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| POLICIES AND PROCEDURES |
| Xodiax Customer and its Representatives, employees,
contractors, customers, agents and users of Customer's online facilities
are subject to these Policies and Procedures in connection with their
use of Xodiax's Internet Data Center services. |
| ACCESS
TO XODIAX INTERNET DATA CENTERS |
| Policy
Xodiax operates a secure facility. Access to the building is controlled
through the use of a proximity badge system, which includes a photo
of the client to whom the card was issued. All exterior approaches
and internal areas of the facility are monitored 24x7 through closed-circuit
cameras, which record and archive all images. Access to the data center
itself is controlled through the use of biometric hand scanners in
conjunction with the badge access system.
Purpose
To provide a safe working environment for employees and customers.
Also to limit or prevent unauthorized personnel from obtaining access
to Xodiax or Xodiax clients' equipment.
Procedures
Clients register valid representatives during the provisioning sequence,
and identify individuals who should be allowed access to the facility.
During the provisioning sequence is where these individuals are supplied
with badge access cards and entered into the hand scanner for access.
Each client is allowed 5 access badges. Additional badges are available
upon request with Xodiax approval.
Each user will have a photograph taken, which will be printed on the
front of all badge access cards as well as stored in the access control
system. Users also must provide a valid drivers' license number or
allow Xodiax to make a copy of a valid photo ID. This will allow Xodiax
personnel to verify a client's or their representative's identity in
the event an employee feels a badge card may have been counterfeited.
Each badge type is created with a different color code/pattern. Xodiax
Employee badges are outlined with red bars, Customer/Client badges
are outlined with blue bars and contractor or temporary access badges
are outlined with yellow/black construction bars.
Areas of Access*
Clients of Xodiax that purchase a Lockable cabinet will have full access
to the following areas:
- Lobby - Unescorted
- Data Center - Unescorted
- Conference Room - By appointment
- Shipping and Receiving - Unescorted
- Break Fix Area - Unescorted
Clients of Xodiax that purchase a Rack will have limited access
and be escorted in the following areas:
- Lobby - Unescorted
- Data Center - Escorted
- Conference Room - By appointment
- Shipping and Receiving - Escorted
- Break Fix Area - Escorted
*All areas, whether Escorted or Unescorted,
are available 24x7 365 days a year. Areas deemed by appointment
only, are at a first come first serve basis.
Security Breaches
While in the data center area, clients will be monitored to assure
they are within their own designated area working on their own
equipment. If clients enter areas that have not been designated
as a client-accessible area, they will be asked to return to their
designated access areas. If, by Xodiax's sole discretion, the client
is perceived as posing a security risk to other clients of Xodiax
or to Xodiax's own equipment, the client will be asked to leave
and reported to the client's executive staff for deliberation on
future access. If a client becomes belligerent or refuses to present
valid identification, Xodiax staff will contact campus security
and ask for security to escort the individual off the campus grounds.
The contact information for Campus Security will always be listed
in the contact management system, as well as in the front of the
NOC manuals.
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| USE
OF XODIAX INTERNET DATA CENTER FACILITY |
Customer and its Representatives agree to adhere
to and abide by all security and safety measures established by Xodiax
and set forth in the Xodiax New Member Guide provided by Xodiax to
Customer. Customer and its Representatives shall also not do or participate
in any of the following:
- misuse or abuse any Xodiax property or
equipment or third party equipment
- make any unauthorized use of or interfere
with any property or equipment of any other Xodiax Customer
- harass any individual, including Xodiax
personnel and representatives of other Xodiax Customers
- engage in any activity that is in violation
of the law or aids or assists any criminal activity while on
Xodiax property or in connection with the Internet Data Center
Services
Prohibited Items. Customer and its Representatives shall keep
each Customer Area clean at all times. It is each Customer's
responsibility to keep its area clean and free and clear of debris
and refuse.
Customer shall not, except as otherwise agreed
to in writing by Xodiax, (1) place any computer hardware or other equipment
in the Customer Area that has not been identified in writing to Xodiax;
(2) store any paper products or other combustible materials of any
kind in the Customer Area (other than equipment manuals); and (3) bring
any Prohibited Materials (as defined below) into any Xodiax Internet
Data Center. "Prohibited Materials" shall include, but be not limited
to, the following and any similar items:
- food and drink
- tobacco products
- explosives and weapons
- hazardous materials
- alcohol, illegal drugs and other intoxicants
- electro-magnetic devices which could
unreasonably interfere with computer and telecommunications
equipment
- radioactive materials
- photographic or recording equipment of
any kind (other than tape back-up equipment)
PARKING
Xodiax provides dedicated customer parking
which is located in front of the data center entrance, these parking
spaces are marked as "Xodiax Customer Parking" which is available
24 hours a day 7 days a week. Other parking is also available in
front of the data center in spaces marked as "30 Minute Parking
Only". This area is monitored so as to adhere to the 30 minute
limit. If all these spaces are occupied, there is extra parking
available in the garage on floors 3 and 4.
FOOD & DRINK
Within Xodiax Data Center, food and drink
are not allowed in areas where raised flooring exists. These areas
are clearly marked. There are no exceptions.
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| EQUIPMENT
AND CONNECTIONS |
Customer Equipment. Each piece of equipment installed
in a Customer Area (the "Customer Equipment") must be clearly labeled
with Customer's name (or Customer ID provided in writing to Xodiax
on New Member Provisioning Form) and individual component identification.
