e-FOR3T Scott Baily CSU

Outline General information Organizational Structure Connectivity Options Status of Higher Ed MOU Suggestions for Getting Started Ryan Rose will discuss UNC’s experience Questions and comments

What is e-FOR3T? Enterprise Level Disaster Recovery Site enterprise Facility for Operational Recovery Readiness Response & Transition services Opened for State Agency Use June, 2006 Located in SE Denver 6500 ft2 raised floor; 5600 ft2 office space

e-FOR3T Occupancy 11 Agencies/Institutions complete Includes Metro State, UNC, and CU System 8 Additional Entities in Progress Includes CSU and CU Health Sciences At 42% Space Capacity (110 Cabinets installed)

Tier III Data Center Designed for at least 99.98% availability Two independent power sources at each cabinet Parallel, redundant AC systems All power on UPS, 1 MW diesel generator Card Key Access Dual-Interlock Pre-Action Dry Pipe Sprinkler System

What e-FOR3T Provides Independent power feeds – up to 120 Watts/ft2 Locking cabinet(s) Redundant GigE circuits to MNT switch Shared office space Limited “remote hands” services Possibly a 10/100/1000 Switch All at no charge

What Site Provides Firewall (mandatory) Servers, SANs, etc. Must be new, or certified to be clean and free from contaminants (zinc whiskers, etc.) Configuration, management, etc. of Equip. Single Point of Contact Specifies additional authorized personnel

Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!

Access Each site issued a few (non-transferable) access cards Additional cards available for a fee SPOC or alternate SPOC may phone ahead of time to clear access for others Not everyone needs an access card

Office Space

Raised Floor Space

Typical Rack Lineup

Organizational Structure Funded out of the Secretary of State’s Office $3.5M one-time, $1.7-1.9M recurring Facility is owned and operated by ViaWest State Oversight via Governing Board Executive Steering Committee Program Resources / User Group Primary Agency

Executive Steering Committee Secretary of State CIO (Trevor Timmons) State CIO (Michael Locatis) CIO Forum Delegate Two Advisory Members Provides strategic direction, application review and approval, etc. Meets Quarterly

User Group Meets bi-monthly E-FOR3T staff responsible for agenda and speakers Industry best practices and recommendations typical topics Open to current and potential members Includes homemade cheesecake!

Primary Agency Secretary of State (Mike Coffman) Secretary of State CIO (Trevor Timmons) E-FOR3T Staff Budget preparation, submission and execution Primary operational guidance and direction Conduit between State Agencies and ViaWest

Connectivity Options Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 MNT vs. Leased Circuuits Layer 2 or 3 via dedicated fiber Requires build Possible future option

Connectivity Discussion FRGP already handles layer 2/3 for interested Higher Ed institutions Let FRGP manage e-FOR3T connections Layer 3 much less complex to provision Saves equipment costs The simple, cost effective way to get started is to just route e-FOR3T traffic over existing infrastructure

Higher Ed MOU Amended and Restated (replaces original) Gratitude and Praise to Burns, Timmons, Champion, Armbruster, and support staff Between The Institution, DHE, DoS e-FOR3T, Vendor, Agency responsibilities Defines SW & HW standards Defines services provided & by whom Defines documents comprising entire doc.

Higher Ed MOU (cont’d) Specifies one Higher Ed representative on Governance Committee (Jason Armbruster, CU System) Terms and Conditions Problem Escalation Signature Blocks

How to Get Started Execute the new MOU Return MOU to e-FOR3T Manager Work with ViaWest to complete Order Package and Colocation Agreement Complete Network Install Form Number of public/private addresses needed Layer 2 or ATM requirements