Xetra Circular 106/13 Xetra. The market. www.xetra.com
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1. release61 For Xetra International Market Oracle Solaris 10 Sparc opt gate transferdir release57 Oracle Solaris 10 x86 opt gate transferdir release57 Microsoft Windows lt ftp root directory gt release57 All Members will receive the production kits for Oracle Solaris 10 Sparc Oracle Solaris 10 x86 and Microsoft Windows To ensure smooth distribution of the kits please note the following page 4 of 10 e Before the software transfer takes place it is imperative to delete all files that are no longer required from the transfer directory e At least 200 MB disk space must be available in the transfer directory on each of your production MISSes e To enable the file transfer please make sure that your Xetra production MISSes are reachable via the Xetra network without interruption from Friday evening 18 October 2013 until Tuesday morning 22 October 2013 e Please check that the necessary read and write permissions for files and folders are set correctly Deutsche B rse AG will monitor the successful distribution of the Xetra Release 14 0 front end software kits In case of any transfer problems a new transfer will be initiated for the next day In addition as of 18 October 2013 the software will be available for download from the Xetra website under the following path Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Software gt Xetra 14 0 gt Production Cli2. Stock Exchange production Monday 28 October 2013 production start The trading day with Xetra Release 14 0 will start at 7 30 a m CET Xetra Frankfurt Specialist at 7 00 a m CET as usual Orders entered until 25 October 2013 end of trading but not executed will still be available on 28 October 2013 unless other validity restrictions were set Profiles and settings With the first start of the J Trader GUI after the upgrade from Release 13 0 to Release 14 0 current user profiles and settings will be converted Please make sure to save your user profiles by means of the option save settings before the conversion takes place In order to use the converted profiles at all following logins Members must save the converted profile with the shortcut Ctrl w this corresponds with the function Settings save window configuration This document is available on Xetra website under www xetra com gt Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Documentation gt Xetra 14 0 gt Technical page 8 of 10 A list of items that are relevant prior to the production start of Xetra Release 14 0 will be provided as of 25 October 2013 This Points of Interest list will be available together with the existing and continually updated FAQ list on the Xetra website under the path Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Doc
3. after disruption of the connection of a MISS to the communication server when the MISS has entered into reconnect wait state In such cases the communication server can transmit the reconnect request to the MISS via this port page 7 of 10 If the network port 1 07 on the MISS is not accessible for the reconnection attempt of the communication server the MISS cannot be reconnected to Xetra whereby the MISS downtime may be unnecessarily extended Therefore we would like to remind all Members to guarantee accessibility of this port in the context of firewall and router configurations As described in Member document Network Access to Exchange Applications the network connection between the MISS on the Member s side and the communi cation server CS on the exchange s requires several network ports on the MISSes to be accessible In detail these ports are Port Usage Direction 1 03 listen port on CS bi directional CS lt gt MISS 1 05 listen port on CS bi directional CS lt gt MISS 1 06 listen port on CS bi directional CS lt gt MISS 1 07 listen port on MISS uni directional CS gt MISS The network protocol used is TCP IP The wildcard has to be replaced by the Xetra environment numbers i e with 51 for Xetra production 61 for Xetra Frankfurt Specialist production 57 for Xetra International Market production 68 for Xetra Vienna production and 55 for Xetra Irish
4. any other questions you may have please contact the Member Services amp Admission Team at tel 49 0 69 2 11 1 16 40 Yours faithfully On behalf of the Management Board olger Patt
