1.0  INTRODUCTION

This Department of Defense (DoD) Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support (CALS) Network/International CALS Network (DCN/ICN) Test Plan identifies the requirements resources and management activities to test DCN/ICN pilot program information and collaborative services.

1.1  Identification

This document is the Preliminary DCN/ICN Pilot Program Test Plan [DCN/ICN, 97b].

1.2  System Overview

The DCN/ICN is a DoD and international electronic network of CALS interested subscribers and organizations that support the DoD initiated CALS strategy.

The DCN/ICN is a collection of cooperating organizations that includes the International CALS Congress as an advisory board; the DoD CALS Network; the International CALS Network; and other national, regional, or alliance networks that exchange CALS information and provide services to their customers. Figure 1.2-1 provides a top level view of the DCN/ICN relationships and the supporting organizations.

Figure 1.2-1  DCN/ICN Organizations and Relationships

Each organization network is a subset of the Internet that provides CALS related collaboration and information services to its constituents. Supporting each network is a Local Operations Control Center (LOCC) that provides administrative, help-desk, collaboration, and CALS related information services. The Management Operations Control Center (MOCC) provides the same services on a global scale and exchanges global/local directory and information repository index information with each of the LOCCs. The sizes of each of the regional or national networks and the specific services that they may provide depends on the needs of the potential subscribers, the commitments by sponsoring organizations, as well as available resources (equipment, facilities, and personnel).

While the DCN/ICN concept leverages the existing worldwide Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) to provide services and CALS specific information content to its customers, it does not provide access to the Internet. Access to the Internet is left as a choice for the individual or organization. Similarly, subscriber software and hardware may be acquired through the subscriber's acquisition organization or optionally, the DCN/ICN shall offer this service.

The preliminary configuration for the MOCC is shown in Figure 1.2-2. The configuration shows a security server (Saturn), Web servers (Galaxy and Nebula), a database server (Condor), a development server (Vulcan), production servers (Galaxy and Condor), and a collaboration server (Nebula) as well as local client workstations.

Figure 1.2-2  DCN/ICN MOCC Configuration

1.3  Document Overview

Section 1 of this document identifies the purpose of this document, provides an overview of the DCN/ICN, provides an overview of this document, and gives a list of applicable references. Section 2 describes the testing environment including test strategy, test levels and methods, participating organizations and personnel, facilities, equipment, and schedule. Section 3 identifies the specific test areas in terms of the services to be provided by the DCN/ICN. Appendix A specifies client and server qualifications to receive and provide each of the DCN/ICN levels of service. Appendix B includes a site survey to be used to verify the environment at each of the planned DoD and International Program Offices.

1.4  Applicable Documents

Applicable documents to the DCN/ICN Pilot Program Testing are listed in Table 1.4-1.

Table 1.4-1  Applicable DCN/ICN Documents