Each connection to and from a piece of Customer Equipment shall
be clearly labeled with Customer's name (or Customer ID provided
in writing to Xodiax on New Member Provisioning Form) and the starting
and ending point of the connection. Customer Equipment must be
configured and run at all times in compliance with the manufacturer's
specifications, including power outlet, power consumption and clearance
requirements. Customer must use its best efforts to provide Xodiax
with at least 48 hours prior notice any time it intends to connect
or disconnect any Customer Equipment or other equipment.
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| ONLINE
CONDUCT |
Customer Content. Customer acknowledges that Xodiax exercises
no control whatsoever over the content of the information passing
through Customer's site(s) and that it is the sole responsibility
of Customer to ensure that the information it and its users transmit
and receive complies with all applicable laws and regulations and
these Policies and Procedures.
As clients are ultimately responsible for the actions of their clients
over the Xodiax network, it is advisable that clients develop an Acceptable
Use Policy similar to the Acceptable Use Policy below:
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| ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY |
Prohibited Activities. Customer will not and will not
permit any persons ("Users") using Customer's online facilities
and/or services, including, but not limited to, Customer's Web
site(s) and transmission capabilities, to do any of the following
("Prohibited Activities"):
- Transmission, distribution or storage
of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright,
trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right
used without proper authorization and material that is obscene,
defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export
control laws.
- Sending unsolicited mail/usenet messages,
including the sending of "junk mail" or other advertising material
to individuals who did not specifically request such material.
This includes, but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial
advertising, informational announcements and political tracts.
A user shall not use another site's mail or usenet servers
to relay messages without the express permission of the site.
- Unauthorized attempts by a user to gain
access to any account or computer resource not belonging to
that user (e.g., "cracking"), including any unauthorized access,
alteration, destruction, or any attempt thereof, of any information
of any Xodiax customers or end-users by any means or device.
- Unauthorized access to or use of data,
systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or
test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach
security or authentication measures without express authorization
of the owner of the system or network.
- Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic
on any network or system without express authorization of the
owner of the system or network.
- Interference with service to any user,
host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing,
flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast
attacks.
- Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or
any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup
posting.
- Obtaining or attempting to obtain service
by any means or device with intent to avoid payment.
- Knowingly engage in any activities that
will cause a denial-of-service (e.g., synchronized number sequence
attacks), whether on the Xodiax network or on another provider's
network.
- Using Xodiax Products and Services to
interfere with the use of the Xodiax network by other customers
or authorized users.
The Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is not
exhaustive and Xodiax reserves the right to modify the AUP at any
time.
No credits will be issued for any interruption in service resulting
from policy violations.
INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY and ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED
VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A XODIAX CUSTOMER OR A CUSTOMER'S
END USER, SHALL BE CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY BY SUCH CUSTOMER
OR END USER.
Xodiax will investigate incidents involving such violations and may
involve and will cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation
is suspected.
Remedy. Xodiax reserves the right to suspend network access
to any customer if, in the judgment of the Xodiax network administrators,
the customer's server is the source or target of the violation of
any of the other terms of the AUP. If inappropriate activity is detected,
all accounts of the Customer in question may be deactivated until
an investigation is complete. Prior notification to the Customer
is not assured. In extreme cases, law enforcement will be contacted
regarding the activity. The customer will not be credited for the
time the customer's machines were suspended.
Violators of the policy are responsible, without limitations, for
the cost of labor to cleanup and correct any damage done to the operation
of the network and business operations supported by the network,
and to respond to complaints incurred by Xodiax. Such labor is categorized
as emergency security breach recovery and is currently charged at
$250 USD per incident per hour required.
Complaints regarding network abuse or violations of this policy should
be sent to abuse@xodiax.com .
Suspension and Termination of Service. Xodiax reserves the right
to suspend and/or terminate a Customer's Service at any time for
any material failure of Customer, its Representatives or its Users
to comply with these Policies and Procedures.
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| IP
ADDRESS AND VLAN POLICY |
The following policy is for any IP subnet assignment for Xodiax Customers.
The customer must justify any additional IP space needed for their
application above and beyond what is allocated here.
Note that a certain number of IP Addresses are included with each product/service.
Additional IP Addresses are available for a fee.
| Product |
Within
Subnet |
Assigned
IP #'s
Included* |
VLAN |
| Full Cabinet |
/28 |
10 |
Private |
| Half Cabinet |
/28 |
10 |
Private |
| Shared Cabinet |
/24 |
1 |
Shared |
| Full Rack |
/24 |
5 |
Shared |
| Half Rack |
/24 |
5 |
Shared |
| Shared Rack |
/24 |
1 |
Shared |
| Dedicated Hosting (Cobalt/NT/Linux) |
/24 |
5 |
Shared |
| Shared Hosting |
/24 |
1 |
Shared |
| Dedicated Circuit |
/30 |
1 |
Private (NAT) |
*Additional IP Addresses
are available for $2.00 per IP Address per month.
Justifiable large IP blocks are available at a discounted
rate. |
Xodiax reserves 4 IP addresses within each
subnet to allow for HSRP and monitoring services.
Private VLAN assignment can be configured for client on a special
build scenario. This special build VLAN will encompass the number
of IP addresses assigned in the chart above.
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| DNS
POLICY |
| Policy
Xodiax provides primary and secondary name services, including assistance
with initial setup of domains and changes of DNS records with a maximum
24-hour turnaround time, for clients who house equipment at the Xodiax
facility, contract for a hosting product, or purchase a dedicated access
product.
The Xodiax Domain Name System (DNS) Policy is designed to support consistent
and reliable Domain Name service for its customers. Xodiax utilizes
the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software for name resolution
service.
