VOLUME 25 – BULLETIN # 044

TO:	ALL CLEARING PARTICIPANTS
FROM:	CLIENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT
DATE:	September 7, 2005
SUBJECT:	FIA Industry-Wide Disaster Recovery Test

In our continuing effort to provide seamless trade processing capability to our clearing participants in the event of a disaster, The Clearing Corporation (CCorp) is pleased to announce its participation in the FIA Industry-Wide Disaster Recovery test scheduled for Saturday, October 15, 2005.

As part of the industry-wide test, CCorp will provide the following clearing services from its disaster recovery site, beginning at 8:00AM Chicago time and continuing through 3:00PM, to help firms test their preparedness in the event that CCorp needs to relocate to its DR site.

Preliminary Testing

In order to ensure a smooth disaster recovery test on Saturday, October 15, 2005, CCorp will host a preliminary DR test using CCorp’s production network on Saturday, October 1, 2005 from 9:00 AM until noon. This will allow firms to use their DR network to connect to CCorp, which will allow both CCorp and firms to verify connectivity as well as IP addressing. As a reminder please make sure that you are testing from the same location as you will for the industry wide DR test on October 15, 2005. To participate in this test, please fill out the attached Clearing Corporation / FIA Industry-Wide Disaster Recovery Test Request form, which must be received by Thursday, September 29, 2005. Furthermore, firms are encouraged to contact CSS at (312) 786-5718, prior to and at the completion of the test which will allow appropriate CCorp staff to monitor and assist in the preliminary test if necessary.

ETS Trade Confirmations

Participants will have the ability to test receiving ETS trade confirmations from CCorp’s Disaster Recovery (DR) site via MQM or through use of the file transfer via the Internet process. To replicate trading through Eurex US, CCorp will send four scripted transactions to each firm which has requested to receive Eurex US ETS confirmations messages.

CCorp Applications

Please note: CCorp will be operating from its DR location; therefore all data entered into the DR clearing system will be deleted. Firms that receive data from this test to their production system should take precautions not to process disaster recovery transactions with production data.

Firms who would like to view and make changes to trade data in the ACT and / or Trade Management systems during DR testing needs to notify the Clearing Corporation by completing the attached test request form and checking off yes to question number 8. The Clearing Corporation will load trade data in to the DR environment for firms to view and make changes.

The following applications will be available through CCorp’s DR site for participants to access:

• The ACT® System

• Position Management

• Trade Management

• GAINS

• WRD

It is important to note that the CCorp logo, which appears on upper left-hand side of the CCorp home page at www.clearingcorp.com, will be highlighted in red. This will allow firms to verify that they are accessing CCorp’s web applications through CCorp’s DR site.

Retrieve or Submit Data Files FTP

Firms can test performing an FTP ‘Get’ and/or ‘Put’ in order to retrieve and/or submit data files. CCorp will make production data files from Friday, October 14, 2005 available to firms for retrieval through the CCorp DR site. Firms should be aware that an FTP ‘Put’ file submitted during the scheduled Disaster Recovery Test that was originally intended for production will not be processed nor included as part of Monday, October 17, 2005 business activity.

Printing

Firms can use the following options to test the printing of clearing reports through CCorp’s DR site:

• Web Report Distribution (WRD)

To Participate in the DR Test with CCorp

Review and complete the attached CCorp Disaster Recovery Test form. Once completed, please return the form by email to css@clearingcorp.com or by fax to (312) 986-3444. To participate in the preliminary DR test, the request form must be received by Wednesday, September 28 to participate in the Industry Wide Test, the request form must be received by Wednesday, October 12, 2005.

Should you have any questions, please call or e-mail one of the following Client Services and Support Representatives:

Clearing Corporation / FIA Industry-Wide Disaster Recovery Test Request Form

To help prepare for a smooth disaster recovery test, please answer the following questions and provide appropriate contacts. After completion, please return the form by e-mail to css@clearingcorp.com or by fax to (312) 986-3444. To participate in the preliminary DR test, the test request form must be received by Thursday, September 29, 2005.

Will your firm be participating in the Preliminary Clearing Corporation Disaster Recovery Test scheduled for Saturday, October 1, 2005? Additionally, firms are encouraged to contact CSS at (312) 786-5718, prior to and at the completion which will allow appropriate CCorp staff to monitor and assist in the preliminary test if necessary.