New Supplements

The following table contains new supplements that are published for the first time. We include only those supplements that have been published after January 2022.  

We purposely omit supplements that have been re-published.

 

Domain	Acronym	Supplement / Profile
Radiation Oncology	DRRO	Deformable Registration in Radiation Oncology (DRRO)
Radiology	IMR	Interactive Multimedia Report

  Bookmark this page for easy access to resources used to support your Connectathon testing.

• Testing schedule for the week
• Daily
• After-hours access
• Daily 'need to know' announcements
• Seating assignments
• Network information
• Network Description & "I need another fixed IP address!"
• Wireless
• Gazelle Test Management
• Guidance for Monday's session
• Assigned partners and assigned patients
• XDS, XDS-I, ATNA
• XCA, XCPD, XCA-I
• Ask questions. Get help.
• Tools - configuration, location & support

Testing schedule for the week

Daily:

Mon, Sep 12, 2022	8:00 am -  4:00 pm EST	On-site check-in / badge pickup
Mon, Sep 12, 2022	8:00 am - 10:00 am	Connectathon Participant system set-up
Mon, Sep 12, 2022	8:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Session 1
Tue, Sep 13, 2022	8:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Session 2
Wed, Sep 14, 2022	8:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Session 3
Thu, Sep 15, 2022	8:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Sesson 4
Fri, Sep 16, 2022	8:00 am -  noon	Connectathon Test Session 5: Hard stop at noon

 

After-hours access:

Participants with a valid badge will have access to the Connectathon Floor. There is a curfew time TBD.

Daily 'need to know' announcements

The Connectathon venue makes oral announcements impractical.

Please check your email at 8am and 1:30pm each day. We will send twice-daily "need to know" announcements to the ZoHo List and Rocket Chat.

Seating Assignments

Seating Assignments (PDF)

Seating Assignments (Google Sheet) There are two tabs in this spreadsheet. On the first tab, each cell represents one table with two chairs; table locations are identified by a letter/number, eg T1. The second tab shows seating assignments sorted by Organization. You can use the spreadsheet now for a table location if you need to ship something or order services. Your table location will also be entered in Gazelle before testing. This will show up for you and your partners as you are running tests.

Network Info

• NetworkDescription: Network Configuration Guide.
• Important DNS Information

Wireless / PCD Testers

• SSID:  PCD
• Password:  provided on site

Gazelle Test Management

Gazelle on-site: https://gazelle.ihe.net/TM/home.seam

Outside of Connectathon floor, URL remains the same: https://gazelle.ihe.net/TM/home.seam

Guidance for Monday's session

We hope you've already reviewed the 10 Connectathon Tips from the Pros.

Monday 8:00-10am is for system set-up and testing.  After 10am, we expect you to perform testing. Here is guidance on goals to accomplish during Monday's testing session:

• Configure and connect to tools for your profiles.
• Complete the 5-minute Consistent Time "CT_Client" test
• Content Creators -- submit CDA/C-CDA docs into the samples area of gazelle for evaluation
• Modalities/Evidence Creators -- submit DICOM samples into gazelle and the Central Archive
• Submit media you create to the assigned Monitor -->  give XDM and PDI media to monitor Samantha Neiheisel at table M28.
• It is good practice to hand a monitor your media rather than just dropping it at the table.
• Any other tests labeled "*_Do_This_First" or "*_Read_This_First"
• In general, work on other no-peer tests.
• Then, move on to peer-to-peer tests.

Ask questions. Get help:

IHE USA staff - Help desk BB3

• logistics, "I'm lost", shipping...

Network staff - BB1

Tool help - see section below

Dr. Phil - BB2

• First & last resource for technical support.  Ask me anything.
• If I do not know, I will find someone who does.
• Gazelle help. Traditional Level 1 and Level 2 support.
• e.g. "I need to reset my password"
• Monitor support
• ITI FHIR Profile Support

Steve Moore - W7

• QRPH, PCC and C-CDA tests, test requirements & grading => support for participants and monitors.
• "I need to drop a profile/actor in QRPH or PCC"

Lynn Felhofer - W6

• ITI (Not FHIR) and Radiology tests, test requirements & grading => support for participants and monitors
• "I need to drop a profile/actor in RAD or ITI"

Anne-Gaëlle / Malo Toudic - Rocket.chat

• Gazelle support. This is Level 3 support. Remote in Rocket.chat

John Rhoads - R6

• DEV tests, test requirements & grading => support for participants and monitors
• "I need to drop a profile/actor in PCD"

Assigned partners and assigned patients

For Document Sharing (XD*, XC*, MHD) profiles and ATNA, Connectathon Managers make some assignments to help manage testing.  First-time participants can read an overview of multiple affinity domains at Connectathons here. This section only applies to test systems in those profiles.