The Xodiax name servers are reloaded as new zones are created and activated
nightly. These reloads require a certain period of time to complete
due to the number of customers for which Xodiax provides DNS. Changes
made will not appear until these reloads complete.
Requests for zone file changes, support or assistance should be directed
to louisville.noc@xodiax.com. These
requests are handled on a first come, first serve basis. DNS configuration
requests will be responded to within a maximum of 24 hours of receipt.
Emergency DNS changes should be requested by telephone.
Definitions
- Domain Name Services (DNS): System providing
forward and reverse Domain Name lookups; in effect, the mapping
of IP addresses and their associated host names.
- Primary DNS: The first advertised server
that responds to requests for IP/Hostname addressing.
- Secondary DNS: The second advertised
server that responds to requests for IP/Hostname addressing.
- Master DNS Server: A customer-provided
Domain Name Server that Xodiax polls to collect DNS information
for public advertisement
Guidelines
Xodiax provides Primary and Secondary DNS services for all customers
who house equipment at the Xodiax facility, contract for a hosting
product, or purchase a dedicated access product.
Customers are responsible for creation of initial domain names with
a certified Internet Registrar, although Xodiax will provide assistance
during the process to ensure customers have all the required information
relating to Xodiax-provided services. Xodiax will house and publicly
advertise DNS zone information (See Figure A), as well as update
forward and reverse DNS entries for a certain number of domains (corresponding
to the products the customer has purchased) (See Figure C), with
a maximum turnaround time of 24 hours per DNS change request. Once
a customer has exceeded the product-specific limit, the customer
will either be charged a monthly fee per each additional domain name
housed on Xodiax servers, or must implement a Master DNS server to
store all canonical DNS information for all customer zones, which
will then be polled by the Xodiax DNS servers (See Figure B). The
customer should only allow connections to their Master DNS server
from the Xodiax-controlled Primary and Secondary DNS servers.
Diagrams:
Figure A
Types of accounts for which Xodiax provides
DNS services: Collocated, Hosted and Dedicated Access

Figure B
A colocated/hosted customer who has exceeded
the product-specific limit and has implemented a Master DNS server:
Figure C
Implementation schedule and applicable charges
DNS
| Product/Service
Domain Names |
Included |
| Full Cabinet |
10 |
| Half Cabinet |
10 |
| Less than Half Cabinet |
1 |
| Full Rack |
5 |
| Half Rack |
5 |
| Less than Half Rack |
1 |
| Dedicated Hosting |
5 |
| Shared Hosting |
1 |
| Dedicated Circuit |
1 |
| Each Additional Domain Less than 20 total |
$2 each per month |
| Each Additional Domain More than 20 total |
$6 each per month |
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| CABINET
OPTIONS AND PLACEMENT POLICY |
Xodiax provides closed cabinets and open racks as a product to customers.
Cabinets and racks can be supplied in various configurations of
sizing and with multiple options.
Purpose:
To develop and maintain a policy that ensures the safety of the
Xodiax data center and promote the optimum lifespan of customer
equipment placed in a cabinet or rack.
Definitions:
- 1U: 1.75 inches of useable vertical space
in a rack or cabinet (industry standard)
- EIA Tapped: a #10/32 drilled/threaded hole
used to mount 'screw attached' equipment (industry standard)
- M6: a #10 square hole used to mount 'peg
or prong' style equipment (industry standard)
Base Product Descriptions:
- Full Cabinet: 40 U of useable space
in a 36 inch deep steel frame cabinet with adjustable front
and rear M6 mounting rails, front and rear locking doors, top-mounted
electric ventilation fan
- Half Cabinet: 20 U of useable space in
a 36 inch deep steel frame cabinet with adjustable front and
rear M6 mounting rails, front and rear locking doors.
- 4U Cabinet: 4 U of useable space in a 36
inch deep steel frame cabinet with adjustable front and rear
M6 mounting rails w/ front and rear locking doors.
- Full Rack: 40 U of useable space in a 28
inch deep steel frame rack with fixed-position front and rear
EIA mounting rails
- Half Rack: 20 U of useable space in a 28
inch deep steel frame rack with fixed-position front and rear
EIA mounting rails
- 4U Rack: 4 U of useable space in a steel
frame rack with fixed-position front and rear EIA mounting rails
Additional Product Descriptions:
- Full Cabinet Power: 24 total outlets on
one 2/12 position power strip with a local breaker connected
to a 20 Amp (maximum 16 useable) circuit
- Half Cabinet Power: 16 total outlets on
two power strips with local breakers connected to a shared
20 Amp (maximum 8 useable) circuit
- Full Rack Power: 20 total outlets on two
power strips with local breakers connected to a dedicated 20
Amp (maximum 16 useable) circuit
- Half Rack Power: 10 total outlets on one
power strip with a local breaker connected to a shared 20 Amp
(maximum 8 useable) circuit
- 4U Rack Power: 4 total outlets on a shared
power strip with a local breaker connected to a shared 20 Amp
(maximum 4 useable) circuit
- 1U Rack Power: 1 total outlet on
a shared power strip with a local breaker connected to a shared
20 Amp (maximum 2 useable) circuit
Cabinet Guidelines:
Xodiax reserves a portion of every rack or cabinet for the placement
of Xodiax equipment required to provide services to the customer,
or to preserve the integrity of Xodiax property. The reserved space
is outside of the customer useable area (IE, in a full cabinet possessing
45 U of total vertical space, Xodiax has reserved the top 5 U of
vertical space) and customer equipment must not be placed in the
reserved areas. In a half lockable cabinet that possesses a total
of 22U in each bay, Xodiax reserves the top 2U of space in each bay.
