Quantico Area Control Center Hazcon Condition
This MARADMIN notifies the Marine Corps of a planned HAZCON condition at the Quantico Defense Message System (DMS) Area Control Center on 1 March 2007 from 1800-0400 EST for approximately 8 hours. During this maintenance window, FORTEZZA card role testing will cause delays in DMS message traffic profiling and release, though no message loss is expected.
Issued: February 27, 2007
PURPOSE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM THE USMC OF THE HAZCON CONDITION WHICH WILL OCCUR AT QUANTICO DMS AREA CONTROL CENTER (ACC) STARTING AT 1800 EST 1 MARCH 2007 FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS. BACKGROUND. PER REF A. THE DMSCOC IS CONDUCTING VARIOUS CHECKS AND SYSTEM CHECKS AT QUANTICO ACC. AS PART OF THE CHECK WITHIN THE ACC, EACH ROLE ON ALL FORTEZZA CARDS WILL BE TESTED. DURING THIS FORTEZZA ROLE CHECK, PROFILING OF MESSAGE TRAFFIC TO PUBLIC FOLDERS AND THE RELEASING OF DMS MESSAGE TRAFFIC WILL EXPERIENCE A DELAY IN SERVICE UNTIL THE FORTEZZA ROLES ARE BROUGHT BACK ON LINE ACCORDINGLY. ALL DMS MESSAGES TRAFFIC WILL REMAIN IN MAIL QUEUES UNTIL THIS EFFORT IS COMPLETE AND NO LOSS OF TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED IMPACT. DURING THIS WINDOW OF TIME AND ACCORDING TO THE FORTEZZA ROLE THAT IS TESTED, USMC ORGANIZATIONS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EITHER SEE DMS MESSAGE TRAFFIC IN PUBLIC FOLDERS OR USMC ORGANIZATIONS RELEASED DMS MESSAGES VIA WEB PROXY WILL REMAIN QUEUED. "MANUAL PROXY" CAN BE USED FOR HIGH PRECEDENCE MESSAGE TRAFFIC. ACTION. DMSCOC WILL PERFORM THE FORTEZZA EVALUATION STARTING 1 MARCH 2007 AT 1800 EST UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 0400 EST.