5. 4 0 gt Functional Click here to directly access the login screen of the Xetra Member Section https member deutsche boerse com irj portal Xetra The market www xetra com oo sr DEUTSCHE BORSE GROUP Management Board Frankfurter Wertpapierb rse Borsenplatz 4 60313 Frankfurt Main Mailing address 60485 Frankfurt Main Phone 49 0 69 2 11 1 16 40 Fax 49 0 69 2 11 1 16 41 Internet www xetra com Management Board Andreas Preuss Chairman Martin Reck Deputy Chairman Cord Gebhardt Michael Krogmann J Urg Spillmann page 2 of 10 With the Checklist for Preparation of the Production we provide you with a summary of the necessary activities for the Xetra Release 14 0 production By means of the Readiness Statement we kindly ask you to provide information about the implementation of Xetra Release 14 0 specific technical and functional amendments as well as your readiness for production 1 Activation of Xetra Release 14 0 features which are not released simul taneously with the introduction of Xetra Release 14 0 on 28 October 2013 New Market Maker Protection functionality for Members holding a Designated Sponsor license for German federal securities For Members holding a Designated Sponsor license for German federal securities a Market Maker Protection functionality will be introduced which can be activated with the new resource access level RAL 110 For all Members this RAL will
6. Resources gt Instruments Customer Technical Support Xetra will be available to answer your questions regarding connectivity testing on 26 October 2013 between 2 00 p m and 6 00 p m CEST under your personal VIP number or e mail cts deutsche boerse com Testing of the automatic reconnect mechanism On Saturday 26 October 2013 after completion of the Xetra Release 14 0 connectivity test Deutsche B rse will simulate disruption of the connection of MISSes to the communication servers CS in order to test the automatic reconnect mechanism The test will be performed between 6 00 p m and 7 00 p m CEST We urge all Members participating in the Xetra Release 14 0 connectivity test to keep their MISS architectures connected to the Xetra network until 7 00 p m CEST Otherwise Deutsche B rse will be unable to carry out the reconnect mechanism test Under no circumstances should the MISS architecture be manually restarted while the reconnect test is in progress Important An automatic reconnect can only be executed successfully by Deutsche B rse if the network ports 15107 Xetra 16107 Xetra Frankfurt Specialist 15707 Xetra International Market 16807 Xetra Vienna and 15507 Xetra Irish Stock Exchange on the production MISS group are accessible Thus it is crucial NOT to block these ports by firewall and or router settings Supplementary Information Network port 1 07 is a listening port on the MISS This port is used
7. Xetra Circular 106 13 Action required To all Xetra Members and Vendors Recipients Traders Technical Contacts Project Coordinators Security Administrators 14 October 2013 Xetra Release 14 0 Production start and Members preparatory activities provision of checklist for preparation of the production and Readiness Statement Dear Sir or Madam For preparation of the upcoming production start of Xetra Release 14 0 on 28 October 2013 we would like to inform you about necessary activities prior to and during the release introduction This circular contains the following information 1 Activation of Xetra Release 14 0 features which will not be released simul taneously with the introduction of Xetra Release 14 0 on 28 October 2013 2 Distribution of Xetra Release 14 0 front end software kits 3 Installation of Xetra Release 14 0 front end software kits 4 Schedule prior to the Xetra Release 14 0 introduction 5 Fallback procedure for Xetra Release 14 0 production launch 6 Availability of simulation environment 7 Final version of the Xetra J Trader User Manual We also would like to inform you that the Checklist for Preparation of the Production and the Readiness Statement for Xetra Release 14 0 are available for download on the Xetra website www xetra com under the path Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Documentation gt Xetra 1
8. be set to inactive 0 at the production launch date for Xetra Release 14 0 on Monday 28 October 2013 On the same day this RAL will be set to 1 for Designated Sponsors in German federal securities However it is within the Designated Sponsors own responsibility to activate this RAL on trader level This should be done before the start of trading on Tuesday 29 October 2013 The new Market Maker Protection functionality will be available as of Tuesday 29 October 2013 Introduction of report RPTTL001 System Transaction Overview for the markets Xetra Frankfurt Specialist and Eurex Bonds Introduction of the report in production is planned for 1 November 2013 Introduction of the new daily report RPTTL001 Daily Order and Quote Transactions for the markets Xetra and Xetra Frankfurt Specialist This report contains all aggregated transactions of a Member on a daily basis which are relevant for the German High frequency Trading Act HFT Act Introduction of this report in production is scheduled for 14 November 2013 In the Xetra Release 14 0 simulation environment this report has been available since 8 October 2013 The report will be made available to all Member MISSes and in the Common Report Engine under the dedicated Member paths Individual selection of the report by the Member is not required Decommissioning of VALUES API requests As previously announced in Xetra circular 070 13 on 15 July 2013 and effec