Clients' equipment to be placed in Xodiax provided cabinets/racks,
must be either rack mountable or utilize shelf units for their equipment.
Shelf units can be either supplied by the client or purchased through
Xodiax. All shelf units must be approved by Xodiax.
Power Guidelines:
Xodiax will do monthly audits on power capacity to each cabinet/rack
in the facility. Based on these monthly audits, Xodiax will notify
those clients that have reached critical usage on their power capacity
(power capacity is based on the above definitions). Upon notification
to the client, Xodiax will suggest either upgrading their capacity
to ensure uptime of their equipment or spreading the equipment out
into multiple cabinets. If any client refuses to upgrade their electrical
capacity and the affected circuit goes down more than twice due to
over utilization of that circuit, Xodiax reserves the right to demand
the customer increase their capacity or remove their equipment so
as to not cause any electrical/fire hazards within the data center.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL
SERVICES |
| Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in the Master Services between Xodiax and the Customer, Xodiax may,
from time to time, provide Customer with certain limited services
and equipment needed and requested by Customer on a "one-off" or
emergency basis where such services are not included within the scope
of the services purchased by Customer. Customer may be charged for
all supplemental services provided Customer. Xodiax has no obligation
to determine the need for or provide supplemental services. All supplemental
services are provided on an "as-is" basis and exclude warranties
of any kind, whether express or implied.
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| PROBLEM
MANAGEMENT |
Policy
Problem management involves reducing business losses that result from
a service outage. This entails providing Network Operations with
processes to help them efficiently and effectively respond to service
problems, reducing their impact and recurrence.
Scope
Problem management is the process of identifying and resolving network/system
problems. The goal of problem management is to maintain the highest
standard of reliability and availability possible to the Xodiax Data
Center. The following procedures are considered the main focus of Xodiax
Network Operations Center's problem management services.
Procedures
In the event of an unscheduled problem or outage in the Xodiax
Data Center, the NOC will follow an interwoven set of procedures
to facilitate quick resolution. They are problem alert, tracking,
problem identification and isolation, notification and troubleshooting.
Many of these tasks are enacted simultaneously as the Xodiax
NOC utilizes its many resources to help resolve the problem.
If action or resolution is not found within accepted time intervals,
problem escalation will be enforced to ensure that all available
resources are utilized in the effort to remedy the network/system
problem.
Problem Alert
- The Xodiax NOC has both proactive and
reactive methods of identifying events affecting the performance
of the network/systems. NOC technicians are available twenty-
four hours a day, seven days a week. Telephone contact is the
preferred and most immediate means of reporting any type of
network problem, question, or emergency. Calls are immediately
logged as an incident in the trouble ticket system with event
history, contact information, resolution details and follow
up procedures.
- The trouble ticket system allows detailed
information on each problem to be shared by NOC personnel. All
team members maintain a general working knowledge of all open
tickets even if their special technical concentration is not
specifically involved. The Xodiax NOC uses a nationwide paging
system to ensure that any member of the team may be reached regardless
of their location.
- NOC technician assistance is also available
via email. NOC email is checked continually day and night. Email
submissions are either resolved with a direct response or developed
into an incident for further follow up in the trouble ticket
system.
- The Xodiax NOC uses multiple tools and
procedures in a front line, proactive approach towards the detection
of potential network/system failures. The NOC employs multiple
network/system monitoring programs running across several platforms.
The variety and combination of programs helps insure strict monitoring
of the network/system resources.
- The monitoring tools allow the NOC to properly
perform its network responsibilities. Multiple graphic summaries
of network status and device specific detailed statistical information
provide immediate and appropriate action by NOC personnel. NOC
monitoring procedures provide accurate problem reporting, assistance
in effective troubleshooting and the development of procedures
to anticipate and prevent future events affecting network/system
availability.
- Once the Xodiax NOC is alerted to a problem
on the network or its systems, it begins a highly structured
set of procedures towards problem resolution.
Tracking
- At the onset of problem determination,
a Xodiax NOC technician will open a trouble ticket. This will
include all relevant information relating to the problem. The
intermediate steps of tracking will include comprehensive updates
of related information as it becomes available. This will provide
a detailed chronology of the problem, including coordination
efforts, from start to finish. Upon resolution, an incident
is only closed after all related information is compiled. This
includes detailed problem solving and resolution summaries
from Xodiax engineers or other related participants. Following
closure, the incident is available as a future resource for
similar problems.
Problem Identification and
Isolation
- Once a network/system problem has been
determined, the Xodiax NOC technicians will utilize their tools
and network/system expertise to help identify and isolate the
problem. Through Xodiax escalation process, the Xodiax engineers
may be utilized as the NOC Technicians exhausts their expertise.
Once escalated to Xodiax engineers, they will have primary
problem identification and isolation responsibilities. In conjunction
with the engineers, the Xodiax NOC technicians will continue
to help in whatever manner necessary until the problem is identified.
Notification
- To ensure proper communication during
network/system problem, the Xodiax NOC will utilize several
methods of information dissemination. Notification of the problem
will be sent via email to an appropriate Xodiax listserv.
- Notification will be sent out in various
phases. They are:
Initial Status Report:
This will be performed as soon as a problem has been reported,
and a problem ticket is opened. Notification may not initially
identify the cause or source of difficulty, but will report what
network/system components are affected, the status of their functionality,
and the scope of the outage in relation to the Xodiax network/system
as a whole.
