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NPAC Application Server Migration

This document outlines the proposed schedule for the NPAC migration process, detailing key milestones such as regression testing, deployment of regions, and maintenance windows. It also includes FAQs addressing service provider inquiries about IP address submissions, testing environments, and coordination during maintenance. Important dates include regression testing from April 11 to May 6, 2005, and the deployment of various regions from May 22 to July 17, 2005. This information is essential for service providers to understand their roles and responsibilities during migration.

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NPAC Application Server Migration

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  1. NPAC Application Server Migration 2/17/05 Confidential and proprietary

  2. Proposed Schedule • Regression Testing from 4/11/05 to 5/6/05. • Group and Fail Over Testing from 5/9/05 to 5/20/05. • First Region Deployed on Sunday 5/22/05 • First Region Burned in for 4 Weeks. • Regions 2, 3, 4 and 5 Deployed on Sunday 6/19/05. • CA Deployed on Sunday 7/10/05. • Regions 6, 7 and SOW 34 Deployed on Sunday 7/17/05. • May Require Extended Maintenance Windows. Confidential and proprietary

  3. FAQs - 1 Q - When do SPs need to submit their IP addresses to NeuStar? A - Unless an SP is also simultaneously changing their IP address there is no need to submit this information. Q - When will SPs receive IP addresses from NeuStar? A – For production systems, 8 weeks prior to going into production. March 25th per current schedule. For Regression Test bed next Thursday 2/24/2005 Q – Are new IP addresses required for Regression Testing? A – Yes. Will be provided 2/24/05. Q – Will SPs be able to test the new IP addresses before conversion? Y – All production systems will be available on 4/25 to allow “pinging” through the firewall. The Regression Test bed will also be available for “ping” testing on 3/28/05 Confidential and proprietary

  4. FAQs - 2 Q – What is the environment for Regression Testing? A – NeuStar will provide a new Test environment specifically for this purpose. This Test bed will be used for Regression, Group and fail over testing. This is in addition to the SOW 34 test bed. Q – What steps must the SPs take to participate in Regression testing? A – SPs will be required to submit Profile information by 3/28/05. SPs will also need to schedule their participation in Regression testing via the CCS Testing coordinator starting on 2/24/05. Finally, key exchange will take place when an SP is ready to start testing. Q – Do SPs need to stop SMG NPAC Gateway during the maintenance window A – To be specified Confidential and proprietary

  5. FAQs - 3 Q – How will the IP change be coordinated between SPs and the NPAC? A – An e-mail will be sent out on March 1st defining the process. This will be followed up with a conf call on March 10th. Finally, the steps that need to be followed during the actual maintenance window will be defined by March 22nd. Q – Is an extended maintenance window going to be required? A – At this time it is not expected that an extended window will be required. Q – Will SPID migration be allowed during these maintenance windows? A – For those regions undergoing the transition, SPID migration will not be allowed. For other regions, it will be a usual maintenance window, and SPID migration will be allowed. Confidential and proprietary

  6. FAQs - 4 Q – Will there be conference calls to discuss the migration? A – The Industry Testing calls will resume on a weekly basis starting in March Q – How can SPs get more information about the scope of the Regression testing? A – SPs can review the contents of the Regression Test Suite located at the NPAC web site. SPs can also ask questions during the weekly Industry Testing conf calls. Q – Will there be another fail over test this year to test the new hardware? A – Yes. Probably in late fall – like last year. Confidential and proprietary

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