• Document sharing / multiple affinity domain testing:  See the Red, Green, Blue assignments for Registries & Gateways 
• Here are both the Document Source Patient Assignments and the XDS, XDS, XDS-I, ATNA: Tue-Wed-Assigned-Partners 
• Schedule for XCA, XCPD, XCDR, XCA-I on Tues Wed Thu (several tabs; read the 'Instructions' tab first)

See Lynn Felhofer with any questions about these assignments.

Tools - configuration, location & support

 

TOOLS DEPLOYED AT CONNECTATHON
Gazelle Test Management
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/TM/home.seam
Support	Malo
Summary	Overall test management during Connectathon.
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle Proxy
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/proxy Proxy is accessible at 151.80.206.32
Support	Malo
Summary	Captures messages exchanged between two test systems and enables message validation.  Applicable to messaging in all IHE profiles that do not require TLS communication.  When participants link proxy message in test instances, monitors can use the link to examine message content and (for some messages) call validators in EVSClient.
Documentation	Proxy overview for monitors Proxy training recording (.mp4) (targeted at participants) Proxy User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle Security Suite (GSS)
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/gss
Support	Malo
Summary	Source of digital certificates for ATNA/TLS. Simulates an Audit Record Repository (syslog collector). Validates syslog audit records. TLS Simulators (client & server), including for new ATNA options. Home of the ‘ATNA Questionnaire’ for systems testing ATNA. SAML assertion provider for XUA.
Documentation	GSS "how to" recording for monitors (.mp4) GSS User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle EVSClient
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient
Support	Malo
Summary	Validators for HL7v2, v3 messages, CDA documents, & FHIR Resources. Multiple DICOM validators. Other validators: XDW, PDF/A, DSUB, HPD… When you validate a message from within the Gazelle Proxy or Gazelle Samples area, it calls validators within the EVSClient.
Documentation	User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe), with embedded validators provided by many organizations
Gazelle Patient Manager
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/PatientManager
Support	Anne-Gaëlle
Summary	Simulators for actors in PAM, PDQ*, PIX* are used by participants during pre-Connectathon testing; sometimes during Connectathon.  Source of test patients during Connectathon.    Connectathon tests *do not* call for monitors to use Patient Manager.
Documentation	User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle Order Manager
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/OrderManager
Support	Anne-Gaëlle
Summary	Order Placer and Order Filler simulator in departmental workflow profiles; DICOM Modality Worklist provider (SCP) and HL7 order exchange. Simulators are used by participants in RAD and LAB during pre-Connectathon testing; sometimes at Connectathon, especially as a DICOM Modality worklist SCP
Documentation	Order Manager training slides User Manual Recording: how to use Order Manager to create Modality Worklist (.mp4)
Provider organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
PCD Tools
Configuration	http://pcdtool:8080/pcdtool
Support	John
Summary	Used in PCD profile testing to validate one to one messages passing patient and device information. New functionality validates some detailed ACM profile content.
US ONC ETT for C-CDA
Configuration	https://ttpedge.sitenv.org/ttp/#/validators/ccdar2
Support	Steve Moore
Summary	Used to test C-CDA documents. Not for general CDA testing.
Provider Organization	NIST
PIX/PDQ and Vital Records Test Tools
Configuration
Support
Summary	Validators for PIXv2, PIXv2, PDQv2 and PDQv3 messages. Validation for Vital Records Death Reporting.
Documentation	on-line tool documentation
Provider organization	NIST
CDA Validation Tools
Support	Steve
Summary	For PCC, QRPH, and C-CDA testing
Documentation	IHE CDA Testing Procedure Overview
XDS Toolkit
Configuration	See details on the homepage for XDS and FHIR toolkit: >> On the Connectathon floor:   IP: 10.111.8.58  http://nist1:8080/ >> From outside: https://tools.iheusa.org/xdstools/
Support
Summary	Validates messages and simulates actors in document sharing profiles, eg XC*, XDS.  Specific tests contain instructions to use Toolkit to verify messages, or as a Doc Consumer simulator to perform queries against participants' tests systems.
Provider Organization	NIST
XDS-I Tools
Configuration	http://tools.iheusa.org/xds-imaging/
Support	Steve
Summary	For testing XDS-I and XCA-I implementations
Provider Organization	NIST, + Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (for XDS-I & XCA-I)
FHIR Read-Write Server (HAPI)
Configuration	Connectathon Floor IP: 10.111.8.57 Web GUI: http://fhir-read-write.ihe-us-test.net:8080/fhir Server base URL (R4): http://fhir-read-write:8080/fhir/baseR4   Server base URL (STU3):  http://fhir-read-write:8080/fhir/baseDstu3
Support	Steve
Summary	(1) Hosts the Connectathon patients as FHIR Patient Resources. These Patient Resources will be referenced by other Resources that are created/exchanged in peer-to-peer tests .  i.e. you will not reference a copy of this resource that resides on your server or that of your test partner.  (2) Hosts FHIR Resources that are test data for various IHE Profiles, e.g., mCDS, QEDm, MHD-SDC. (3) Participants can upload & validate FHIR Resources created by their systems.  -- -- Instructions are in Connectathon test '*_Resource_Check* for several profiles. (4) Participants that are FHIR clients will upload a FHIR CapabilityStatement for their test system onto this server, making them available to all participants and monitors.  Instructions are in test '01_DoThis1st_CapabilityStatement'
Provider Organization	HAPI Server deployed at Connectathon by Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
FHIR Toolkit
Configuration	See details on the homepage for XDS and FHIR toolkit: >> On the Connectathon floor: IP: 10.111.8.58   http://nist1:8080/ >> From outside: https://tools.iheusa.org:9743/home
Support
Summary	MHD profile testing
Documentation	Overview training recording
Provider Organization	NIST
DICOM Central Archive (dcm4chee)
Configuration	GUI front-end: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net/ login/password: admin/admin (to add your AE title so the archive will accept your association) IP addr / port: central-archive.ihe-europe.net  /  11112 IP addr / port:   /  11112 AET: DCM4CHEE QIDO-RS: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net:8080/dcm4chee-arc/aets/CENTRAL/rs WADO-RS: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net:8080/dcm4chee-arc/aets/CENTRAL/rs
Support	Steve (K31)
Summary	Used as a commonly-accessible repository for DICOM objects.   Participants store their objects here.  Available to other participants via DICOM C-FIND, C-MOVE, QIDO-RS, and WADO-RS.  Monitors use the web-based GUI to verify that participants have stored their objects here.
Provider organization	dcm4che.org
Mitre Canary
Configuration	GUI front-end: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net:18080 Note: This is correct. We are running the canary tool on the same host as the Central Archive.
Support	Steve
Summary	Used to test VRDR/FHIR
Provider organization	Mitre
SAML STS
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/gazelle-sts?wsdl
Support	Malo
Summary	SAML assertion provider - XUA and SeR testing
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
IHE TEST TOOLS DEPLOYED OUTSIDE OF CONNECTATHON WEEK:
Index to IHE Test Tools:  https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/IHE_Test_Tool_Information

