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Ronald Bartels
MEF Briefing
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MEF Agenda• MEF at a glance• MEF SA Membership and Activities• CE 2.0 Report Card & Global Ethernet Trends• Certification: CE 2.0 & MEF CECP• New Service Operations Work• CloudEthernet Forum May 2013 Launch
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Standards Compliance Education
Since 2001, Developing, Marketing and Certifying Standards for Carrier Ethernet Services
220 Member Companies129 Service Providers
40 Completed Specifications
Operations
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MEF South African Membership & Activities
South Africa - 25
Africa – 35 (SA, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan)
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Multi-CoS, Manageability, Interconnect
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Carrier Ethernet 1.0 & 2.0 OverviewCarrier Ethernet
Generations Characteristics Standardized Multi-CoS, Manageability, Interconnected
Services E-Line E-LAN E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E-AccessService
Specs & IA MEF 6 MEF 6.1 & 6.1.1, 33MEF 22.1
Attributes& IAs MEF 10 MEF 10.2 & 10.2.1, 26.1
MEF 13, 20, 23.1Management MEF 7, 15 MEF 7.1, 16, 17, 30, 31
Mobile Backhaul 2G/3G Migration 4G MBH Migration, MBH Optimization
Business Services Metro, Regional Local, Regional, National, Global Application , Distance Oriented, Private Cloud
Wholesale - Buy/Sell Access Services
Supporting Work
Enabled Applications
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Consistent double-digit CAGR
Source: Ovum, Sept 2012
Total worldwide bandwidth purchased for Ethernet Services exceeds legacy
CE Global Growth
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CE, Cloud & SDN WorkTop Priority MEF Work in Progress– Service extensions for automated on-demand bandwidth, performance– New management APIs
Cloud Services and SDN– CE already defines manageable, programmable network elements– Collaboration with ONF
MEF Goal– Seamless support for traditional
and SDN approaches, non-disruptive to CE revenue growth/profitability Ethernet Cloud
Carrier(s)
Ethernet Cloud Carrier(s)
Cloud Consumers
Cloud Service
Provider to Cloud
Customer
Cloud Service Provider(s)
Cloud Service
Provider(s)
Data Center Interconnectivity
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• Since announcement in January 2013:– 11 service providers– 25 network equipment manufacturers
• “A Significant test” - 634 test cases replace many months or even years of expert test development of 8 CE Services
*Well known MEF 9, MEF 14 certification now known as:
“Certification by Service”
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MEF-CECP Program • 1000+ MEF-CECPs• 47 countries, 184 companies• 105 min. rigorous exam• MEF-CECP study materials• $350 USD
Q3 11 Q4 11 Q1 12 Q2 12 Q3 12 Q4 12 Q1 13
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Seven MEF Accredited Training Providers
1Q 2013: 48% above previous record quarter
MEF-CECPs Cumulative
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CloudEthernet ForumAnnounced May 23rd, 2013 – Presentation at Africa COM
• To address scalability and enhancement of Ethernet technology, performance and storage networks , to meet the demands of cloud infrastructure
• Focus is Ethernet scalability within and between data centres
• Operates within MEF legal and operational framework
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References:http://metroethernetforum.org/
http://www.ethernetacademy.net/Contact:
[email protected]@metrofibre.co.za