Event SponsorsSeminar Series Sponsor

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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MEF CE 2.0 Certification Achievements

• MEF certification programs

– Services and Equipment launched in 2005-6

– Professional launched in 2012

• MEF launched CE 2.0 certification in 2012

– 63 CE 2.0 Service Providers

– 44 CE 2.0 E-Access Service Providers

– 302 CE 2.0 device certifications

– 43 CE 2.0 Equipment Manufacturers

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63 CE 2.0 Certified Service Providers

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43 CE 2.0 Certified Equipment Vendors

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• MEF Certified Professionals Convention

– Successful event at GEN15

• MEF-CECP Certification

– Nearly 4,182+ MEF-CECPs in 421 organizations in 76 countries

Professional Certification

529 461

MEF-C3 Professional Certification

• Covers all aspects of MEF’s work

• Terminology and concepts

• Pilot planned for H2 2016

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• 1h 45m online exam available worldwide• Self-study or attend accredited training programs• US$350 testing fee• MEF membership not required• Pre-requisite for MEF Services Interconnect Program

May 2016• 4,182+ MEF-CECPs• 421 Companies• 209+ Service Providers• 76 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 7 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 Plan10

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 Process11

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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)

CE2.0 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 underway

• Available for Service Providers when vendor pilot phase completes

E-Access

E-Transit

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Certification Program Evolution

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

From ‘Services Certification’ to ‘Orchestrated Services Certification’

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First LSO Certification Pilot Phase Proposal

• 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

attributesValue

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

attributesValue

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

Create

Activate

Query

Suspend

Resume

Query Test CE 2.0

Deactivate

Modify

Re-Activate

Test CE 2.0

Deactivate

Delete

Query

Suspend

Resume

Query

Modification of an EPL service using the LSO PRESTO NRP API

CE 2.0 E-Line Orchestrated Using LSO PRESTO NRP API

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Certification Program Roadmap

SDN/NFV

implementations

can be submitted

to CE 2.0

Certification

New E-Access & E-

Transit Services

added to CE 2.0

Certification

LSOOrchestrated

Services Certification

E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, & E-

Access Services

1G-10G-100G

First LSO

Orchestrated

Services Certification

- Using the PRESTO

NRP API

2016 2017 2018

Connectivity Services

Certification

Ongoing development of

LSO Orchestrated Services

Certification - Using PRESTO,

INTERLUDE, SONATA,

LEGATO, CANTATA,

ALLEGRO LSO Interfaces

APIs

First IP Services

added to the

Services

Certification

CE 2.0 Services Certification

Aligned with OpenCS and OpenLSO development

Event SponsorsSeminar Series Sponsor

Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations & Customer Relations

Iometrix, MEF Official Certification Test Lab

MEF Certification Update

25 min