  Bookmark this page for easy access to resources used to support your Connectathon testing.

NOTE: Some information may be historical reference to 2022 if not updated yet

• Testing schedule for the week
• Daily
• After-hours access
• Daily 'need to know' announcements
• Seating assignments
• Network information
• Network Description & "I need another fixed IP address!"
• NAT Request Form
• Wireless
• Gazelle Test Management
• Guidance for Monday's session
• Assigned partners and assigned patients
• XDS, XDS-I, ATNA
• XCA, XCPD, XCA-I
• Ask questions. Get help.
• Tools - configuration, location & support

Testing schedule for the week

Daily:

Mon, Mar 6, 2023	9:00 am -  5:00 pm EST	On-site check-in / badge pickup
Mon, Mar 6, 2023	9:00 am - 10:00 am	Connectathon Participant system set-up
Mon, Mar 6, 2023	9:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Session 1
Tue, Mar 7, 2023	9:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Session 2
Wed, Mar 8, 2023	9:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Session 3
Thu, Mar 9, 2023	9:00 am -  5:00 pm	Connectathon Test Sesson 4
Fri, Mar 10, 2023	9:00 am -  noon	Connectathon Test Session 5: Hard stop at noon

 

After-hours access:

Participants with a valid badge will have access to the Connectathon Floor. There is a curfew time TBD.