Identification:
This phase will state the cause and source of the problem (if not
already related in the Initial Status Report) and what course
of corrective action is being followed. An estimated time of resolution
will be given, if at all possible.
Updates:
Periodic updates will be given until problem has been resolved.
Any new information, milestones, or setbacks will be included.
Closure:
Upon closure, a resolution synopsis will be prepared and distributed
immediately. This notice will include details regarding final resolution.
Any other important pieces of information will also be disclosed.
Review of the completed trouble ticket will be available upon request.
Troubleshooting
- It is the primary responsibility of the
Xodiax engineers to troubleshoot problems on the Xodiax network
as well as the systems that deliver service. However, this
is often a collaborative effort with our vendor partners in
support of the Xodiax Network. Joint problem solving and coordination
procedures have been established with Cisco's Technical Assistance
Center (TAC) and our carriers' NOC. Each maintains their own
Trouble Ticket system, with information shared between parties
in a collaborative effort to resolve the problem. Once a Trouble
Ticket is opened with a vendor, NOC technicians contact the
appropriate engineers and support personnel throughout the
Xodiax network and inform them of the events and procedures
relating to the problem.
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| PROBLEM
ASSIGNMENT AND ESCALATION |
| Xodiax NOC is responsible for carrying out
day-to-day operations and providing front-line support for customer
network/system connections.
Xodiax responsibilities include responding to network outages or system
outages and adhering to standard trouble-shooting procedures, providing
detailed reports to customers and informing, broadcasting and reporting
any outages as required.
Xodiax day to day operations also include the provisioning of new managed
colocation customers as well as commissioning of new leased line customers,
installation of gateway routers for connection to leased line customers,
monitoring of port connection status and through-put, monitoring leased
line connections to customers, monitoring customer system/application
status, monitoring physical environment including security, power and
climate and providing front line support to customers through our NOC
hotline.
When in the course of monitoring the network/systems, a problem is
encountered that cannot be readily corrected by NOC staff, the appropriate
Network or System administrator or group will be alerted.
Escalations:
Level 1 - Escalation Level One is the initial level for all
incidents. The Xodiax contact must be available 24x7x365 and therefore
represents a role rather than an individual. The contacts at this level
must have the ability to call upon engineers and to escalate to management
as required.
Level 2 - Escalation Level Two represents the next level of
management. Escalation to this level is appropriate only when Level
One interaction has failed to result in resolution and further action
transcends the authority of Level-One staff.
Level 3 - Escalation Level Three represents engineering with
authority to take actions that transcends the authority of Level Two
staff. Escalation to Level Three is appropriate in cases where Level-One
and Level-Two interactions have been unsuccessful in resolving an operational
issue.
Level 4 - Escalation Level Four represents senior management
with authority to take actions that fall outside the standard operating
policies of the concerned organizations. Escalation to Level Four is
appropriate in cases where Level-Two and Level-Three interactions have
been unsuccessful in resolving an operational issue.
Escalation Levels
Level 1 NOC
Technician
Level 2 NOC
Manager
Level 3 Director
of Operations and Engineering
Level 4 Vice
President of Operations, CEO, COO, CTO
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| LEVELS
OF SEVERITY |
Low - This level of severity is typically
handled by NOC Technicians. Typical issues or problems that are assigned
a low level of severity include but are not limited to the following:
- Abuse complaints
- Updates to Customer facing Xodiax services
o Monitoring
o Mail
o DNS
- Poor LAN Performance
- Customer lease line poor performance
- Facilities impaired but not down
Medium - This level of severity is
typically handled by our NOC Technicians and escalated through
the appropriate areas if needed. Typical issues or problems that
are assigned a medium level of severity include but are not limited
to the following:
- Customer server is down/impaired
- Customer services are down/impaired
- Network Attacks
High -Typical issues or problems that
are assigned a high level of severity include but are not limited
to the following. Escalation steps are taken based on incident.
- Customer lease line is down/impaired
- Xodiax network is down/impaired
- Facilities down
All network systems are spared. A failure of a single piece of
network hardware should result in the spare path being used. Spared
arrangements are tested prior to rollout into production with quarterly
tests through equipment shutdowns to ensure proper operation. Anomalies
will be troubleshot and corrected by the 3rd level support team
with immediate corrective actions taken. If results from corrective
actions are not immediate, escalation to manufacture support is
made.
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| MAINTENANCE |
Policy
To adhere to industry best practices for maintaining network/systems
in a production environment that reduces the risk of such intrusive
maintenance to hours of operation that are less demanding.
Scope
Problem Includes all customer facing production equipment including
but not limited to network, systems and facility components that are
required to ensure uptime for Xodiax clients.
Procedures:
Unscheduled Outage - Immediate
- Unscheduled Outage assumes that Xodiax
is experiencing an unexpected change in our network/systems/facilities
that is effecting or has the potential to effect customer's
ability to be serviced out of the Xodiax Data Center.
- Xodiax will provide notification of an
Unscheduled Outage to its customers as soon as is commercially
practical under the circumstances with information related
to what occurred, what systems were/are affected and ETA to
resolution if known.
Emergency Maintenance - Immediate
- Emergency maintenance denotes that part
of our systems/network or facility is not operating to standards
and as such has a high probability to affect service delivery.
Given the level of redundant systems in our centers design,
customers may or may not notice the impaired state. Emergency
maintenance is typically performed to avoid an unscheduled
outage.
- Xodiax will provide notification of Emergency
Maintenance to its clients as soon as is commercially practical
under the circumstances.
