AMIS/NTFS

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• AMIS/NTFS
• GENERAL SYSTEM
• INFORMATION

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OVERVIEW

• In this module we will cover
• What is NTFS/AMIS
• AWDS to AMIS/NTFS Migration
• NTFS Hardware
• Capabilities and Limitations
• New Data Ingest and Functionality
• Connectivity
• In-garrison
• Deployed
• AMIS/NTFS Migration Plan

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AMIS/NTFS INTRODUCTION

• NTFS is the New Tactical Forecast System.
• Incorporates old AWDS hardware
• Able to use laptop/desk top computer to access
  database
• AMIS is the Automated Meteorological Information
  System Software that runs on the NTFS
• Allows users the capability to operate the same
  system in-garrison and in a tactical environment
• System will continue to function as it always has

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AWDS TO AMIS/NTFS MIGRATION

• Phased replacement of AWDS in the weather station
• AMIS 2.0
• Migration from AWDS MP to AMIS Server software
• AMIS Client Software on Windows NT Platform for
  CWTs OWSs
• Y2K Compliance
• Sun OS 2.6
• Windows NT, Service Pack 4
• Enhanced security features

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NTFS/AMIS 2.0 HARDWARE OVERVIEW

• Upgrades servers
• Allows the addition of a second CPU board to the
  Sun Sparc 10/20 platform, or migration to another
  SUN platform (Optional)
• Supports optional server hardware upgrades (OWSs
  only)
• SUN ULTRA SPARC 2
• SUN E4500 Enterprise Server
• Client
• Windows NT Laptop Gateway Solo 9100 or any
  compatible PC

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NTFS OPTIONAL SERVER HARDWARE

• Sun Ultra Sparc 2
• 200 MHz CPU
• 128MB RAM
• 4.2 GB Internal Hard Drive x2
• Solaris 2.6/Open windows graphics user interface
  (GUI)
• 20-inch Color Monitor
• Mechanical Mouse and Pad

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NTFS OPTIONAL SERVER HARDWARE

• SUN E4500 Enterprise Server specifications
• 336 MHz CPU x4
• 1.05 GB RAM
• 4.2 GB Internal Hard Drive x4
• Solaris 2.6/Open windows GUI
• 20-inch Color Monitor
• Mechanical Mouse and Pad

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AMIS 2.0 CAPABILITIES

• Automatically reroutes locally created A/N
  products, normally transmitted to the AWN,
  through another AMIS location
• Capability to update AMIS tables remotely using
  the Remote System Manager (RSM) function
• Multiple-ICAO Support
• Able to connect to multiple locations
  simultaneously from same terminal

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AMIS 2.0 CAPABILITIES

• Web-based graphic product viewing and editing
  functionality
• Enhanced security features
• Identification and Authentication of users
• All users will have a Username/Password and
  access authorizations
• Establishment of a Computer System Security
  Officer (CSSO)
• Auditing

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AMIS 2.0 LIMITATIONS

• Communications alerts and functions disabled for
  sites without a C/DM
• MET generations not available (e.g. isoplething,
  LAWCs, Skew-ts)
• Available in future upgrades

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FUTURE AMIS FUNCTIONALITIES

• Capability to receive, ingest, and display
• Interim Tactical Weather Radar (ITWR)
• Small Tactical Terminal (STT)
• Capability to export and ingest products, via
  FTP, to/from another non-AMIS system

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CURRENT COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE

• Data is currently available via
• Longline communications (Graphics and A/N)
• Telnet Blazer (PPC)
• VSAT
• Internet
• All data stored on AMIS server (formerly AWDS MP)

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CONNECTIVITY (IN-GARRISON)
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CONNECTIVITY (DEPLOYED)
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CURRENT AMIS/NTFS MIGRATION PLAN

• AMIS 3.0
• FOs and ATC terminals will go away
• AWDS GWS migration to Windows NT
• PI Set independence
• AMIS 4.0
• Replace Unix-AMIS Server with Windows NT AMIS
  server
• Option to retain Sun Unix based Platform