Daily 'need to know' announcements

The Connectathon venue makes oral announcements impractical.

Please check your email at 8am and 1:30pm each day. We will send twice-daily "need to know" announcements to the ZoHo List and Rocket Chat.

Seating Assignments

Seating Assignments (PDF)

Seating Assignments (Google Sheet) There are two tabs in this spreadsheet. On the first tab, each cell represents one table with two chairs; table locations are identified by a letter/number, eg T1. The second tab shows seating assignments sorted by Organization. You can use the spreadsheet now for a table location if you need to ship something or order services. Your table location will also be entered in Gazelle before testing. This will show up for you and your partners as you are running tests.

Network Info

• NetworkDescription: Network Configuration Guide.
• Important DNS Information
• NAT Request Form

Wireless / PCD Testers

• SSID:  PCD
• Password:  provided on site

Gazelle Test Management

Gazelle on-site: https://gazelle.iheusa.org

Outside of Connectathon floor, URL remains the same: https://gazelle.iheusa.org

Guidance for Monday's session

We hope you've already reviewed the 10 Connectathon Tips from the Pros.

Monday 8:00-10am is for system set-up and testing.  After 10am, we expect you to perform testing. Here is guidance on goals to accomplish during Monday's testing session:

• Configure and connect to tools for your profiles.
• Complete the 5-minute Consistent Time "CT_Client" test
• Content Creators -- submit CDA/C-CDA docs into the samples area of gazelle for evaluation
• Modalities/Evidence Creators -- submit DICOM samples into gazelle and the Central Archive
• Submit media you create to the assigned Monitor -->  give XDM and PDI media to monitor Samantha Neiheisel at table M28.
• It is good practice to hand a monitor your media rather than just dropping it at the table.
• Any other tests labeled "*_Do_This_First" or "*_Read_This_First"
• In general, work on other no-peer tests.
• Then, move on to peer-to-peer tests.

Ask questions. Get help located at the entrance:

IHE USA staff - Help desk

• logistics, "I'm lost", shipping...

Network staff 

Tool help - see section below

Dr. Phil

• First & last resource for technical support.  Ask me anything.
• If I do not know, I will find someone who does.
• Gazelle help. Traditional Level 1 and Level 2 support.
• e.g. "I need to reset my password"
• Monitor support
• ITI Profile Support

Steve Moore - B4

• QRPH, PCC and C-CDA tests, test requirements & grading => support for participants and monitors.
• "I need to drop a profile/actor in QRPH or PCC"

Anne-Gaëlle / Malo Toudic - A5

• Gazelle support. This is Level 3 support. Remote in Rocket.chat

John Rhoads - F5

• DEV tests, test requirements & grading => support for participants and monitors
• "I need to drop a profile/actor in PCD"

Assigned partners and assigned patients

For Document Sharing (XD*, XC*, MHD) profiles and ATNA, Connectathon Managers make some assignments to help manage testing.  First-time participants can read an overview of multiple affinity domains at Connectathons here. This section only applies to test systems in those profiles.

• Document sharing / multiple affinity domain testing:  See the Red, Green, Blue assignments for Registries & Gateways 
• Here are both the Document Source Patient Assignments and the XDS, XDS, XDS-I, ATNA: Tue-Wed-Assigned-Partners 
• Schedule for XCA, XCPD, XCDR, XCA-I on Tues Wed Thu (several tabs; read the 'Instructions' tab first)

See Lynn Felhofer with any questions about these assignments.

Tools - configuration, location & support:

 

Tool Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14kRClO2T-aEQDgFWBp-RnfdlKCjsBdI4XVPv0TGH8y4/edit#gid=1157320744

 

