1. e-FOR3T
Scott Baily
CSU

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!

9. 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

10. Office Space

11. Raised Floor Space

12. Typical Rack Lineup

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

14. 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

15. 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!

16. 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

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

20. 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

21. 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.

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

23. 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