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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

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Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations & Customer Relations

Iometrix, MEF Official Certification Test Lab

MEF Certification Update

25 min