TOOLS DEPLOYED AT CONNECTATHON
Gazelle Test Management
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/TM/home.seam
Support	Malo
Summary	Overall test management during Connectathon.
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle Proxy
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/proxy Proxy is accessible at
Support	Malo
Summary	Captures messages exchanged between two test systems and enables message validation.  Applicable to messaging in all IHE profiles that do not require TLS communication.  When participants link proxy message in test instances, monitors can use the link to examine message content and (for some messages) call validators in EVSClient.
Documentation	Proxy overview for monitors Proxy training recording (.mp4) (targeted at participants) Proxy User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle Security Suite (GSS)
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/gss
Support	Malo
Summary	Source of digital certificates for ATNA/TLS. Simulates an Audit Record Repository (syslog collector). Validates syslog audit records. TLS Simulators (client & server), including for new ATNA options. Home of the ‘ATNA Questionnaire’ for systems testing ATNA. SAML assertion provider for XUA.
Documentation	GSS "how to" recording for monitors (.mp4) GSS User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle EVSClient
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient
Support	Malo
Summary	Validators for HL7v2, v3 messages, CDA documents, & FHIR Resources. Multiple DICOM validators. Other validators: XDW, PDF/A, DSUB, HPD… When you validate a message from within the Gazelle Proxy or Gazelle Samples area, it calls validators within the EVSClient.
Documentation	User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe), with embedded validators provided by many organizations
Gazelle Patient Manager
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/PatientManager
Support	Anne-Gaëlle
Summary	Simulators for actors in PAM, PDQ*, PIX* are used by participants during pre-Connectathon testing; sometimes during Connectathon.  Source of test patients during Connectathon.    Connectathon tests *do not* call for monitors to use Patient Manager.
Documentation	User Manual
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
Gazelle Order Manager
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/OrderManager
Support	Anne-Gaëlle
Summary	Order Placer and Order Filler simulator in departmental workflow profiles; DICOM Modality Worklist provider (SCP) and HL7 order exchange. Simulators are used by participants in RAD and LAB during pre-Connectathon testing; sometimes at Connectathon, especially as a DICOM Modality worklist SCP
Documentation	Order Manager training slides User Manual Recording: how to use Order Manager to create Modality Worklist (.mp4)
Provider organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
PCD Tools
Configuration	http://pcdtool:8080/pcdtool
Support	John
Summary	Used in PCD profile testing to validate one to one messages passing patient and device information. New functionality validates some detailed ACM profile content.
US ONC ETT for C-CDA
Configuration	https://ttpedge.sitenv.org/ttp/#/validators/ccdar2
Support	Steve Moore
Summary	Used to test C-CDA documents. Not for general CDA testing.
Provider Organization	NIST
PIX/PDQ and Vital Records Test Tools
Configuration
Support
Summary	Validators for PIXv2, PIXv2, PDQv2 and PDQv3 messages. Validation for Vital Records Death Reporting.
Documentation	on-line tool documentation
Provider organization	NIST
CDA Validation Tools
Support	Steve
Summary	For PCC, QRPH, and C-CDA testing
Documentation	IHE CDA Testing Procedure Overview
XDS Toolkit
Configuration	See details on the homepage for XDS and FHIR toolkit: >> On the Connectathon floor:   IP: 10.111.8.58  http://nist1:8080/ >> From outside: https://tools.iheusa.org/xdstools/
Support
Summary	Validates messages and simulates actors in document sharing profiles, eg XC*, XDS.  Specific tests contain instructions to use Toolkit to verify messages, or as a Doc Consumer simulator to perform queries against participants' tests systems.
Provider Organization	NIST
XDS-I Tools
Configuration	http://tools.iheusa.org/xds-imaging/
Support	Steve
Summary	For testing XDS-I and XCA-I implementations
Provider Organization	NIST, + Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (for XDS-I & XCA-I)
FHIR Read-Write Server (HAPI)
Configuration	Connectathon Floor IP: 10.111.8.57 Web GUI: http://fhir-read-write.ihe-us-test.net:8080/fhir Server base URL (R4): http://fhir-read-write:8080/fhir/baseR4   Server base URL (STU3):  http://fhir-read-write:8080/fhir/baseDstu3
Support	Steve
Summary	(1) Hosts the Connectathon patients as FHIR Patient Resources. These Patient Resources will be referenced by other Resources that are created/exchanged in peer-to-peer tests .  i.e. you will not reference a copy of this resource that resides on your server or that of your test partner.  (2) Hosts FHIR Resources that are test data for various IHE Profiles, e.g., mCDS, QEDm, MHD-SDC. (3) Participants can upload & validate FHIR Resources created by their systems.  -- -- Instructions are in Connectathon test '*_Resource_Check* for several profiles. (4) Participants that are FHIR clients will upload a FHIR CapabilityStatement for their test system onto this server, making them available to all participants and monitors.  Instructions are in test '01_DoThis1st_CapabilityStatement'
Provider Organization	HAPI Server deployed at Connectathon by Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
FHIR Toolkit
Configuration	See details on the homepage for XDS and FHIR toolkit: >> On the Connectathon floor: IP: 10.111.8.58   http://nist1:8080/ >> From outside: https://tools.iheusa.org:9743/home
Support
Summary	MHD profile testing
Documentation	Overview training recording
Provider Organization	NIST
DICOM Central Archive (dcm4chee)
Configuration	GUI front-end: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net/ login/password: admin/admin (to add your AE title so the archive will accept your association) IP addr / port: central-archive.ihe-europe.net  /  11112 IP addr / port:   /  11112 AET: DCM4CHEE QIDO-RS: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net:8080/dcm4chee-arc/aets/CENTRAL/rs WADO-RS: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net:8080/dcm4chee-arc/aets/CENTRAL/rs
Support	Steve (K31)
Summary	Used as a commonly-accessible repository for DICOM objects.   Participants store their objects here.  Available to other participants via DICOM C-FIND, C-MOVE, QIDO-RS, and WADO-RS.  Monitors use the web-based GUI to verify that participants have stored their objects here.
Provider organization	dcm4che.org
Mitre Canary
Configuration	GUI front-end: https://central-archive.ihe-europe.net:18080 Note: This is correct. We are running the canary tool on the same host as the Central Archive.
Support	Steve
Summary	Used to test VRDR/FHIR
Provider organization	Mitre
SAML STS
Configuration	https://gazelle.ihe.net/gazelle-sts?wsdl
Support	Malo
Summary	SAML assertion provider - XUA and SeR testing
Provider Organization	Kereval (IHE Europe)
IHE TEST TOOLS DEPLOYED OUTSIDE OF CONNECTATHON WEEK:
Index to IHE Test Tools:  https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/IHE_Test_Tool_Information

