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Oct 13, 2011

Eurex

Eurex Release 14.0: Important Information for Production Start

For the production start of Eurex Release 14.0 on November 7, 2011, Eurex will transmit the Eurex Release 14.0 production software kits for Oracle Solaris on Sparc, Oracle Solaris on x86 and Microsoft Windows by file transfer to the registered report nodes after close of trading on Friday, October 28, 2011.
In preparation for the software transfer, system administrators must make available sufficient storage capacity on the report nodes and ensure that the machines can be reached on Friday, October 28, 2011, after 21:00 CEST.
In addition, from October 28, 2011 onwards, the software will be available for download from the Eurex website under the path:
www.eurexchange.com > Member Section > Releases > Eurex 14.0 > Software Kits > Production Kits
For direct access click on the following link:
https://www.eurexchange.com/members/releases/eurex14/software_changes_en.html
Installation of the new Eurex Release 14.0 software is mandatory.
The mandatory connection test for Eurex Release 14.0 will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2011 between 15:00 and 17:00 CET.
Members are requested to complete and return the production readiness fax reply provided with this circular by October 28, 2011.

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

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