Subject: Administrative: Reminder Notification of MPLS Failover This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_N7kEUQaXVNwSY03Y+4SW+A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic: *Notification of MPLS Failover *Date/Time Issued: *November 17, 2015, 3:40pm EDT / 2040Z *Date/Time of Initial Impact: *********December 1, 2015, 8:30am EDT / 1250Z *Date/Time of Expected End:*December 1, 2015, 5:00 pm EDT / 2100Z *Length of Outage: *This exercise will affect normal ESPC data distribution. *Product(s) or Data Impacted: *ALL CIP Products *Details/Specifics of Change: * The ESPC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) site was Activated to meet the Quarterly requirement to verify ESPC/CIP capabilities and functionality and preparation for the Failover on December 1, 2015. During this CIP Activation, RSYNC processing, critical data availability and application processing will be validated for all CIP Applications. MOD CIP UEF updates and Monitoring will occur during this activation period. CIP Failover Testing will be performed on December 1, and/or 2, 2015. Schedule: MPLS will begin on **December 1 or 2, 2015,8:31 am EDT / 1300Z Priority 1 Products will meet their optimum capability 24 hours after activation. Priority 2 Products will meet their optimum capability 48 hours after activation. CIP Failover Testing will occur on December 1 or December 2, 2015 at 8:31 am EDT / 1231Z The ESPC/CIP, in Wallops Island, will remain activated until December (day - TBA), 2015, 1500Z / 11:00 am EDT,at which time the CIP will be deactivated. *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880* **Web Site(s) for applicable information:*http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/cip.html Detailed information on ESPC/CIP products can be found at the following location: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/cip.html --Boundary_(ID_N7kEUQaXVNwSY03Y+4SW+A) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic:  Notification of MPLS Failover

Date/Time Issued: November 17, 2015,  3:40pm EDT / 2040Z

Date/Time of Initial Impact:     December 1, 2015, 8:30am EDT / 1250Z

Date/Time of Expected End:  December 1, 2015, 5:00 pm EDT / 2100Z

Length of Outage:  This exercise will  affect normal ESPC data distribution.

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  ALL CIP Products

Details/Specifics of Change:

The ESPC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) site was Activated to meet the Quarterly requirement to verify ESPC/CIP capabilities and functionality and preparation for the Failover on December 1, 2015.  During this CIP Activation, RSYNC processing, critical data availability and application processing will be validated for all CIP Applications. MOD CIP UEF updates and Monitoring will occur during this activation period. CIP Failover Testing will be performed on December 1, and/or 2, 2015.

Schedule:
MPLS will begin on
December 1 or 2, 2015, 8:31 am EDT / 1300Z
Priority 1 Products will meet their optimum capability 24 hours after activation.
Priority 2 Products will meet their optimum capability 48 hours after activation.

CIP Failover Testing will occur on December 1 or
December 2, 2015 at 8:31 am EDT / 1231Z
The ESPC/CIP, in Wallops Island, will remain activated until
December (day - TBA), 2015, 1500Z / 11:00 am EDT, at which time the CIP will be deactivated.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/cip.html

Detailed information on ESPC/CIP products can be found at the following location:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/cip.html

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