“No pressure,” Marco muttered.
He pressed Enter.
The main monitor flashed red. CONTROLLER OFFLINE.
“Starting ArubaOS upgrade to version 8.12.0.5,” he typed into the team chat, even though he was alone in the dark network operations center. On the wall, a bank of monitors showed the hotel’s digital nervous system: green pulses for the lobby, steady blues for the conference center, a flickering amber for the rooftop bar’s captive portal.
He looked at Icarus. The little controller had flown close to the sun after all. But this time, he’d caught the wax before it melted.
The maintenance window was two hours. He’d done this a hundred times.
“No pressure,” Marco muttered.
He pressed Enter.
The main monitor flashed red. CONTROLLER OFFLINE.
“Starting ArubaOS upgrade to version 8.12.0.5,” he typed into the team chat, even though he was alone in the dark network operations center. On the wall, a bank of monitors showed the hotel’s digital nervous system: green pulses for the lobby, steady blues for the conference center, a flickering amber for the rooftop bar’s captive portal.
He looked at Icarus. The little controller had flown close to the sun after all. But this time, he’d caught the wax before it melted.
The maintenance window was two hours. He’d done this a hundred times.