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Agenda: MEF Certification Program • Introduction to the MEF Certification Programs

– Services, Equipment and Professionals: Program Achievements 2012 – 2016

• MEF-CECP Professional Certification– MEF-CECP Exam Process & Scope

– Accredited Training

• CE 2.0 Services and Equipment Certification Program– CE 2.0 Services, MEF Specifications & Test Plans

– CE 2.0 Test Topologies & Environment

– CE 2.0 Certification Process and Timeline

– Recent and Upcoming Additions (100G Certification, VNF-based product certifications)

• MEF Certification Program Roadmap– Enhanced and New Connectivity Services

– MEF LSO APIs for Service Automation and Orchestration

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MEF Certification Programs Highlights

ServicesCertification

Equipment Certification

Professional Certification

• Certifies individuals• Launched in 2012• 4485+ MEF-CECPs• 445+ Organizations

• Certifies CE equipment • Launched in 2012• 42 Equipment Manufacturers• 337+ Equipment Certified

• Certifies CE services • Launched in 2013• 68 Service Providers Worldwide• 201+ Certified Services

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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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• Now 4485+ MEF-CECPs in 445+

organizations in 78 countries

• Continued and sustained growth since launched

Professional Certification

639

140600

1850

3000

4000

MARCH 2012 MARCH 2013 MARCH 2014 MARCH 2015 MARCH 2016

Number of MEF-CECPs Worldwide

546

125

MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional

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MEF CECP Program & Exam

• MEF CECP Program:– 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

• MEF CECP Exam– 1h 45m online exam available worldwide

– US$350 testing fee, two re-take exams are only $50 USD each

– MEF membership not required

• MEF CECP Scope– Service definitions, UNI, ENNI, EVC & OVC attributes

– Transport and access technologies

– Management, Service OAM

– Applications

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

• Self-study– Many materials such as MEF specifications,

whitepapers are available

• Accredited Training– 5 Global MEF Accredited Training Providers

(MEF-ATPs)

– Suited for Training of multiple employees in an organization

– At customer premises or at the MEF-ATP premises

– 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

MEF CE 2.0 Services and Equipment Certifications

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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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CE 2.0 Specifications & Test Plans

MEF 10.2 !!!

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CARRIER ETHERNET 2.0 TEST PLAN

PART 1: SERVICES ATTRIBUTES

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Draft Version 7

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Contact:

Isabelle Morency

Iometrix

Tel: +1 (925) 234 5950!Email: isa@iometrix.com

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CARRIER ETHERNET 2.0 TEST PLAN

PART 2: TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

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Draft Version 3

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Contact:

Isabelle Morency

Iometrix

Tel: +1 (925) 234 5950!Email: isa@iometrix.com

MEF CE 2.0 Services Specifications 600+ Test Cases Covering Full Set of CE 2.0 Services & Attributes

TEST PLAN PART 1CE 2.0 SERVICES

ATTRIBUTES

TEST PLAN PART 2CE 2.0 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Ethernet Access Services Definitions

MEF 33 © The Metro Ethernet Forum 2012. Any reproduction of this document, or any portion thereof, shall contain the

following statement: "Reproduced with permission of the Metro Ethernet Forum." No user of this document is

authorized to modify any of the information contained herein.

Technical Specification

MEF 33

Ethernet Access Services Definition

January 2012

MEF 26.1

Ethernet Access Services Definitions

MEF 33 © The Metro Ethernet Forum 2012. Any reproduction of this document, or any portion thereof, shall contain the

following statement: "Reproduced with permission of the Metro Ethernet Forum." No user of this document is

authorized to modify any of the information contained herein.

Technical Specification

MEF 33

Ethernet Access Services Definition

January 2012

MEF 23.1

Ethernet Access Services Definitions

MEF 33 © The Metro Ethernet Forum 2012. Any reproduction of this document, or any portion thereof, shall contain the

following statement: "Reproduced with permission of the Metro Ethernet Forum." No user of this document is

authorized to modify any of the information contained herein.

Technical Specification

MEF 33

Ethernet Access Services Definition

January 2012

MEF 33

E-ACCESS

MEF 6.1

E-LINE

E-LAN

E-TREE

Classes of Service

ENNI Attributes

UNI Attributes

Used for Equipment and Services Certification testing

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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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First 100G CE 2.0 Certifications

• 100G Services and Equipment Certifications

– Introduced in Q4, 2015

– Based on CE 2.0 Test Plans with added Test Cases for 100G

• Aims to support acceleration of 100G products and services deployment

• First CE 2.0 100G certifications delivered to:

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CE 2.0 Certification for VNF-based Products Underway

• Increasing number of equipment vendor offer VNFs for use on x86/white box platforms – In addition to their existing CE 2.0 hardware/firmware-based products.

• The CE 2.0 certification testing is identical for both traditional networking devices and for VNF-based products:– This is the result of the CE 2.0 certification paradigm which is agnostic to

the combination of hardware and software used to deliver CE 2.0 services at external interfaces.

• Pilot phase testing currently underway – Registration still open

• MEF to announce / highlight first MEF members to achieve certification of VNF-based CE 2.0 products

MEF Certification Program Roadmap

From ‘Services Certification’ to ‘Orchestrated Services Certification’

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CE 1.0 Services

E-Line E-LAN

From ‘Services Certification’ to ‘Orchestrated Services Certification’

CE 2.0 Services

E-Line E-LAN

E-Tree E-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

• Certification of enhanced and new Connectivity Services

• Candidates are Access E-Line, Transit E-Line, IP and Optical services (Not Limited to CE services)

• Certification of LSO APIs based on the LSO Reference Points

• Candidates are LSO Cantata, LSO Sonata, LSO Presto and LSO Legato

• New certifications to be introduced over time as services and LSO APIs are defined by MEF

• ‘Dynamic‘ certification program

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First LSO Certification Pilot Phase – 2017

Testing of an Orchestrated E-Line Service Using the LSO Presto NRP API:

• LSO PRESTO NRP API allows dynamic and automated configuration of services

• Example: EPL service provisioned, modified and deleted using the LSO PRESTO NRP API

• Testing to verify if service remain compliant when modified

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 KBCreate

Activate

Query

Suspend

Resume

Query Test CE 2.0

Deactivate

Modify

Re-Activate

Test CE 2.0

Deactivate

Delete

Query

Suspend

Resume

Query

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NFV implementations

can be submitted to CE 2.0 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

Current Certification Program RoadmapLSO

Orchestrated Services Certification

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Why Service Providers Become CE 2.0 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– 634 MEF-designed test cases and MEF approved-lab implementation

• Less internal testing = faster time to market for product

• Less customer qualification testing = faster time to business

• Identifying roadblocks before the customer– Avoiding customers discovering lack of key compliance during engagement

process (e.g. due to non-standard equipment/firmware deployment)

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Thomas MandevilleHead of Operations & Customer Relations

Iometrix, MEF Official Certification Test Lab

MEF Certification Update

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