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iLink CGW - Failover from Primary to Backup Components for Mass Quoting Systems

The purpose of this test is to verify that your mass quoting system can recover and continue to function properly during a primary CGW failover.

 

1. To run an iLink CGW - Failover from Primary to Backup Components (Mass Quote) test:

1. From the Contract drop-down, select the desired contract if the contract is not already locked.
2. Click the START TEST button.

Note: DO NOT select the START TEST button once the test process is in progress.

Note: Once START TEST is selected, existing orders for the selected contract are cancelled or expired.

3. Submit the following messages and receive the corresponding response messages on the primary CGW connection IP:

• Logon (35=A)

• Logon (35=A) confirmation

• Test Request (35=1)

• Heartbeat (35=0)
• Two-sided Mass Quote (35=i) message for at least 2 quotes from the same instrument group, each having a quantity greater than 5

• Quote Acknowledgment (35=b)

4. Restablish a connection to the newly promoted primary CGW connection after failover.

Submit the following messages to the backup connection IP and receive the corresponding response messages:

• Logon (35=A)

• Logon (35=A) confirmation

• Resend Request (35=2) on the newly promoted primary CGW connection
• Any resent messages.

5. Click Yes or No to indicate whether or not your system successfully received and processed the Execution Report(s) from the resend request.

6. Submit a two-sided Mass Quote (35=i) message for at least 2 quotes from the same instrument group, each having a quantity greater than 5.
7. Click Yes or No to indicate whether or not your system properly received and processed the Quote Acknowledgment (35=b) message.

8. Submit a Heartbeat (35=0) message.

Receive and process a Heartbeat (35=0) message in response.

9. Submit a Logout (35=A) message.

Receive and process a Logout (35=A) confirmation message in response. The selected session will revert to the previous primary gateway.