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College Servers and Names
The college administers many servers in order to provide the IT services that students, faculty, and staff depend on.
The purpose of this page is to serve as a reference of our servers and their names. The goal is to improve communication by helping us refer to our servers consistently, succinctly, and clearly.
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Server Name and Description The College of Education... |
Commonly referred to as... | Hostname(s) | Name(s) being phased out* |
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The File Server provides faculty and staff with online disk space for individual or group use. |
The File Server files.ed |
files.education.illinois.edu* files.ed.uiuc.edu* *Note: To connect to these servers from Mac OS X, be sure to include "smb://" (sans quotes) at the beginning of the server address, as: For more information: |
ED-NTS nts.ed.uiuc.edu |
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In addition to serving the College's web site, the Web Server provides individuals and groups a place to serve web pages. |
The Web Server www.ed |
education.illinois.edu www.education.illinois.edu |
ED-PR ED-W3 was retired on 5/21/2006 as part of a migration to new hardware. |
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learn.ed is a server providing the open source "moodle" Course Management System (CMS) for online and blended learning at the College of Education. |
learn.ed
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learn.education.illinois.edu
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The Moodle Server moodle.ed moodle.ed.uiuc.edu moodles.ed.uiuc.edu |
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gather.ed is also a moodle server, but focused on collaborative groups and online communities with a shared online space for collaboration. |
gather.ed | gather.education.illinois.edu | |
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This file server provides easy access to an archive of software in the public domain such as no-cost tools, freeware, shareware, and various updates. |
public.ed |
public.ed.uiuc.edu | ED-PUBLIC |
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The Print Server is used to serve College printers to staff computers. |
The Print Server printers.ed |
printers.ed.uiuc.edu |
ED-NTS nts.ed.uiuc.edu |
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The Streaming Server provides groups with the ability to stream video and audio. |
The Streaming Server streaming.ed |
streaming.education.illinois.edu qtss.education.illinois.edu |
ED-QTSS |
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This server provides individuals and groups working with digital media with a short-term , large-capacity storage solution. |
The Digital Media Server digital.ed |
digital.ed.uiuc.edu | ED-DIGITAL |
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Among other email-related services, this server makes it possible us to offer College groups short, easy-to-remember email addresses for Customer Service or Public Relations purposes such as admissions@ed.uiuc.edu. |
The Mail Server mail.ed The @education.illinois.edu Mail Server |
mail.education.illinois.edu mail.ed.uiuc.edu Mail domain: ed.uiuc.edu |
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The SQL Server (Microsoft SQL Server) is a database server IT administers to help the College more effectively manage internal and external data. |
The SQL Server sql.ed |
sql.ed.uiuc.edu |
ED-MSSQL mssql.ed.uiuc.edu |
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The FileMaker Pro Server is a legacy database server serving database solutions for several units. |
The FileMaker Pro Server fmp.ed |
fmp.ed.uiuc.edu |
* A "deprecated" name is one that we are trying to drop from use to improve clarity, to enhance service flexibility, and/or to respond to an imminent termination of a legacy technology. In some cases, deprecated names are still active and will be until all dependencies are removed.