Seminar Series Sponsor Event Sponsors
Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations & Customer Relations
Iometrix, MEF Official Certification Test Lab
MEF Certification Update
30 min
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Agenda: MEF Certification Program
• Program Achievements 2012 – 2016
• MEF-CECP Professional Certification
• CE 2.0 Services and Equipment Program
– CE 2.0 Certification Process
– New 100 G Carrier Ethernet Services
– New E-Access and E-Transit Services
– New MEF Services Interconnect Program
• MEF Certification Program Roadmap
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68 CE 2.0 Certified Service Providers
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42 CE 2.0 Certified Equipment Vendors
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140 600
1850
3000
4000
MARCH 2012 MARCH 2013 MARCH 2014 MARCH 2015 MARCH 2016
Number of MEF-CECPs Worldwide
Professional Certification
• MEF-CECP Certification– 4445+ MEF-CECPs in 445+
organizations in 78 countries
MEF-CECP is a Globally Recognized, Vendor Neutral Certification Program, Designed to Ensure That Organizations Have a Common Baseline of Technical Carrier Ethernet Skills Across Many Organizational Functions
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• 1h 45m online exam available worldwide• Self-study or attend accredited training programs• US$350 testing fee, two re-take exams are only $50 USD each• MEF membership not required• Pre-requisite for MEF Services Interconnect Program
September 2016• 4,465+ MEF-CECPs• 445 Companies• 209+ Service Providers• 78 countries
MEF-CECP is a Globally Recognized, Vendor Neutral Certification Program, Designed to Ensure That Organizations Have a
Common Baseline of Technical Carrier Ethernet Skills Across Many Organizational Functions
64%
24%
12%
ServiceProviders EquipmentManufacturers Other
SalesEngineering
26%
NetworkEngineering
16%ProductManagement
9%
NetworkDesign6%
NetworkArchitecture
7%
Training5%
Other15%
NetworkOpera ons
4%
TechnicalDevelopment
4%
TechnicalSupport
4%
ProductDevelopment
4%
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Accredited Training
• Choose from 5 global MEF Accredited Training Providers (MEF-ATPs)
• Class training on customer premises or on the MEF-ATP premises anywhere in the world
• Group purchase of MEF-CECP exams on behalf of examinees
• Group proctoring of examinees at the end of the MEF-CECP training
• Pricing and scheduling agreed directly with the MEF-ATPs
More than 80% of MEF-CECPsstudied with a MEF-ATP
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CE 2.0 Services Certifications
Service Type Port Based Service VLAN Based Service
E-Line
Point-to-point EVCUNI to UNI
EPLEthernet Private Line
EVPLEthernet Virtual Private Line
E-LAN
Multipoint-to-multipoint EVCUNI to UNI
EP-LANEthernet Private LAN
EVP-LANEthernet Virtual Private LAN
E-Tree
Rooted-multipoint EVCUNI to UNI
EP-TreeEthernet Private Tree
EVP-TreeEthernet Virtual Private Tree
E-Access
Point-to-point OVCUNI to ENNI
Access EPLAccess Ethernet Private Line
Access EVPLAccess Ethernet Virtual Private Line
CE 2.0 Test Plan9
Part 1: Services Attributes - 293 Test Cases
E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E-Access
UNI to UNI UNI to UNI UNI to UNI UNI to ENNI
Test Cases for Physical Interface & Frame Format
• Physical Medium, Speed, Mode and MAC Layer• Untagged, C-tagged, S-tagged frames – 802.1ad-2005• MTU Size: UNI, ENNI, EVC & OVC
Test Cases for UNI Attributes
• UNI Service Multiplexing • UNI Bundling• UNI All-to-One Bundling
Test Cases for EVC and OVC Support
• EVC Support (Point-to-point, Multipoint-to-multipoint and Rooted-multipoint EVC)
• CE-VLAN ID and CE-VLAN CoS Preservation• CE-VLAN ID/EVC Map and OVC EP Map• Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast Service Frame Delivery
Test Cases for L2CP Handling
• L2CP Must Tunnel• L2CP Must Not Tunnel
Test Cases for Service OAM Handling
• Subscriber MEG and Test MEG• CCM, LBM, LBR, LTM and LTR messages
Part 2: Traffic Management - 387 Test Cases
E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E-Access
UNI to UNI UNI to UNI UNI to UNI UNI to ENNI
Test Cases for Performance
• Three Class of Service: High, Medium, Low • 5 performance metrics:
• One-Way Frame Delay Performance• One-Way Mean Frame Delay Performance• One-Way Inter-Frame Delay Performance• One-Way Frame Delay Range• One-Way Frame Loss Ratio
• 4 Performance Tiers: PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4
Test Cases for Ingress Bandwidth Profile
• CIR Enforcement & Granularity• CBS Enforcement• EIR Enforcement & Granularity• EBS Enforcement• BWP Types (Per UNI, Per EVC, Per PCP, Per DSCP, Per L2CP)• Color-Aware BWP • Color-Blind BWP
Test Cases for Egress Bandwidth Profile
• CIR Enforcement & Granularity• BWP Types (Per UNI, Per EVC, Per PCP, Per DSCP, Per L2CP)
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CE 2.0 Certification Process10
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UNI B1
