Gil Hawk July 21, 2006

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National Finance Center (NFC) Dual Data Center
Jerry LohfinkDirector, National Finance Center
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Dual Data Center Project

• Reduce risk associated with data center being
  located in hurricane strike zone
• Project began in 2002
• Site selection made in 2006
• Cutover to Denver site to occur in August 2007
• Backup site still being selected cutover
  targeted for end of 2007

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Status to Date

• Primary Computing Facility (PCF) Denver
• NFC personnel on site
• Completed all facility modifications
• Equipment installation complete
• Completed Integrated System Test
• Final system software installation and
  configuration underway
• CA complete
• Acceptance test strategy finalized

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Test Acceptance Plan

• Phase I Component testing (NFC IT staff)
• Complete
• Phase II Integration testing (NFC IT staff)
• Complete
• Phase III Internal testing
• July 16 23
• Phase IV Customer Acceptance Testing
• August 4 and August 18

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Customer Connectivity

• All customer technical representatives have been
  contacted
• Most customers connect through virtual private
  network (VPN)
• Worksheets and contact info sent to all technical
  reps
• Small number of customers have dedicated circuit
• NFC working directly with each technical rep
• Some workstations might need to be changed (hard
  coded IP addresses)

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Customer Connectivity

• August 4-5 and 18-19 testing means specific
  address re-routing needed for those dates, noon
  to noon
• Full address re-routing needed for August 19
  p.m., if the decision is GO
• Dont cross the streams! Dr. Egon Spengler
  (Harold Ramis), Ghostbusters 1984
• Who do you call?
• C.W. Huff or Ruth Smythe at 504-426-2651/2606
• Testing is critical! Testing is critical!
  Testing is critical!