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
05.26.2017 13:56 Fri. 5/12, 4am - 8am: AVW Wings 3 & 4 Power Outage

AV Williams Bldg. Wings 3 & 4, i.e., room number like x3xx, x4xx will be impacted by a power outage.Please consider gracefully shutting down your equipment prior to the outage. If your office is managed by CS IT staff and you have a machine that we should power on following the campus
outage, please email us.

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02.13.2017 13:23 Issues with CS NAT for private IPs should be resolved.

Specific IP address with routing issues removed from address translation pool.

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02.13.2017 13:20 Outage of Phones and Wifi

Problem appears to be campus wide. No further information at this time.

Moderate
01.24.2017 01:06 Mon. 1/23, 11:00pm-Midnight: Network Maintenance

Brief disruptions of network communication may occur within the maintenance timeframe. You may notice up to three 30 second outages if the testing goes smoothly and a 10 minute outage if difficulties are encountered.

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01.23.2017 17:00 Wed. 1/18, 6:00pm-7:00pm: Network Maintenance

Network maintenance originally planned for Mon. 1/16 has been postponed until Wed. 1/18 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm. Brief disruptions of network communication between the department and campus/outside world may occur within the maintenance timeframe.

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01.09.2017 19:21 Mon. 1/9, 7-7:15p:Authentication outage

From 7:00 - 7:15pm tonight we are performing maintenance on our LDAP servers. There will be brief disruptions if trying to authenticate to CS systems during this time. Some DNS service disruption is possible but is not expected.

01.09.2017 15:59 Tue. Dec. 27: Div of IT outage of some campus systems

Campus has announced their Disaster Recovery Testing from 7am on Tue. Dec. 27 through 7a on Wed. Dec. 28. This should not impact the CS Dept. network but may impact some campus systems you are trying to access. For more info., check the DivIT page: https://umd.service-now.com/cf/inc_alert.do?sysparm_document_key=inciden...

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01.09.2017 15:59 Wed. Dec. 28, 8a -5p: DivIT Network maintenance

Campus network maintenance "will briefly interrupt network connectivity for a number of buildings across campus." The list includes AVW & CSIC. While the work is being performed, network connectivity at the building will typically be unavailable for 5-10 minutes. However, some areas will lose connectivity for up to 40 minutes. The full campus announcement can be found here: https://umd.service-now.com/cf/inc_alert.do?sysparm_document_key=inciden...

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12.22.2016 17:13 Thurs. 11/24 9pm-midnight: Network Maintenance

Tonight from 9:00pm - 11:59pm network maintenance may cause several periods of packet loss lasting up to 40 seconds.

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11.23.2016 18:04 Tue. 11/15 5am-6am: outage of "junkfood" home directory

From 5:00am-6:00am IT staff will perform "emergency " maintenance that will require a 30 min. outage of Linux "junkfood" home space during this timeframe.

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