9. ck here to directly access the login screen of the Member Section https member deutsche boerse com irj portal 3 Installation of Xetra Release 14 0 front end software kits In order to ensure a smooth release start please consider the following activities and accomplish them in due time e Installation of the Xetra Release 14 0 production software is mandatory for all Members e The last trading day of Xetra Release 13 0 will close on Friday 25 October 2013 at around 8 30 p m CEST after the post trading period On this trading day installation of Xetra Release 14 0 production kits may be performed earliest after the end of the batch run and transmission of reports Please check before hand if all relevant reports have been selected and successfully received since historical reports for the period until and including 25 October 2013 will no longer be available after the release change e Deutsche B rse recommends installing the Xetra Release 14 0 production kits not before Saturday 26 October 2013 page 5 of 10 Details can be found in the Xetra Release 14 0 Front End Installation Guide Please make yourself familiar with all installation procedures in time and allow enough time for the installations For details please refer to the Installation Notes readme file which will be distributed together with the kits For those Members who intend to carry out an operating system upgrade together with the installation
10. hat a staff member of your company with sufficient access rights will be available who can log in to the Xetra trading system In order to enable Members to log in via the Enhanced Transaction Solution interface the appropriate gateways will be made available For the connectivity test the following transactions will be supported via the Enhanced Transaction Solution interface e session logon e trader login e send heartbeat This document is available on the Xetra website under www xetra com gt Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Documentation gt Xetra 14 0 gt Technical page 6 of 10 Furthermore the Xetra FIX Gateways will be available for Members who already use the Xetra FIX Gateway in production to verify these connections as well For this purpose the following transactions via the Xetra FIX Gateway interface will be supported e session logon e trader login To enable Members to run tests with their Enhanced Broadcast Solution interface the reference data stream will be transmitted after the Xetra back end was started In addition the Xetra Release 14 0 instrument files for production will be made available on Saturday 26 October 2013 at around 8 00 p m CEST in the public area of the Common Report Engine in the Xetra Member Section under the path Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra
11. have to be performed if the Xetra Release 14 0 production kit was not yet installed e The settings of the last trading day 25 October 2013 of the Xetra Release 13 0 production will be restored Modifications made by Members in Xetra Release 14 0 production regarding for example access authorisations or definitions of window settings have to be re entered after the re opening of Xetra Release 13 0 e Trades already concluded in Xetra Release 14 0 will be transmitted for the generation of contract notes before the Xetra Release 13 0 databases will be restored Due to the necessary fallback such trades will not be included in the Xetra XML and text reports but will only be reported in the contract notes No fees will be charged for these trades page 9 of 10 e Orders and stop orders which were not executed before termination of the Xetra Release 14 0 production as well as non confirmed OTC trades have to be re entered e Important information relevant for trading will be provided to the Members on the Xetra Newsboard from which it can be retrieved 6 Availability of simulation environment After the end of the release simulation on 18 October 2013 the simulation environment for Xetra Frankfurt including Xetra International Market and Xetra Frankfurt Specialist will continue to be available however focus days will no longer be offered The simulation calendar for the period until 1 December 2013 is available on the Xetra web
12. of the production software we strongly recommend performing a full back up of the release software installed Xetra Release 13 0 including the operating system prior to the new installation This allows a quick rollback to the previous state in case of an emergency For new installations Before installation of the production kit for Xetra Release 14 0 GATE 3 5 pro duction software as well as update 3 kit for GATE 3 5 must be installed on all MISSes and workstations If required the GATE 3 5 software kits and update kits 3 for GATE 3 5 are available for download on the Xetra website In order to activate the new settings please reboot your system after having installed the GATE 3 5 software and GATE 3 5 update 3 kit 4 Schedule prior to the Xetra Release 14 0 introduction Saturday 26 October 2013 connectivity test The Xetra Frankfurt Xetra Frankfurt 2 and Eurex back ends for testing of MultiMarket MISSes will be available on Saturday afternoon from 2 00 p m until 6 00 p m CEST for connectivity testing The Xetra International Market back end will be available between 4 30 p m and 6 00 p m CEST for connectivity testing In order to avoid any risk or delay in connecting to Xetra on the first production day we highly recommend that you use this period for connectivity testing The connectivity test can be regarded as successful when the Xetra message Xetra Release 14 0 appears in the Message Log window Please make sure t
