Client  Management Advisory Notices
To Back Office and Systems Managers
From Client Management Operations
Subject IMPORTANT UPDATE: Preliminary CME Remote Data Center (RDC) Testing On Saturday, September 18, 2004 - New Contact Information (630) 693-2459, And No Telnet 3270/Portal Testing
Notice Date 2004-09-09
Notice Number CMO0066
Effective Date  

This is an important update concerning the upcoming September 18th testing at CME’s RDC site. Please note that we have issued a new phone number for testing 630-693-2459. This number will only be used during the test. Also, please note that in contrary to what had been previously published,this test will not include Telnet 3270 or Portal testing. The purpose of the test is only to ensure MQ and FTP connectivity.

In preparation for the FIA/industry-wide schedules for Saturday, October 9, 2004, CME has scheduled a preliminary test for member firms on Saturday, September 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CDT, to ensure thatthey are able to connect from their DR sites to CME’s RDC.

The view the attached, important notice, which addresses the following information related to testing:

· Two components of testing

· Network IP address information

· Testing Contacts

Thank you.