Services & Professional Certification Programs

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1 Sponsored by: Services & Professional Certification Programs Kevin Vachon Chief Operating Officer, MEF Thomas Mandeville Head of Operations, Iometrix

2 Evolution of MEF Certification Programs 2

3 MEF Certification Program Statistics Enables Service Providers and Vendors to certify that their services/products comply with relevant MEF specifications. SERVICES 91% 2 Year AAGR 89 PROVIDERS 247 SERVICES TECHNOLOGY 58% 2 Year AAGR 43 VENDORS 372 DEVICES PROFESSIONALS 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 5065 PROFESSIONALS 62% 2 Year AAGR 440 COMPANIES 209+ SPs 83 COUNTRIES 3

4 MEF Professional Certification Programs

5 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 24% 12% 64% Service Providers Equipment Manufacturers Network Opera ons 4% Training 5% Technical Development 4% Other 15% Network Architecture 7% Network Design 6% Technical Support 4% Product Development 4% Sales Engineering 26% Product Management 9% Network Engineering 16% Other 5

6 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-CECPs studied with a MEF-ATP 6

7 Essential Level Credentials Professional Level Credentials Expert Level Credentials Third Network Professional Certification Framework Network Master Practitioner (4 Professional Level Certifications) Certified Network Expert (Network Master Practitioner + Vendor- Specific Certification Stack) MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional SDN & NFV Technologies (release Q1 2018) LSO and Orchestration Technologies (release Q4 2018) Programmable Network Security (Release 2019) Network Design & Architecture (Release 2020) Third Network Foundations (Available July 2017) Produced by MEF in association with leading industry groups worldwide 7

8 Third Network Foundations Certification Blueprint Pillar 1 Pillar 2 Pillar 3 Pillar 4 Pillar 5 Software Defined Networking Network Functions Virtualization LSO/Orchestration Carrier-Based Connectivity Services The Third Network Vision 8

9 Sponsored by: MEF Services Certification Program Update

10 89 CE 2.0 Certified Service Providers 10

11 43 CE 2.0 Certified Equipment Vendors 11

12 CE 2.0 Services Certifications Service Type Port Based Service VLAN Based Service E-Line Point-to-point EVC UNI to UNI E-LAN Multipoint-to-multipoint EVC UNI to UNI E-Tree Rooted-multipoint EVC UNI to UNI E-Access Point-to-point OVC ENNI to UNI EPL Ethernet Private Line EP-LAN Ethernet Private LAN EP-Tree Ethernet Private Tree Access EPL Access Ethernet Private Line EVPL Ethernet Virtual Private Line EVP-LAN Ethernet Virtual Private LAN EVP-Tree Ethernet Virtual Private Tree Access EVPL Access Ethernet Virtual Private Line 12

13 CE 2.0 Test Bed for Retail Services Site B (City, Country) Test Probe UNI B1 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 E-Line EPL EVPL Iometrix Test Control Center Public Internet MGT Port E-LAN EP-LAN EVP-LAN Test Probe Site A (City, Country) E-Tree EP-Tree EVP-Tree UNI A1 UNI A2 UNI A3 UNI A4 UNI A5 UNI A6 UNI B2 UNI B3 UNI B4 UNI B5 UNI B6 UNI C1 UNI C2 UNI C3 UNI C4 UNI C5 Test Probe MGT Port MGT Port Iometrix Test Control Center Public Internet Iometrix Test Control Center Public Internet Site C (City, Country) 13

14 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 Iometrix Test Control Center Public Internet Test Probe MGT Port Site A (City, Country) OVC EP 1 OVC EP 2 ENNI A OVC EP 3 OVC EP 4 E-Access Access EPL Access EVPL OVC 1 OVC 2 OVC 3 OVC 4 Site B (City, Country) Test Probe OVC EP 11 UNI A OVC EP 22 UNI B OVC EP 33 UNI C OVC EP 44 MGT Port Iometrix Test Control Center Public Internet Network infrastructures Various types of access and transport technologies can be used ENNI B OVC EP 5 OVC EP 6 OVC 5 OVC 6 OVC EP 55 OVC EP 66 UNI D 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 14

15 CE 2.0 Certification Process Registration Test Preparation (+/- 60 days) Test Probes (+/- 10 days) Testing (+/- 20 days) Deliverables (+/- 15 days) Submit online registration form Specify services to be tested and basic test environment Sign NDA MEF membership Specify full set of service attributes and parameters Provisioning of services for testing on production network Prepare remote access for test probes Shipped pre-configured by Iometrix Installed by service providers at each site Connected to internet to allow remote access Tests conducted remotely by Iometrix test engineers Pre-testing allows service provider to reconfigure services according to Iometrix observations Official test run CE 2.0 Certificate CE 2.0 Test Report Listing on MEF Registry CE 2.0 Certified Logo 15

16 Services Certification Program Evolution From Services Certification to Orchestrated Services Certification LSO - Orchestrated Services E-Line E-LAN E-Tree CE 2.0 Services E-Access Access E-Line Transit E-Line CE 1.0 Services E-Line E-LAN IP Services Cloud Services NFaaS L4-L7 E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E- Access OTN Services Other Connectivity Services 16

17 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. Iometrix Test User Portal Iometrix API Client Emulator Cloud Manager This is the intelligence of the platform where test cases are created, executed, computed and logged Cloud Test Manager Iometrix Software Probe FRAMEWORK MEF Iometrix Software Probe 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 UNI/ENNI Services Network UNI/ENNI Software Probes The powerful test software runs on commonly available white boxes 17

18 Example: LSO Sonata Orchestrated Services Certification (SPs) LSO Sonata API used for intercarrier ordering: Operator testing an MEF CE service orchestrated by LSO Sonata API Client Emulator LSO Sonata FRAMEWORK Business Apps API Client Emulator connected to LSO Sonata interface LSO Legato Software Probe connected to service end-points LSO Presto SOF Operator tests via test user portal Software Probe UNI/ENNI MEF Services Operator Network Software Probe UNI/ENNI 18

19 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 19

20 Sponsored by: Services & Professional Certification Programs Kevin Vachon Chief Operating Officer, MEF Thomas Mandeville Head of Operations, Iometrix