13. site under the path Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Simulation gt Simulation calendar Click here to directly access the login screen of the Member Section https member deutsche boerse com irj portal 7 Final version of the Xetra J Trader User Manual Today we provide you with the final version of the Xetra J Trader User Manual The document describes the Graphical User Interface J Trader for Xetra Release 14 0 The user is made familiar with supporting trading functions new features and special characteristics of Xetra Release 14 0 The document is available on the Xetra website under the following path Trading amp clearing gt Member sections gt Xetra Member Section gt Xetra Resources gt Documentation gt Xetra 14 0 gt Functional Click here to directly access the login screen of the Member Section https member deutsche boerse com irj portal gt The Xetra Newsboard is available on the Xetra website under unter www xetra com gt Trading amp clearing gt Trading information gt Xetra Newsboard page 10 of 10 For questions with technical background please call Customer Technical Support Xetra using your individual VIP number Inquiries about functionality can be addressed to the Xetra Frankfurt Trading Helpline at tel 49 0 69 2 11 1 14 00 or the Xetra Frankfurt Specialist Trading Helpline at tel 49 0 69 2 11 1 93 33 For
14. tive 3 March 2014 requests for user maintenance will not be supported any more via VALUES API Since 9 September 2013 Members have had the opportunity to test adjustments to their VALUES API applications related to this change in the Xetra Release 14 0 simulation page 3 of 10 2 Distribution of Xetra Release 14 0 front end software kits On Friday 18 October 2013 after close of trading you will receive the Xetra Release 14 0 production software kits Transmission to your report nodes will take place via FTP over the Xetra network Installation of the Xetra Release 14 0 kit is mandatory and not backwards compatible With Xetra Release 14 0 the GATE software will remain unchanged i e installation of GATE 3 5 and update version 3 is a prerequisite The existing GATE 3 5 production and production update 3 versions will not be transferred via FTP since there were no changes These versions will only be made available on the Xetra website under the path mentioned below The target transfer directories on the Xetra Release 14 0 production MISSes are For Xetra Frankfurt Oracle Solaris 10 Sparc opt gate transferdir release51 Oracle Solaris 10 x86 opt gate transferdir release51 Microsoft Windows lt ftp root directory gt release51 For Xetra Frankfurt Specialist Oracle Solaris 10 Sparc opt gate transferdir release61 Oracle Solaris 10 x86 opt gate transferdir release61 Microsoft Windows lt ftp root directory gt
15. umentation gt Xetra 14 0 gt Functional Click here to directly access the login screen of the Member Section https member deutsche boerse com irj portal 5 Fallback procedure for Xetra Release 14 0 production launch In the unlikely event of trading not being possible with Xetra Release 14 0 after its introduction on 28 October 2013 preparations have been made to continue electronic trading on Xetra with Xetra Release 13 0 Should such a fallback become necessary intraday on 28 October 2013 Deutsche B rse will inform the connection test contacts specified by you in the Member Section and the project coordinator about further details For this purpose please ensure that the connection test contact and the project coordinator will be available on Monday 28 October 2013 between 7 00 a m and 8 30 p m CET In case a fallback becomes necessary already during the connection weekend please make sure these persons will be available on Saturday 26 October 2013 between 2 00 p m and 7 30 p m CEST and if necessary on Sunday 27 October 2013 between 9 00 a m and 2 30 p m CET The relevant Member impact in the event of a fallback is described below e Members will be able to perform a fallback to Xetra Release 13 0 without installing additional software The necessary activities are described in detail in the Installation Notes which will be distributed together with the Xetra Release 14 0 production kits These activities do not
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