Chadv11-158 - CME Group

CME Group Portal Site Maintenance May 6-7, 2011
- - To
  - Clearing Firm Portal Users
- - From
  - CME Clearing
- - #
  - 11-158
- - Notice Date
  - 02 May 2011
- - Effective Date
  - 06 May 2011
- In our ongoing effort to enhance user access to the CME Group portal site: http://connect.cmegroup.com, we will be performing scheduled maintenance this Friday, May 6, 2011 beginning at 10:00 pm CST.
  
  As a result, all back office clearing staff that utilize the portal, must complete their processing before 10:00 pm CST. This includes the following on-line applications:
  - FEC and FEC Plus
  - Clearing 21 Applications
  - Clearing 21 Release II
  - Exchange Fee System
  - Document Direct
  - EREP
  - Positions
  - Member Reporting System
  - BPS and GPS
  - Firm Contact System
  - Deliveries Plus
  - CBOT Large Trader
  The portal will be back in service on Saturday, May 7^that 9:00 am CST. Firms are invited to test the Portal between 9:00 am and 10:00 am Chicago time, by logging into:
  - http://connect.cmegroup.com.
  - Access Front End Clearing and Positions at the same time.
  - Select trade date Monday, May 9, 2011.
  - Enter transactions and adjustments per normal (please note any data entered on Saturday will be purged from clearing).
  - For those who are on the NYMEX trading floor, brokers and clerks are encouraged to access the applications from their own PCs or laptops.
  - Please report any issues to CME Clearing Services at (312) 207-2525.
  If you have any questions about this planned maintenance, please contact CCS at (312) 207-2525 or via email to ccs@cmegroup.com
  
  For the full text of this advisory, please click here.

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