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-

Specific Certification Stack)

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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

Sponsored by:

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