Priority Maintenance - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
7 day's a week
- Priority maintenance is typically considered
to repair impaired network/systems that are functional but
operating below standards and has a moderate probability of
affecting service delivery. Priority Maintenance typically
includes intrusive testing or repair of network/system components
to return to standard levels of performance.
- Xodiax will provide one (1) day prior written
notice via email of Priority Maintenance.
Scheduled Maintenance - 4:00am - 11:00am
Sunday only
- Scheduled maintenance is typically considered
intrusive changes that are done to increase capacity or upgrade
systems/network performance or facility components.
- Notification to Xodiax clients will be
done with one (1) week notification via email.
The engineering department must review all
Priority and Scheduled maintenance. A Maintenance Request Form
is to be completed and submitted to engineering for approval. The
form will contain the following information:
- Date the work is to be performed
- Scope of work
- Estimated time to complete
- Detailed work process
- List possible problems that could occur
- List solutions to those possible problems
- List tests to be initiated to ensure work
was completed successfully
- Notation of what is to be communicated
to the customers for the notification to be sent.
Upon review of the Maintenance Request, Engineering
will either approve or disapprove the maintenance. Once approval
has been obtained and notifications sent; work may commence on
the agreed schedule. The forms will then be placed in the NOC to
be archived. All maintenance requires at least two qualified technicians
(qualification dependent upon work scope) to be on site during
the maintenance window with a back-up technician identified and
placed on an on-call status.
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| ELECTRICAL
UPGRADES |
All electrical work that requires "hot work" (hot
work is described as any intrusion into electrical panels that supplies
power to Xodiax client base in a production environment) is to be
done between the hours of 5 AM to 11 AM on Saturdays. Due to the
nature of Xodiax business, this type of work will be done on an on-going
basis during the specified time mentioned above. This will not constitute
notification to the customer. Hot work is to be done by certified
electricians (typically contracted by Xodiax). The contracted electrician,
prior to any work, will provide a "Hot Work Worksheet" that describes
in detail the work to be performed. Both Xodiax management and the
contracted vendors management must then approve the worksheet. Once
all approvals have been obtained, work may then commence.
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| PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE |
All Xodiax facility equipment that is designed
to deliver an environment that is consistent with providing a "data
center" is maintained quarterly to prevent any downtime from said
equipment. This equipment includes, but not limited to:
- Electrical Systems including but not
limited to:
o UPS Systems
o Generator Systems
o Transfer Switches
- Environmental Systems (Cooling/Humidity
control)
- Fire Systems
Preventive maintenance on any of these systems will be done based
on the contracted schedules Xodiax has with the vendor. All of
these systems are designed to be worked on in a production environment
with no effect on Xodiax client base.
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| PROVISIONING
PROCESS |
| A few days after returning you completed Provisioning
Order Form, a Xodiax Network Operations Center (NOC) technician will
contact you to begin provisioning your service.
The NOC technician will cover the following with you:
1. Review of the steps involved in provisioning your service(s).
2. Communication of the expected turn-up or "live" date for the service(s)
you ordered.
3. The process for setting up CCO (Customer Care Online), Xodiax's
Web-based administration tool.
4. Scheduling badge access and biometric hand scanner setups with your
designated employees. |
| BILLING
PRACTICES |
BILLING COMMENCEMENT
As stated in the Xodiax Agreement, a service shall be considered "live" and
billable according to the terms set forth below.
- Co-location
At the time the Customer takes possession of cabinet/rack, or
thirty (30) days from the date that Xodiax notifies Customer
that space is prepared for Customer move-in, (regardless
of bandwidth usage), whichever is earlier.
- Dedicated Circuits
At the time the circuit has been tested clean (by the carrier)
to Customer's interface on their CPE gear, or 72 hours after
circuit has been tested clean (by the carrier) to the customer's
smart jack.
- Web Hosting
At the time the Customer's administrative user account has been
activated.
- POTS Lines
At the time the Customer is notified by the NOC the line is ready.
- Equipment Sales
At the time the Quote is signed by the Customer.
- Cross Connects
At the time the Customer's cross connect is complete.
- Ancillary Services (Tape Backup, Tape
Swapping, Database Administration, Firewalls)
Any ancillary Services will be considered "live" at the time
Customer begins utilization of the Xodiax Service, or thirty
days from the date that Xodiax notifies Customer that Service
is prepared for use, (regardless of bandwidth usage), whichever
is earlier.
PAYMENT TERMS
As stated in the Xodiax Agreement, Customer's first billing cycle
begins and the first month's payment is due upon service turn-up
("live-date"). The subsequent month's payment is due the first
day of each month in which service is provided. All invoices
for Services rendered to Customer are due and payable within
thirty (30) days of the date of invoice without demand or setoff
by Customer. Any payment not received within thirty (30) days
of the date of invoice shall render Customer in default of this
Agreement, allowing Xodiax to interrupt Customer's service (which
does not relieve Customer from its obligation to pay current
monthly charge) and shall accrue a late charge equal to 1-1/2%
(or the maximum legal rate, if less) of the unpaid balance per
month until the delinquent amount and all late charges are paid
in full to Xodiax.
CREDIT HOLD -
THIRTY (30) DAYS PAST DUE
Accounts
with an outstanding balance greater than thirty (30) days past
due may be changed from "active" to "credit hold". Once
a client reaches the status of "credit hold", all ancillary services
for that customer will be halted until customer status returns to "active". This
includes (but is not limited to):
-Soft
and hard reboots
-DNS
changes
-Service
requests
-CCO
access
-Customer
reports
When a client whose status
is "credit hold" calls the NOC for any requests they will be forwarded
to the Xodiax credit department.