Background

1. We use a fake domain name (ihe-europe.net) for our Joint Connectathon. Particpant systems are assigned more or more host names (e.g., acme2) and the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for that host would be acme2.ihe-europe.net
2. The Gazelle Test Management System ("Gazelle") is hosted at https:https://gazelle.iheusa.org
3. Some other tools such as the Gazelle Security Suite are hosted at gazelle.ihe.net.
4. The server gazelle.ihe.net also hosts other content such as documentation.
5. Prior to the connectathon, these two systems live outside of the Connectathon test room and have public IP addresses:
1. https://gazelle.iheusa.org
2. gazelle.ihe.net
6. During the event:
1. The full server https://gazelle.iheusa.org.
2. The tooling part of gazelle.ihe.net is linked at the bottom of https://gazelle.iheusa.org and lives on the private network.
3. Other content (documentation) remains on the original gazelle.ihe.net
7. The Gazelle Test Management software records URL's that link to items inside the https://gazelle.ihe.net system or inside the gazelle.ihe.net system. The software works best if you use the fully qualified domain name in the URL rather than trying to use an IP address or just "gazelle"
8. In previous years, we have seen evidence that DNS "stuff" from offsite locations such as your hotel might be cached in your system and interfere with your work in the testing area. We have advice below on how to manage that.

What Does This Mean for You?

Manual Network Configuration (i.e., Fixed IP Address)

1. Make sure you set the Search Domain to: ihe-europe.net.
1. That means if someone tells you their hostname is acme2 and you try to connect to acme2, your underlying system software should try a DNS lookup on acme2.ihe-europe.net and things should just work.
2. For DNS servers, use only the server we supply: 10.250.50.71
1. If you use a different DNS server, you will not be able to resolve IP addresses for your partner systems.
2. You will also get redirected to the public IP address of some of the resources listed above, and that will cause a (large) mess.

What Else Should You Do?

1. When you return to your hotel room and decide you need to do more work, you can still connect to gazelle.ihe.net. Your hotel DNS should give you the public IP address of those systems at home, and you will be redirected.
1. When you are in the Convention Center and you use the public IP address for either of those resources, your connection goes out the firewal to the server at home and then gets redirected back through the firewall. The round trip traffic just puts more load on the network for no benefit.
2. Resist the temptation to enter a fixed IP address when you browse to Gazelle Test Management or to the other tools at gazelle.ihe.net.

What If?

• You might have a link to documentation that starts with https://gazelle.ihe.net. That should still work inside the Convention Center through redirects. If you have problems getting to such documentation, use this prefix: https://gazelle.ihe-europe.net. That URL points to the IHE Europe server back in Rennes and should not have any redirect issues.
• Do not use this link for anything other than documentation.
• Do not use this link for any tools