1. AFLCMC… Providing the Warfighter’s Edge
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Simplifying development,
integration & test
Capabilities Integration Environment

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Mission:
To provide a production-
compliant capability with a
set of enterprise services
in support of proofs of
concept, development,
and integration and test
activities in an accredited
environment.
Vision:
To be the enterprise-wide
development, integration,
and test environment for
information technology
solutions and
standardized Department
of Defense infrastructures.
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CIE Mission and Vision

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 The CIE offers an efficient solution to the current mission application test and development
needs of the Air Force
 Unlike DISA test facilities, the CIE assigns each customer a System Integrator to coordinate
and support development, testing, and deployment into production – the CIE works with you
from end-to-end
 Your assigned CIE team will work with your production staff to ensure a smooth transition
from the test environment into production
 The CIE is a ready-made, purpose-built solution that reduces the cost, risk, and impact
incurred by program offices for standing up and sustaining a compliant development and
test environment
 CIE staff offers a wealth of experience and
lessons learned to assist programs deploying into
their target environment
 The CIE provides an accredited environment
in which program offices may develop
and test with real production data
 FDCCI SPPN Designation
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Benefits

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 The CIE test environment emulates the majority of the end-to-end infrastructure
for multiple deployment environments
 AF bases are emulated using Standard Desktop Clients (SDC) and Standard
Servers (SDCC) across a base LAN using a Service Delivery Point (SDP)
router
 DISA is emulated using a network designed to emulate DISA policies and
configurations
 GCSS-AF is emulated using Akamai and Webseal services
configured to GCSS-AF specifications
 The CIE is dynamically configurable to support multiple
program lifecycles to include
 DISA Deployment
 GCSS-AF Deployment
 Legacy System Maintenance
 Research and Development
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CIE Configuration

5. AFLCMC… Providing the Warfighter’s Edge
Assets
 CIE Hardware
 750+ Physical Servers
 1500+ Logical Servers
 800+ Pieces of Physical Hardware to include Servers, Firewalls, Routers, etc.
 700+ TB Disk Storage
 CIE Personnel
 50+ Trained, Experienced Staff
 CIE Network
 600+ Developers Using VPN Access
 200+ VMWare View remote access users
 Independent CIE Network on DREN
 (I)ATO/ATC Granted
 Allows PMOs to develop, integrate, and test using production data
 Allows incorporation of PII into development/test
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Facility
 Complex is ~11,500 SF
 UPS capacity
 Large UPS has 720 KW capacity
 30 minutes under full load
 60-70 minutes under present load
 Small UPS has 180 KW capacity
 15 minutes under full load
 >1 hour under present load
 Generator Capacity
 Generator is rated at 2250 KW (under present load will run ~57
hours on one tank of fuel)
 Cooling
 The 8 CRAC units on the computer room floor provide ~280
tons of cooling capacity
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CIE Zone Uses
 Sandbox: Prototypes, proofs-of-concept, early development,
demonstrations, product evaluations (try before you buy)
 Development: Programming, deployments/installations, developer
testing, build and test
 Development PII: All capabilities of the Development Zone, and allows
the use of PII
 Integration: Independent 3rd party installation, RTO testing, system
integration testing, functional integration testing; allows use of PII
 Performance: Bandwidth analysis, load/stress analysis, performance
analysis
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Expert Labor Support
 Business Operations
 Focal point to the customer, stay abreast of all CIE activities
 Coordinate support agreements, schedule outages and upgrades,
coordinate with teams to have HW/SW in place
 Configuration management
 Infrastructure Team
 Hardware - acquisition, installation, maintenance, allocation, inventory
responsibility
 Storage & network engineering - LAN/WAN, VPN, SAN, backups, and
infrastructure monitoring (facility and network)
 Platform Engineering
 OS installations, patching, and security scans – DISA STIG, ACAS, HBSS,
ESPS
 Server management/monitoring, application and environment
troubleshooting
 Server and client virtualization
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Expert Labor Support cont.
 Services
 Deploy all GCSS IF service releases, provide CIE zone configuration
management and application/COTS troubleshooting assistance
 Support developers who are leveraging emerging technologies by loading
products in the sandbox zone
 Application Support
 Perform installation/de-installation of applications, assist troubleshooting
environment (network, services, etc.), communicate defects and validate
deployment defect resolution in the Integration and Production
Environments
 System Integration
 System Integrators (SIs) act as facilitators and liaison between application
developers/SIs, CIE, PMO, and Prod Env – each customer PMO is
assigned their own SI to coordinate the support team and facilitate end-to-
end services
 Central point of contact for applications, provide management insight to
application status
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Expert Labor Support cont.
 Performance Engineering
 Bandwidth Analysis – Identifying how much data is transmitted
for each transaction
 Load / Stress Test – Applying a simulated user load to the
application to determine if it can handle the required load
 Performance Analysis – Analyzing network traffic between
components such as user, applications server, and DB to
determine how the transaction can be improved, “Build a little, test
a little”
 Special Projects
 Proof of Concept Testing – Evaluating products for true suitability
of needs
 Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis – Establishing and
executing plans and procedures to identify the root cause of IT
issues and provide appropriate options
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Wrap Up
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Questions?