Test Probe
UNI A1
UNI A2
UNI B2
UNI C1
UNI A4
UNI A3
UNI B3
UNI B4
UNI C2
UNI C3
EPL
EVPL
EP-LAN
EVP-LAN
E-Line E-LAN
EP-Tree
EVP-Tree
E-Tree
Test Probe
Test Probe
UNI C4
UNI C5
UNI B5
UNI A5
UNI A6
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Iometrix Test Control Center
Public Internet
MGT Port
Public Internet
Iometrix Test Control Center
MGT Port
MGT Port
Public Internet
Iometrix Test Control Center
UNI B6 Test Port
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Vendor Equipment
Site A (City, Country)
Vendor Equipment
Site B (City, Country)
Site C (City, Country)
CE 2.0 Test Bed
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UNI A
UNI B
UNI C
OVC 1
Test ProbeTest Probe
OVC 2
OVC 3
OVC EP 11
OVC EP 22
OVC EP 33
ENNI A
OVC EP 1
OVC EP 2
OVC EP 3
UNI D
OVC 4
OVC 5
OVC 6
OVC EP 44
OVC EP 55
OVC EP 66
OVC EP 4
OVC EP 5
OVC EP 6
ENNI B
Access EPL
Access EVPL
E-Access
Iometrix Test Control Center
Public Internet
MGT Port Public InternetMGT Port
Iometrix Test Control CenterTest Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Test Port
Vendor Equipment Vendor Equipment
Site A (City, Country) Site B (City, Country)
CE 2.0 Test Bed for Wholesale Services
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CE 2.0 Certification Benefits
• MEF certification registry provides global exposure to CE 2.0 certified service providers
• A single MEF-sanctioned conformity testing process replaces costly in-house testing
• CE 2.0 certified services adhere to full set of MEF attributes and performance specifications
• Ensures support for advanced business, wholesale, mobile backhaul and cloud
• CE 2.0 E-Access makes it simpler and less costly to interconnect and deliver services to off-net locations
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First 100G CE 2.0 Certifications
• First six CE 2.0 100G equipment vendors announced in GEN15
• First 100G service provider completed March 2016
• Now part of regular CE 2.0 program!
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New E-Transit & Augmented E-Access
• Completes the ‘family’ of CE 2.0 services
– Based on MEF 51 specification
• Current E-Access certifications based on MEF 33 remain fully valid
– Augmented E-Access (ENNI to UNI service)
• Access service for a service provider to reach off-net locations
– New E-Transit (ENNI to ENNI service)
• Transit service between 2 or more operators
• Pilot Phase for Equipment Manufacturers coming soon
• Available for Service Providers when vendor pilot phase completes
E-Access
E-Transit
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CE 2.0 Certification Foundation for AutomationFrom ‘Services Certification’ to ‘Orchestrated Services Certification’
CE 1.0 Services
E-Line E-LAN
CE 2.0 Services
E-Line E-LAN E-Tree
E-AccessAccess E-Line
Transit E-Line
Other CE 2.0 Services
Orchestrated Services
E-Line E-LAN E-Tree
E-Access Access E-Line Transit E-Line
IP Services Cloud Services NFaaS L4-L7
Other Connectivity Services
LSO
OTNServices
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First LSO Certification Pilot Phase – 2017CE 2.0 E-Line Orchestrated Using LSO Presto NRP API
• Several test topologies are to be used to verify the E-Line services attributes.
• Several service attributes may be modified during certification testing using the LSO Presto NRP API
Initial EPL
Key attributes Value
Mapping All-to-one
CoS Single CoS (H)
MTU 1522 B
L2CP Option 1
Bandwidth Profile Cos H
CIR 10 Mbps
CBS 15 KB
EIR 0 Mbps
EBS 0 KB
Final EPL
Key attributes Value
Mapping All-to-one
CoS Two CoS (H-M)
MTU 2000 B
L2CP Option 2
Bandwidth Profile Cos H
CIR 20 Mbps
CBS 20 KB
EIR 0 Mbps
EBS 0 KB
Bandwidth Profile Cos M
CIR 50 Mbps
CBS 35 KB
EIR 30 Mbps
EBS 25 KB
CreateActivate
QuerySuspendResumeQuery Test CE 2.0
DeactivateModify
Re-Activate
Test CE 2.0
DeactivateDelete
QuerySuspendResumeQuery
Modification of an EPL service using the LSO PRESTO NRP API
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NFV implementations
can be submitted to CE 2.0 Certification
LSOOrchestrated Services
Certification
E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, & E-Access Services1G-10G-100G
MEF16Launch first LSO
Orchestrated Services Certification - Using the PRESTO
NRP API for ALLCE 2.0 services
Connectivity ServicesCertification
Ongoing development of LSO Orchestrated Services Certification -
Using Presto, Interlude, Sonata, Legato, Cantata, Allegro LSO Interfaces APIs
First IP Servicesadded to the
Services Certification
CE 2.0 Services Certification
2016 2017 2018
Letter BallotLSO Presto NRP API
ITSLSO Presto NRP API
CE 2.0 Certification Blueprint
Updated for all CE 2.0 services to support LSO
orchestration
Next candidate: LSO Presto Performance Monitoring (PM) API
Proposed Certification Program RoadmapAligned with Open CS and Open LSO Development
Seminar Series Sponsor Event Sponsors
Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations & Customer Relations
Iometrix, MEF Official Certification Test Lab
MEF Certification Update
25 min