TO ALL NOAAPORT USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT TEST OF THE AWIPS NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/ BACKUP SERVERS
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY 31 MAY AT 1515 UTC
SERVER OPERATION WILL BE SWITCHED FROM THE PRIMARY
AWIPS NCF /ANCF/ AT SILVER SPRING MD TO THE BACKUP
NCF /BNCF/ AT FAIRMONT WV. THE TEST IS SCHEDULED
FOR WEDNESDAY 31 MAY AT 1515 UTC. OPERATIONS WILL BE
SWITCHED BACK TO THE PRIMARY NCF ON MONDAY 5 JUNE
AT 1515 UTC. THE TEST WILL NOT BE DONE ON A CRITICAL
WEATHER DAY 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 1515
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.
.
REPOINTING OF OPERATIONS BACK TO THE ANCF 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 TECH CONTROL
AT 301-713-0902.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE UNDER DM 05-06.13. 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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