CS Network Status

This page lists both active and recently closed CS network alerts. If you would like more information about an alert, or if you have an issue you would like to report, send email to helpdesk [-at-] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu or call extension 52720.

Current Active Alerts

There are no current active alerts. Network operations are normal.

Have an issue that you need to report? Send email to helpdesk [-at-] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu.

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Past Alerts

Updated Issue Summary Impact
03.20.2024 14:09 Spring Break: CSD System Maintenance (multiple days)

Daily maintenance scheduled 3/16 - 3/19. Dates 3/17 - 3/19 will impact commonly used services. Dates 3/16 & 3/18 most will see no disruption with minimal disruption for specific users. Please refer to email w/ Subject includes "Maintenance" sent on 3/15.

Moderate
03.11.2024 16:40 Mar. 11 1:40PM - 2:30PM Emergency Maintainence

Department websites and directories were unavailable due to storage server issues.

Heavy
01.05.2024 09:11 Dec 25-31 - Minor Network Changes

We will be making some changes to address an issue found during our failover testing on Sunday. We don't expect users to notice any issues. We will announce further failover testing to confirm the issue has been resolved.

Light
12.24.2023 15:48 Dec 24, 2PM-8PM - Network Failover Testing, no singificant impact expected Moderate
12.18.2023 18:56 Dec 17 9PM-12AM: Router Firmware Upgrades - Minimal Traffic Disruption Moderate
12.05.2023 08:40 Emergency Maintenance Window for NFS servers 9 -12 pm

Our team is performing necessary updates and configurations that will increase our NFS servers' performance and reliability of the service. However, there will be a brief downtime for CSD websites, CS VPN and DHCP.

Heavy
11.28.2023 11:55 Emergency Maintenance Windows for the NFS servers.

NFS servers would be running in degraded mode. Our department is working actively on resolving the issues that are affecting our services. 

Heavy
11.22.2023 08:41 Database Maintenance

We are performing routine database maintenance on our Databases servers. The maintenance window would affect Website access, DHCP and new VPN connections, and Wikis.

Moderate
11.20.2023 14:17 Our legacy webmail has been disabled temporarily.

This only impacts a handful of group accounts. We hope to have access restored soon. If this affects you, please contact the helpdesk.

Light
11.20.2023 14:17 Server Security Updates 7PM-730PM

Web, NFS server updates. User impact is in minutes 

Light