IT - INET Nordic Test Update and clarifications (103/09)

This IT notice contains important updates and clarifications related to INET
Nordic testing, including information on: 
• MWAT Nov 7th and 14th
• INET Pre Production and test availability 
• Changes to the Copenhagen trading schedule
• New Nordic Workstation release

MWAT Nov 7th and 14th
Note that the MWAT on Saturday November 7th is mandatory for all members and
Market Data Vendors. 

NASDAQ OMX also decided to enable the reserve MWAT on Nov 14th. This MWAT will
be optional for members that have participated in the MWAT Oct 24 and Nov 7th.
Members that did not participate on the Oct 24th have to participate both on
Nov 7th and 14th. Registration form for Nov 14th will be published early next
week. 

For the MWAT Nov 7th We have done a few limited changes based on experiences
from the previous MWAT. That includes 
• Pre Open starts at 9.30 CET to allow more time to build order books. All
other times are unchanged. 
• CLICK test system is available for integrated test with INET
• Disturbance tests on all protocols.
• NASDAQ OMX will generate bursts during the performance test. 

INET Pre Production and test availability 
During the coming weeks the test availability in INET Pre production will be
limited based on that launch rehearsals and launch preparations are planned.
See sections below for more details on which markets that are available and
also the type of test supported, for each week. 

The OTF (OMX Member test facility) is open for testing all days and all markets
to be migrated to INET is available for testing. All ISVs and members should
have received their OTF accounts. For questions or changes related to OTF
please contact NordicSubscriberServices@nasdaqomx.com. 

During this week (latest Nov 6th) Nordic subscriber services will distribute
the GCF/TIP and FDS accounts to be used in production.  This includes an
updated test account name and password for GCF/TIP, applicable from Nov 9th. 

Week of Nov 2-6
A Nordic Workstation MWAT for the Baltic market is arranged at Wednesday Nov 4,
13-15 CET. 
This means that the TIP disturbance test planned for Wednesday will be removed. 
Internal GCF/ICS tests have been scheduled for Nov 4-5. These should not affect
the member applications, but we still want to inform about those tests. 

Authorization of OUCH Trader IDs will be enabled from Thursday Nov 5th.

Thursday will be the last planned performance test scheduled during evenings.
The performance tests on the MWAT 7th and 14th can also be used to verify that
the load requirements can be handled. 

Week of Nov 9-13 - Launch rehearsals
Launch rehearsal tests are scheduled in pre production. This means that INET
testing is not available all days based on the migration and rollback schedule.
See list below for available markets: 

Monday        Only Baltic and Icelandic markets available.
Tuesday       No trading on INET. Only confidence test for new TIP test accounts
Wednesday   All markets available. Failover tests scheduled.
Thursday      Only Baltic and Icelandic markets available.
Friday          All markets available

Note that starting this week the trading schedule will be identical to
production, meaning that no performance tests are scheduled in the evenings. 

Week of Nov 16-20 - Connectivity and configuration tests
For this week all test accounts and test ports will be removed, meaning that
only production ports and production MPIDs can be used. 

All INET markets are available for trading according to the production trading
schedules. 

We recommend all members to do their connectivity and configuration tests
during this week. 

Friday November 20th a disaster site failover will be arranged, meaning that
all connectivity will be with the secondary site. 

Week of Nov 23-27
INET Nordic pre production is prepared for the launch. Connectivity including
login is allowed, but all markets are in closed state. 

A guideline (INET Nordic Connectivity Migration) has been published with
information about how connectivity is changed when migrating from INET pre
production to production. 

Changes to the Copenhagen trading schedule:
Since Copenhagen have their closing auction earlier than Stockholm and Helsinki
we have decided to change the time when Copenhagen moves into the state Closed.
Copenhagen will move into Closed at CET 17.20. The times for the closing
auction at CET 16.55 and Cross at approx CET 17.00 are unchanged. This change
of schedule will be implemented in Pre-prod by tomorrow. Market model and the
applicable schedules have been updated on the member web. 

New Nordic Workstation release available
The Nordic Workstation has been upgraded today to version 5.06. For more
information about the contents of this release please refer to the notes
published in the INET/Nordic Workstation section of the member extranet or in
www.nordicworkstation.com . The next release (final) is planned for November
16th.