensure main office numbers automatically ring staff mobile apps if the physical office loses power.
Confirm off-site cloud backup completion
Verify nightly offsite replication so staff can access critical files from home if roads are closed.
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