1. National Finance Center (NFC) Dual Data Center Jerry Lohfink Director, National Finance Center

2. Reduce risk associated with data center being located in hurricane strike zone Project began in 2002 Site selection made in 2006 Cutover to Denver site to occur in August 2007 Backup site still being selected – cutover targeted for end of 2007 Dual Data Center Project

3. Primary Computing Facility (PCF) Denver –NFC personnel on site –Completed all facility modifications –Equipment installation complete –Completed Integrated System Test –Final system software installation and configuration underway –C&A complete –Acceptance test strategy finalized Status to Date

4. Phase I: Component testing (NFC IT staff) –Complete Phase II: Integration testing (NFC IT staff) –Complete Phase III: Internal testing –July 16 – 23 Phase IV: Customer Acceptance Testing –August 4 and August 18 Test & Acceptance Plan

5. All customer technical representatives have been contacted Most customers connect through virtual private network (VPN) –Worksheets and contact info sent to all technical reps Small number of customers have dedicated circuit –NFC working directly with each technical rep Some workstations might need to be changed (hard coded IP addresses) Customer Connectivity

6. August 4-5 and 18-19 testing means specific address re-routing needed for those dates, noon to noon Full address re-routing needed for August 19 p.m., if the decision is “GO” “Don’t cross the streams!” – Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), Ghostbusters 1984 Who do you call? –C.W. Huff or Ruth Smythe at 504-426-2651/2606 Testing is critical! Testing is critical! Testing is critical! Customer Connectivity