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The A98 product is a complete hardware-software solution. The A98 hardware comes in a rack-mounted format with built-in access control. In addition to the external lock, the A98 enclosure has tamper-evident switches to prevent intrusion and a dual locking mechanism to prohibit unauthorized use.

The system unit is a Windows Server 2003 OS a RAID1 storage system with two mirrored hard drives and a hot spare. The A98 includes a cryptographic adapter from SafeNet®, an integrated voice response card, integrated rack, and two network interface cards.

A dot-matrix printer can be supplied with each A98 system that connects directly to the A98's cryptographic adapter and provides secure printing of locally generated KEK and MFK components.

If desired, Trusted Security Solutions will provide three lock boxes for storing clear-text keying materials.

Disaster Recovery
The A98 solution includes redundant, mirrored hard drives to assure continued operation in the event of a single hard drive failure. Upon a failure, the system automatically begins using the mirrored drive and starts to mirror to the hot spare. Later, the defective drive is replaced by TSS per the maintenance agreement and a utility is run to synchronize the new drive and restore the hot spare to its original state. The unit also includes dual front mounted USB ports behind a locked panel as a mechanism to install patches and updates and potentially be used for off-site back up data storage.

Potential disaster recovery plans are:
1. Utilize the standard A98 backup features only. Since initial key loading is not a mission critical application, in a disaster event, re-keying would be done manually (as today) and the exception logged. After recovery, any manually re-keyed ATMs (if done in a non-compliant manner) would be re-keyed using the restored A98. If the A98 unit is rendered inoperable, a replacement unit from TSS could be provided within 30-days or sooner.

2. A redundant A98 unit, at a Disaster Recovery site. Since this backup unit is a duplicate of the primary system, it is fully operational in the case of a disaster. The data will be kept in sync using a network shared drive or USB drive backups from the primary unit. After re-routing the A98 phone number and restoring the latest backup, the DR unit would be operational.

Related documents:
A98 For Triple-DES (PDF 756kb)
A98 For Triple-DES En Español (PDF 580kb)

A98 Deliverables:

• A98 System unit and all programming
• Initialization diskettes and passwords
• Comvelopes and Servicer IDs
• Installation and training
• 90 days of initial support
• Annual 24x7 or 12x5 Service Agreement (Maintenance)

The A98 comes in 7 models, based on the number of ATMs serviced:

A98-125       125 ATMs
A98-250       250 ATMs
A98-500       500 ATMs
A98-1K         1,000 ATMs
A98-5K         5,000 ATMs
A98-10K       10,000 ATMs
A98-32K       32,000 ATMs

Upgrade options are available for installed units.

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