SIXTY (60) DAYS PAST
DUE
Accounts
t hat become
greater than sixty (60)
days past due will be denied access
into the data center and remaining services interrupted.
In addition, a credit card and a signed personal guarantee
may be required for reinstatement of service.
BANDWIDTH BILLING METHODS:
95th percentile-based billing is in
.25 Mbps increments at the 95 percentile. Bandwidth at the 95th
percentile is determined by sampling the actual line usage statistics
to/from the Xodiax provided switched Ethernet port by sampling
every five (5) minutes, twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7)
days per week and is the usage level (measured in Mbps defined
as 1 Mbps = 1,000,000 bits per second) under which 95% of the smallest
samples fall.
Transfer-based billing is determined by the collection
of data (in bytes) continuously throughout the billing cycle
on each port utilized by the customer. At the end of each monthly
billing period, all of the data is added together to calculate
a total amount of data packets transferred to/from the Xodiax
provided switched Ethernet port, which determines the transfer
amount billed. Customer
agrees that the Transfer-based billing model will switch to the
95th percentile model for billing purposes in any
month during which Customer's bandwidth exceeds 512 Kbps.
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| REBOOT
POLICY |
| As a value added service to Xodiax client base,
Xodiax will, upon client's initiative, perform hard and soft reboots.
This re-boot policy is to ensure that such intrusive activity is
done in a proper manner as to aid in the clients ability to service
their customers and ensure Xodiax NOC can perform such activity that
will not hinder the ability to service other clients.
This policy covers both hard reboots as defined as power cycling server
equipment and soft re-boots as defined as properly shutting down and
re-starting applications that reside on the server.
Procedures:
Hard Reboots
Client Responsibilities:
- The Client will label all equipment
housed in the Xodiax facility in a way that is reasonable for
easy readability.
- The Client will provide any special instructions
for power cycling their equipment to the Xodiax NOC.
- The Client will initiate all reboots to
be performed. Typically this is done by a phone call to the Xodiax
NOC.
- A password should be given to the NOC for
performing reboot activities. Although this is not a requirement,
it is suggested to ensure a level of security.
Xodiax Responsibilities:
- Xodiax NOC will acknowledge the request
by opening a service request within Xodiax trouble ticketing
system.
- Xodiax NOC will determine the machine to
be rebooted and any special instructions that were given and
perform the reboot by power cycling the said equipment.
- Upon successful completion the service
request will be closed.
- Upon unsuccessful completion a call is
placed to the Client for further instructions.
Soft Reboots
Client Responsibilities:
- The Client will label all equipment housed
in the Xodiax facility in a way that is reasonable for easy
readability.
- The Client should provide their own monitor
and keyboard and any KVM switches necessary to perform the restart,
or make allowances for the NOC to use Microsoft Terminal Services,
or Telnet to stop and restart the services.
- The Client will provide any special instructions
for restarting applications on their equipment to the Xodiax
NOC.
- The Client will initiate all restarts to
be performed. Typically this is done by a phone call to the Xodiax
NOC.
- A password should be given to the Xodiax
NOC for performing restart activities. Although this is not a
requirement, it is suggested to ensure a level of security.
Xodiax Responsibilities:
- Xodiax NOC will acknowledge the request
by opening a service request within Xodiax trouble ticketing
system.
- Xodiax NOC will determine the machine/application
to be restarted and follow all instructions that were given to
perform the soft reboot.
- Upon successful completion, the service
request will be closed.
- Upon unsuccessful completion, a call is
placed to the Client for further instructions.
Other Options
The client can run command line utilities
remotely for NT/2000 Servers (shutdown.exe) without utilizing the
Xodiax NOC. Those procedures are as follows:
- In order to use the use NET STOP/START
and shutdown.exe utility remotely the Administrator must install
the Remote Console service from the Windows NT/2000 Resource
Kit, please see the attached file for details.
- See the attached file for details on
the installation and use of the shutdown.exe utility:
- On Windows 2000 Advanced Server, a much
higher degree of remote management can be obtained by installing
Terminal Services in Administrative mode.
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| TAPE
SWAPPING POLICY |
| Xodiax offers basic tape swapping as a service
for customers at an additional fee. Basic service includes the monthly,
weekly, or daily rotation of tapes by a Xodiax Network Operations
Technician of a single tape cartridge or prepared tape library storage
unit. All tapes are stored in an appropriate storage container or
rack-mounted storage unit in the customer's cabinet unless the customer
at an additional fee has purchased the basic service of off-site
storage.
Procedures:
Customer Equipment
Each customer purchasing the basic services of tape swapping is required
to provide their own tape drive or drive system, all media and an
appropriate container or containers for in-cabinet or in-rack storage
of tapes.
Customer Documentation
Each customer must provide in writing a step-by-step procedure for
the tape-swapping process. Xodiax Network Operations Technicians will
not be responsible for any software management that requires a system
login. All documentation must include instructions on any tape system
ejection or release mechanisms, including all indicator lights. All
documentation must include any instructions on how and when to contact
the customer in the event of an error or if the Xodiax Network Operations
Technician encounters any situation not exactly covered in the customer
provided documentation.
Scheduling
Each customer must provide in writing a schedule of times when they
wish the tapes to be swapped. All tape swapping will occur within a
2-hour window beginning at the time the customer requests a tape-swap
to occur.
Additional Provisions
If the customer has any special scheduling needs or instructions,
which would exceed the provisions of this policy and procedure,
these must be documented by the customer and submitted for
approval by the Xodiax Network Operations Center.
