Hardware resiliency. The servers that make up the trading system, which amongst other things are responsible for providing Member connectivity, routing orders to the matching engine, and disseminating market data, feature robust resiliency functionality, which includes spare nodes to provide back up for other nodes. These spare nodes can automatically take over from other nodes in the event of an operating anomaly. In case of catastrophic failure Euronext has a secondary data centre to which all trading activity gets failed over.
Hardware resiliency. The Hardware Resiliency section investigates the capabilities of the chosen network infrastructure devices to help Authorized Channel to identify potential feature, performance, and scalability. The capabilities of the devices are evaluated from the voice perspective. Redundant modules and chassis are a major contributor to network resiliency and allow normal or frequent maintenance on network equipment without service affecting outages in addition to minimizing power, hardware or software failure impact. Cisco provides review checks of the following in the network readiness assessment: - device selection; - Hardware redundancy; - Hardware recovery. Power and Environment Review Power and Environment Review evaluates potential risks to IP telephony availability from power and environmental sources. Power and environmental reliability can dramatically impact overall IP telephony availability. This is due to the length of the power outage plus the reboot times for the affected devices. This would be specific to Unified Communications only and provide guidance on how to calculate the power requirement. Cisco provides review checks of the following in the network readiness assessment: - power protection; - environmental conditioning; - physical security. Location of Services Services are delivered remotely to Authorized Channel. Cisco Responsibilities • Provide Authorized Channel the mechanism to collect the device data from the End User’s network through the following: o Software download – Authorized Channel can download the software necessary to collect the configuration data. • Provide Authorized Channel the Preliminary Assessment Questionnaire for Authorized Channel to complete and return to Cisco. • Analyze the requirements information and data provided by Authorized Channel. • Create and provide the report output, which includes assessment of End User’s network design, network infrastructure services, hardware resiliency, power and environment review. • Conduct a virtual meeting with Authorized Channel to present the report output that summarizes the findings, recommendations for improvement, identification of items for remediation, and suggestions as they relate to Xxxxx’s best practices. Authorized Channel Responsibilities • Ensure End User has agreed to the Software download data collection method. • Complete and return the Preliminary Assessment Questionnaire to enable Cisco to perform the assessment. • Provide Cisco the End User’s requirements for t...
