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Sponsored by:
Kevin VachonChief Operating Officer, MEF
Services & Professional Certification Programs
25 min
Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations, Iometrix
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Evolution of MEF Certification Programs
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MEF Certification Program Statistics
PROFESSIONALS
62% 2 Year AAGR
SERVICES
91% 2 Year AAGR
TECHNOLOGY
58% 2 Year AAGR
247SERVICES
89PROVIDERS
372DEVICES
43VENDORS
5065PROFESSIONALS
440COMPANIES
209+SPs
83COUNTRIES
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
Enables Service Providers and Vendors to certify that their services/products comply with relevant MEF specifications.
MEF Professional Certification Programs
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MEF-CECP Program & Exam
• MEF-CECP Program– Globally recognized, vendor neutral certification
– Ensures that organizations have a common baseline of technical Carrier Ethernet skills across many organizational functions
• MEF-CECP Exam– 1h 45m online exam available worldwide
– US$350 testing fee
– MEF membership not required
• MEF-CECP Scope– Service definitions, UNI, ENNI, EVC & OVC attributes
– CE Aapplications (e.g. business services, MBH)
– Transport and access technologies
– Management, Service OAM
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 Providers
• Self-study– Many materials such as MEF specifications,
whitepapers are available at mef.net
• Accredited Training Providers– 5 Global MEF Accredited Training Providers (MEF-
ATPs)
– At customer premises or at the MEF-ATP facilities
– 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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Third Network Professional Certification FrameworkEs
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Third Network Foundations(Available July 2017)
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Network Master Practitioner(4 Professional Level Certifications)
Certified Network Expert(Network Master Practitioner + Vendor-
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s MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional SDN & NFV
Technologies(release Q1 2018)
LSO and Orchestration Technologies
(release Q4 2018)
Programmable Network Security
(Release 2019)
Network Design &
Architecture(Release 2020)
Produced by MEF in association with leading industry groups worldwide
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Third Network Foundations Certification Blueprint
Pillar 1Software Defined Networking
Network Functions Virtualization
LSO/Orchestration
Carrier-Based Connectivity Services
The Third Network Vision
Pillar 2
Pillar 3
Pillar 4
Pillar 5
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MEF Services Certification Program Update
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89 CE 2.0 Certified Service Providers
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43 CE 2.0 Certified Equipment Vendors
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CE 2.0 Services Certifications
Service Type Port Based Service VLAN Based Service
E-LinePoint-to-point EVCUNI to UNI
EPLEthernet Private Line
EVPLEthernet Virtual Private Line
E-LANMultipoint-to-multipoint EVCUNI to UNI
EP-LANEthernet Private LAN
EVP-LANEthernet Virtual Private LAN
E-TreeRooted-multipoint EVCUNI to UNI
EP-TreeEthernet Private Tree
EVP-TreeEthernet Virtual Private Tree
E-AccessPoint-to-point OVCENNI to UNI
Access EPLAccess Ethernet Private Line
Access EVPLAccess Ethernet Virtual Private Line
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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 for Retail Services• Live Network Tests performed
on services configured on the service provider’s production network
• 3 Distributed Sites To be selected, typically at CO or POP facilities, located in major market areas and covering a metro, regional, national or international coverage
• Use CE 2.0 Certified Equipment: Highly recommended by MEF at the services UNI end points
• Network infrastructures Various types of access and transport technologies can be used
• Test Probes Installed at each site, connected to services to be tested and controlled by Iometrix remotely
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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• Live Network Tests performed on
services configured on the service provider’s production network
• 2 Distributed Sites To be selected, typically at CO, POP or Co-location facilities, located in major market areas and covering a metro, regional, national or international coverage
• Use CE 2.0 Certified Equipment: Highly recommended by MEF at the services ENNI and UNI end points
• Network infrastructures Various types of access and transport technologies can be used
• Test Probes Installed at each site, connected to services to be tested and controlled by Iometrix remotely
Test Probe at ENNI emulates service provider partner interconnect
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CE 2.0 Certification Process
Registration
• Submit online registration form
• Specify services to be tested and basic test environment
• Sign NDA
• MEF membership
Test Preparation
(+/- 60 days)
• Specify full set of service attributes and parameters
• Provisioning of services for testing on production network
• Prepare remote access for test probes
Test Probes
(+/- 10 days)
• Shipped pre-configured by Iometrix
• Installed by service providers at each site
• Connected to internet to allow remote access
Testing
(+/- 20 days)
• Tests conducted remotely by Iometrix test engineers
• Pre-testing allows service provider to re-configure services according to Iometrix observations
• Official test run
Deliverables
(+/- 15 days)
• CE 2.0 Certificate
• CE 2.0 Test Report
• Listing on MEF Registry
• CE 2.0 Certified Logo
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CE 1.0 Services
E-Line E-LAN
Services Certification Program Evolution
CE 2.0 Services
E-Line E-LAN
E-TreeE-
Access
LSO - 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
OTNServices
From ‘Services Certification’ to ‘Orchestrated Services Certification
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New Cloud Test Platform for Orchestrated Services
Iometrix, MEF’s Authorized Testing Provider is introducing a test platform enabling users to test from the cloud via a user-friendly portal and software-based probes.
Cloud Manager
This is the ‘intelligence’ of the platform where test cases are created, executed, computed and logged
User Portal
This is the user-facing interface connected to the cloud that allows users to perform all functions, from set up to testing to reviewing results
Software Probes
The powerful test software runs on commonly available white boxes
MEF
Services
Network
Iometrix API Client Emulator
UNI/ENNI UNI/ENNI
Iometrix Software Probe
Iometrix Software Probe
Iometrix Test User Portal
FRAMEWORK
Cloud Test Manager
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Operator Network
Example: LSO Sonata Orchestrated Services Certification (SPs)
LSO Legato
SOF
Business Apps
FRAMEWORK
LSO Presto
LSOSonata
UNI/ENNI UNI/ENNI
API Client Emulator
Software Probe Software Probe
MEF
Services
• LSO Sonata API used for inter-carrier ordering:
• Operator testing an MEF CE service orchestrated by LSO Sonata
• API Client Emulator connected to LSO Sonata interface
• Software Probe connected to service end-points
• Operator tests via test user portal
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Summary: Why Service Providers Become Certified
• Positioning products as high quality, standards compliant– Differentiation from competition in RFPs
– Prioritization in customers’ qualification process
– Increasingly a mandatory checklist item to enter bids
• Streamlining and accelerating qualification process– Less internal testing = faster time to market for product
– Less customer qualification testing = faster time to business
• Services scalability and quality – Deliver consistent, quality offerings to all clients, in a high
growth market
Sponsored by:
Kevin VachonChief Operating Officer, MEF
Services & Professional Certification Programs
25 min
Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations, Iometrix