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| CROSS
CONNECTS |
| Cross Connect Usage Policy
Xodiax prohibits the transmission of third
party Internet bandwidth traffic across cross connects inside
the Xodiax facility. Cross connects terminating into a
Client's Cabinet or Rack in the Xodiax facility shall not include
third party Internet bandwidth and are intended for private or
point-to-point traffic only. If third party Internet connectivity
is required, prior approval from Xodiax management is necessary
and additional charges may apply.
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| MANAGED
SERVICES |
| Billable Managed Service Events
Xodiax considers the following Managed Services
as billable: initial configuration or installation of software
or hardware not included in a base product or product package;
troubleshooting or reconfiguration for unmanaged customer-owned
equipment such as routers, firewalls, or colocated equipment;
custom configurations or installations of patches, software,
or extensions; training for customer or customer representatives.
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SERVICE
LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA) |
Managed
Colocation SLA
Xodiax provides a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for space, power
and bandwidth as part of the managed colocation Agreement.
Our operating goal is 99.99% uptime for closed cabinets and
99.9% uptime for open racks.
For each continuous hour that the space, power or bandwidth (as noted
in executed Quote Agreement between customer and Xodiax) should
be unavailable, Xodiax shall credit your account the following
month with a credit equal to one day's worth (1/30th) of the
customer's previous month's managed colocation service charge
(managed colocation service is defined as managed colocation
space, power and bandwidth.) This credit shall not exceed a full
month's (30/30th) managed colocation service charge.
Limitations:
-
Bandwidth is limited to the Xodiax
internal network (connectivity over which Xodiax has ultimate
control - services within the Xodiax data center facility.)
Connectivity entering into and exiting the Xodiax facility
is not covered. Xodiax warrants that it will use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide the amount of Bandwidth requested
by customer.
-
Customers must have redundant power and bandwidth configurations
to be eligible for any SLA credits.
-
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, customer shall not be entitled and shall
not receive any credit for service unavailable due to planned
or routine maintenance, acts or omission of customer or
customer's assigns, agents or clients including electronic
or physical sabotage, or connectivity and services not
in direct control by Xodiax, or any force majeure event.
Reporting
Procedure:
Managed
Web Hosting SLA
Xodiax provides a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for power, bandwidth,
hardware and operating system as part of the Managed Web
Hosting Agreement. Our operating goal is 99.99% uptime
for power and bandwidth and 99% for hardware and operating
system.
For each continuous hour that the power, bandwidth, hardware or
operating system (as noted in executed Quote Agreement
between customer and Xodiax) should be unavailable, Xodiax
shall credit your account the following month with a credit
equal to one day's worth (1/30th) of the customer's previous
month's managed web hosting service charge.
This credit shall not exceed a full month's (30/30th) managed web
hosting service charge.
Limitations:
-
Bandwidth is limited to the Xodiax
internal network (connectivity over which Xodiax has ultimate
control - services within the Xodiax data center facility.) Connectivity
entering into and exiting the Xodiax facility is not covered.
Xodiax warrants that it will use commercially reasonable
efforts to provide the amount of Bandwidth requested by customer.
-
Customers must have redundant power and bandwidth configurations
to be eligible for any SLA credits.
-
SLA applies to Web Hosting configurations with redundant
Hardware design, explicitly designated by Xodiax engineering
as being eligible for the Web Hosting Hardware and Operating
System SLA. Specifically, only Hardware installed by
Xodiax and the original operating system installed on
such Hardware is included in the SLA. An outage occurs
when all of the functionally redundant nodes of Customer
Solution will not respond when queried by Xodiax's monitoring
system due solely to functionally redundant Hardware
failure as determined by Xodiax, for more than 60 continuous
minutes.
-
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, customer shall not be entitled and shall
not receive any credit for service unavailable due to
planned or routine maintenance, acts or omission of customer
or customer's assigns, agents or clients including electronic
or physical sabotage, or connectivity and services not
in direct control by Xodiax, or any force majeure event.
Reporting
Procedure:
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| GENERAL
CONTACT INFORMATION |
Senior Management
Contact List
Xodiax Data Centers
Corporate Offices:
733 Barret Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40204
Main phone: (502) 315-6000
Fax: (502) 315-6030
Name
|
Title
|
Phone
|
Email
|
Don
Esterle
|
VP and General Manage
|
(502)
315-6004
|
desterle@xodiax.com
|
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Steve Staten
|
Director/Engineering
|
(502)
315-6010
|
sstaten@xodiax.com |
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|
Chris
Lowry
|
Director/Finance |
(502)
315-6018
|
clowry@xodiax.com
|
|
Dave
Martin
|
Director/Sales |
(502)
315-6011
|
dmartin@xodiax.com
|
|
Shannon
McIntyre-Alward
|
Director/Marketing
|
(502)
315-6007
|
smcintyre@xodiax.com
|
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Network Operations Center Contact
List - Louisville Center
Peak 10
Data Center Facility - Louisville
733 Barret Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40204
Network Operations Center (NOC) phone: (502) 315-6015
Fax: (502) 315-6035
Name
|
Title
|
Phone
|
Email
|
NOC
|
NOC General |
(502)
315-6015
|
noc@xodiax.com
|
Chana Cohn
|
NOC
Manager
|
(502)
315-6024
|
ccohn@xodiax.com
|
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Sean
McPherson
|
Director/Network Operations
|
(502)
315-6019
|
smcpherson@xodiax.com
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If you need assistance our qualified staff are available to assist.
Please contact our Network Operations center at (502) 315-6015 or email
support@Peak10.com.
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