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.

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Past Alerts

Updated Issue Summary Impact
07.02.2015 13:53 Mail & Junkfood home experiencing slowness

Beginning around 11:45am today, the server hosting our mail and Linux home spaces has been having difficulty communicating over the network. We hope to have this resolved shortly.

 		Moderate
07.02.2015 11:54 server for mail & unix home experiencing slowness

Beginning around 4:30pm today, the server hosting our mail and Linux home spaces has been having difficulty communicating over the network. We have experienced similar problems in the afternoons over the last couple of days. We are investigating the cause of the problem.

 		Moderate
06.24.2015 16:50 CS Network Maint. 8p-10p Tues. 6/16. Moderate
02.05.2015 12:49 Possible service disruptions 6:00a - 7:30a Thurs., Dec. 18.

We are performing maintenance on the routers in our datacenter. There may be brief, intermittent loss of network access during this period.

 		Light
12.17.2014 16:15 Service disruptions likely until 8:30am today

We are performing maintenance on the DNS server. Disruptions of services may be experienced.

 		Moderate
12.11.2014 08:07 CS Network Maint. 6a-7:30a Tues. 12/2

The CS Dept. will perform network maintenance tomorrow morning between 6a and 7:30a. There may be brief, intermittent loss of network access during this period.

 		Light
12.01.2014 16:44 Hoping to have mail service restored by 7pm

We have determined the cause of the mail problem. We are working on restoring files and anticipate that service will be returned by 7p. An email with more information will be sent to all users tomorrow (Tues.)

 		Heavy
12.01.2014 16:44 CS mail currently not sending or receiving

The CS mail servers have stopped sending & receiving mail. I believe this is currently impacting all 4 mail servers. We are investigating so we can correct as quickly as possible.

 		Heavy
11.24.2014 15:57 Wkend: 10/11&10/12: Campus electricians working in CS datacenter

I wish to alert you that campus electricians will install the redundant PDU in our datacenter this weekend. As all hardware is now on power from a new PDU, this should not impact our services.

 		None
09.30.2014 14:05 Sun., Aug. 24: Outage of ALL CS systems beginning @ 7a

There should only be a short disruption of core services. Other services may be unavailable for most of the day. For more info., see email sent on Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:38:06 w/ Subj. "Notice of extended outage of CS Services."

 		Severe