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
01.24.2021 23:40 Replacing dept authentication and DNS servers: Jan 23 8 PM to Jan 24 (all day)

Full outage of NFS services for up to one hour, including all department websites. Brief disruptions of VPN, SSH to department-managed systems. Mail forwarding, network access, grades/submit should not be affected. Changes to DNS servers for self-supported machines will be required. See email for more details.

Heavy
01.18.2021 01:46 Minor Website Maintenance

Part of the backing infrastructure for the website is having maintance done, which may result in periods of slowness for the website.

Light
01.15.2021 00:58 Website Maintenance period 01/14 8:00pm - 10:30pm

Due to maintence work being done on some of the backing infrastructure, the CSD website and webapps will be down from 8:00pm until 10:30pm. Please check your e-mail for more information.

Moderate
01.05.2021 02:40 Emergency cPanel Shared Hosting Maintenance - Saturday January 2, 6-8 PM

We will be performing emergency maintenance on our cPanel Shared Hosting platform to add storage. A short outage can be expected while the server reboots.

Moderate
01.01.2021 15:39 Mail delay

During today's network maintenance, an unexpected firmware issue caused all mail received to be delayed. Any mail that was sent between approximately 1 PM and 11 PM should be automatically delivered within the next 24 hours.

Heavy
12.27.2020 23:26 Core Network Maintenance, Dec 27, 1PM - 4PM - minor packet loss possible

Outages were longer than expected due to a bug in the new firmware. Firmware has been rolled back and maintenance will be rescheduled.

Moderate
12.16.2020 10:57 Horvitz cluster maintenance 11/24 - 11/29

Horvitz will be undergoing maintenance from 11/24 to 11/29. For more details please check the e-mail you should have received.

Light
10.09.2020 09:31 Power outage in AVW

AVW is currently experiencing a power outage affecting all data centers in it. Network connections in and to Iribe are currently degraded and situation may worsen depending on how long the outage lasts.

 

Heavy
08.20.2020 07:34 Troubleshooting of Hardware/software issue

One of the three servers that provides the department with authentication and DNS is experiencing intermittent problems. You may notice slowness or timeouts as we work to identify the issue. If you have a persistent problem, please contact the dept. IT staff. We will post a notification when the problem is resolved.

Light
08.07.2020 00:05 NFS server online

The NFS server is back online. NFS mounts may need to be refreshed to remove stale mounts.

Light