Letter of Commitment of Usage of Interior Network Access to Remote Trading System of the Exchange

Updated on Jun 16,2012

Users of the remote trading terminals of the Exchange are connected mainly by specialized SDH, DDH access lines and telephone dial-up. To accommodate the needs of some members inside the Futures Trading Building, the Exchange allows them to connect to the Exchange through the network inside. To connect through the interior network, the members should make the following commitments.

The member _________________________ promises to observe the following regulations:

1. The access network of the member shall be separated from the network of the Exchange.

2. The network shall be used in security and managed by designated personnel. A designated computer shall be used to connect to the remote trading system of the Exchange. No actions that might jeopardize the trading system or other computers in the network should be performed.

3. Before coming into use, the access network should be configured and tested in accordance with the mandate of the Exchange. The testing shall be performed in the non-trading hours after 3:00 pm. After testing, a Shanghai Futures Exchange Member Link Opening Test Report shall be completed, affixed with the official seal and faxed to the IT Center. The access, once activated, shall not be changed at will.

4. The trading software in use shall be strictly tested in accordance with relevant regulations of the Exchange. Any modification of the software shall be reported to the Exchange and re-tested if necessary.

5. If the connection to the trading system fails due to network glitches, it shall be reported to the IT Center of the Exchange, and orders should be placed through floor trading or other means. The Exchange shall deal with the glitches in time but takes on no liability for the losses arising from network glitches.

6. If any breach of the commitments above occurs, the Exchange is entitled to handle it by suspending connection, terminating remote trading seat or other measures.

________________________(Seal)

MM/DD/YYYY

Appendix 1: Shanghai Futures Exchange Member Link Opening Application Form

Member name

(Seal)

Member ID

Login username of remote seat

Remote seat information

Trading software vendor and version

Fax

Name of technical contact person

Contact Phone

Contact mobile phone

Contact Email

Member-end access address

(On which floor)

Existing access link

SHFE

CFFEX

□ Yes □ No

DCE

□ Yes □ No

ZCE

□ Yes □ No

Futures Building

□ Yes □ No

Zhangjiang

□ Yes □ No

Existing link type, operator, quantity

Applied link access point

□ Futures Building

Access method

□ SDH

□ ATM

Operator

□ China Telecom

□ China Unicom

□ China Mobile

Rate

□ LAN

Building floor

□ Zhangjiang

Access method

□ SDH

□ ATM

Operator

□ China Telecom

□ China Unicom

□ China Mobile

Rate

□ Beijing

Access method

□ SDH

□ ATM

Operator

□ China Telecom

□ China Unicom

□ China Mobile

Rate

Network structure description

It is formed by expanding Member Network Structure Description Template (the description is a separate article attached to this form). The relevant network topology connecting the offering machine with the Exchange access platform should be described (including the design content of the current newly applied link and the adjustment content of technical systems). The Technology Center will evaluate the rationality and reliability of trading businesses and communication links based on this description.

The following blanks shall be completed by the Exchange.

Review opinion

Operator

Link number

Routing

□ Static □ Dynamic

Exchange

Access to router

Router

Port name

Interface IP address of access router WAN

Interface IP address of member router WAN

IP address of member LAN

Opening time

Notes:

(1) This form should be filled out by the member companies connected to Shanghai Futures Exchange;

2) The form should be sealed by the member companies, and sent to Shanghai Futures Exchange Information Technology Center by fax or hand.

Appendix 2: Shanghai Futures Exchange Member Link Opening Test Report

Member name (Seal)
Member ID		Login username of remote seat
Remote seat information
Trading software vendor and version		Fax
Name of technical contact person		Contact phone
Contact mobile phone		Contact Email
Member-end access address (On which floor)
Link information
Link type			Operator name
Link number			Link bandwidth
WAN router model			WAN router name
WAN interface address			Testing offering machine IP
Test method
1	Log in the WAN router, ping 1,000 packets at opposite terminal router WAN interface, to check whether packet is lost.		Packet loss rate:	Minimum delay:
			Average delay:	Maximum delay:
2	Log in the WAN router, ping 10,000 4000-byte packets at opposite terminal router WAN interface, to check whether packet is lost.		Packet loss rate:	Minimum delay:
			Average delay:	Maximum delay:
3	Log in WAN router, use packets of different sizes to ping opposite terminal router interface, to check show interface bandwidth usage.		5 minute Input Rate	Bits / sec
			5 minute output Rate	Bits / sec
4	Log in the testing offering machine, ping 1,000 packets of the trading front-end hosts of Futures Building Data Center, Zhangjiang Data Center and Beijing Data Center, respectively (conduct the test after 15:30).		Ping 192.168.11.31	Number of packet loss:
			Ping 192.168.11.32	Number of packet loss:
			Ping 192.168.12.41	Number of packet loss:
			Ping 192.168.12.42	Number of packet loss:
			Ping 192.168.16.31	Number of packet loss:
			Ping 192.168.16.32	Number of packet loss:
5	Log in the testing offering machine, using the trace command to view and record the paths from the offering machine to the trading front-end hosts in Futures Building Data Center, Zhangjiang Data Center and Beijing Data Center.		Trace 192.168.11.31 Futures Building front-end host
			Trace 192.168.12.41 Zhangjiang front-end host
			Trace 192.168.16.31 Beijing front-end host
Remark

Notes:

(1) This form should be filled out by the member companies connected to Shanghai Futures Exchange;

(2) The form should be sealed by the member companies, and sent to Shanghai Futures Exchange Information Technology Center by fax or hand.