BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY OPERATIONAL TEST

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• Subject: BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY OPERATIONAL TEST
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:08:17 -0600

NOXX10KWBC 301252
DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-02.10

 ATTN       USERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

 FROM       THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY OR RTH
            WASHINGTON

 SUBJECT   BACKUP NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY  OPERATIONAL TEST

 THERE WILL BE AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE AWIPS NETWORK
 CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ BACKUP CAPABILITY.   OPERATIONS WILL
 BE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIMARY AWIPS NCF /ANCF/ AT SILVER
 SPRING... MD TO THE BACKUP NCF /BNCF/ AT FAIRMONT... WV.  TWO
 TESTS ON SUCCESSIVE EVENINGS ARE PLANNED WITH A POSSIBLE
 THIRD IF NEEDED.  THE FIRST TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY...
 04 SEPTEMBER 2215 UTC TO THURSDAY... SEPTEMBER 0615 UTC.  THE
 SECOND TEST IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY... 05 SEPTEMBER 2215 UTC
 TO FRIDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 0615 UTC. IF NEEDED A THIRD TEST WILL
 BE DONE ON FRIDAY EVENING... 06 SEPTEMBER FOR THE SAME TIME
 PERIOD.   TESTS WILL NOT BE DONE ON CRITICAL WEATHER DAYS OR
 IF THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ISSUES
 WARRANTING POSTPONEMENT.

 ALL ANCF MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE REPOINTED TO THE BNCF.
 THE SWITCH TO THE BNCF WILL BEGIN AT 2215 UTC AND WILL TAKE
 ABOUT 20 MINUTES.  DATA WILL QUEUE WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN
 PROGRESS AND WILL BE SENT ONCE THE SWITCH IS COMPLETE. THIS
 WILL AFFECT DATA ORIGINATING AT NWS FIELD OFFICES AND
 NATIONAL CENTERS ON THE AWIPS NETWORK INCLUDING RADAR
 DATA.

 ONCE ACTIVATED... THE BNCF WILL HANDLE ALL OPERATIONAL
 FUNCTIONS OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY UNTIL
 OPERATIONS ARE SWITCHED BACK TO THE ANCF AT 0615 UTC.
 PHONE CALLS TO THE NCF /301-713-9344/ WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
 FORWARDED TO THE BNCF.

 DURING THIS TEST PLEASE LIMIT CALLS TO THOSE PROBLEMS
 REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

 DUE TO LIMITED CAPABILITIES OF PHONE SWITCH AT THE BNCF... YOU
 MAY REACH A VOICE MESSAGE ADVISING YOU TO LEAVE A BRIEF
 MESSAGE OR TO CALL AGAIN.  VOICE MESSAGES WILL BE CLOSELY
 MONITORED AND IF PROBLEMS DEVELOP... CALLS WILL BE REROUTED
 TO THE NCF.

 REPOINTING OF OPERATIONS TO THE ACF WILL ALSO TAKE ABOUT 20
 MINUTES DURING WHICH DATA WILL BE QUEUED.  QUEUED DATA
 WILL BE SENT WHEN THE REPOINTING IS COMPLETE.

 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT DATA
 MANAGEMENT AT 301-713-0864 EXT 146 FOR FRED BRANSKI... EXT 120
 FOR JULIE HAYES OR EXT 139 FOR WALTER SMITH.

 THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA
 MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE THE URL IS LISTED
 BELOW

 HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML

 DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
 RTH WASHINGTON SENDS









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