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Carrier Ethernet Services Explained
Course code PDN043
Duration 5 days
Course Overview
5
day course
Carriers have offered connectivity services based on traditional TDM, Frame Relay, ATM, DSL, and even SDH for many years. However customers now use Ethernet as the interface of choice for virtually all services and applications. The cost of operating separate networks to provide each service, as well as the need to sell higher bandwidth services than can be offered with traditional networks, is forcing carriers to move to newer, more cost effective technologies such as Ethernet, Backbone Bridging, IP and MPLS.
This course provides an overview of Carrier Ethernet technologies, the MEF specifications for services and how these can be delivered over carrier core, metro and access networks along with other services deployed over a range of core transport and access technologies. It then provides a solid introduction to the principles of network and service design.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion candidates will be able to:
- Describe in detail Carrier Ethernet Services and Functions
- Identify how to build networks to deliver Carrier Ethernet Services
- Describe how Ethernet services can be delivered over MPLS and Provider Backbone Transports
- Compare operational alternatives for service delivery, Metro, Access, and Core architecture
- Examine options for delivery of next generation services over Metro Ethernet
- Identify how QoS and security can be guaranteed
Who Should Attend:
Anyone requiring an in-depth knowledge of Carrier Ethernet and MEF standards and specifications. This includes Pre-Sales Engineers, Product Specialists, and other job roles.
Certification & Exam:
Perpetual Solutions offers the unique opportunity to take the MEF-CECP exam during the afternoon of the final day of the course. The course content is geared toward this aim, with exam question revision during the training delivery. The MEF-CECP (Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional) exam is a 1.45 hour online exam consisting of 80 multiple choice questions which must be delivered under MEF advised test conditions. When booking the course, we are able to book the exam for you, and this can be delivered in conjunction with your training.
Test your Carrier Ethernet knowledge by clicking here and taking our online mock CECP exam style quiz. These are not actual questions from the CECP exam but are questions which will give an insight into the nature of the exam and the style of the questions.
About Perpetual Solutions and the MEF
Perpetual Solutions is an MEF-ATP (Accredited Training Partner) delivering core network architecture and protocol training for over 12 years to customers in EMEA, USA and Asia Pac.
Delivery Options for MEF-CECP Training and Exam
1. Public Training Schedule has dates available globally, please view available dates here. This certification will enable you to take the next step in your Carrier Ethernet career.
2. Onsite training where we deliver the course at your company location, or if you have no training facility onsite, a third party venue in your city, is available globally. If you have a group of colleagues requiring this program, please send us an enquiry or call sales on +44 20 7620 0033 to discuss this option.
Modules
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Carrier Ethernet & the MEF6 topics
- Purpose and Mission
- Expansion to Carrier Ethernet
- Certification Programs
- MEF-CECP (Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional)
- What is Carrier Ethernet?
- MEF 5 attributes of Carrier Ethernet
Motivations for Carrier Class Ethernet13 topics
- Evolution of Ethernet as a LAN technology
- Ethernet speed Evolution to 10Gbps and beyond
- Ethernet Switching
- Ethernet Addressing
- Business Service Needs
- Modern Carrier Service Requirements
- Services to be Delivered
- Quality and Protection Demands
- Access and Core divisions
- User-Network Interface Requirements
- ENNI Requirements
- The 5 attributes of Carrier Ethernet defined and described
- Market for Carrier Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet Services Definitions31 topics
- Carrier Ethernet Service Definitions and Standards
- Roles of standards and key standards bodies
- MEF Standards
- What are the MEF Standards?
- MEF 6.1
- MEF 10.2
- The Other MEF Standards, scope and range
- IEEE Standard Links
- ITU-T Ethernet Standards
- G.8031, 8032 Standards
- MEF Service Examples
- Point-to-Point Services
- E-Line Service Type
- Difference between private and virtual private
- Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
- Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
- What is service Multiplexing?
- Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)
- Multipoint-to-Multipoint Services
- Ethernet LAN Service Type (E-LAN)
- Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN)
- Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVP-LAN)
- Point-to-Multipoint Services
- E-Tree Service Type (E-Tree)
- Definition of Root and Leaf
- Capabilities of Root and Leaf
- Multiple Roots
- Ethernet Private Tree (EP-Tree)
- Ethernet Virtual Private Tree (EVP-Tree)
- Example service applications
- Which service to select and why
Carrier Ethernet Basic Definitions20 topics
- Why MEF Standards refer to MEN & not CEN
- MEN layer Network Model
- Carrier Ethernet Architecture
- Terminology
- MEF 10 Service Model
- Definition and role of User-Network Interface
- UNI Types
- Definition and role of the Ethernet Virtual Connection
- Definition and role of External Network-Network Interface
- ENNI Service Model (MEF 26 & MEF 28)
- Definition and role of:
- Service Provider
- Operator
- Creating regional, national, international Carrier Ethernet services
- Operator Virtual Connection:
- Definition and role
- OVC End Points
- Mapping Service Frames to OVCs
- Mapping ENNI Frames to OVCs
- Creating EVCs with OVCs
Service Attributes33 topics
- What service attributes describe
- Per UNI service attributes (Physical Layer & Frame Format, Service Multiplexing, CE-VLAN ID, Bundling, All to One Bundling, Bandwidth Profile Concept, Bandwidth Paremeters (CIR, CBS, EIR, EBS), Algorithm, Profile Types, Coupling Flag, Colour Mode, Class of Service Concept, CoS Identification, Layer 2 Control Protocol handling)
- EVC per UNI service attributes
- Role of EVC per UNI attributes
- Difference between Per UNI and EVC per UNI role
- UNI EVC ID
- Mapping CE-VLAN ID to EVC
- Bandwidth Profile, Bandwidth Algorithm & Bandwidth Profile Parameters (CIR, CBS, EIR, EBS)
- Impact of defining Bandwidth profile at Per UNI, EVC per UNI
- EVC service attributes
- EVC Identifier and Type
- UNI List and maximum number
- MTU Size
- CE-VLAN ID and CoS Preservation
- Delivery of Service Frames
- Handling of Layer 2 Control Protocol
- EVC Performance parameters (Delay, Delay Variation, Frame Loss)
- Service attributes for: EPL, EVPL, EP-LAN, EVP-LAN, EP-Tree, EVP-Tree
- Operator service attributes
- ENNI service attributes
- Physical Layer & Frame Format
- OVC End Point per ENNI service attributes
- UNI service attributes
- OVC per UNI service attributes
- OVC service attributes
- Hairpin Switching
- Service Level Agreements
- Service level Specifications
- QoS, Traffic Classification
- MEF Protection requirements at UNI, EVC, and ENNI
- Protection types
- Protection mechanisms and recovery (ALNP, EEPP, Split Horizon, STP, RSTP, Link Aggregation, G.8031, G.8032, & MPLS Fast Reroute)
- Service Assurance
Certification15 topics
- MEF Certification Programs
- MEF Equipment Certification
- Purpose
- What is certified
- Testing process
- Benefits of certification to Vendor
- MEF Services Certification
- Purpose
- What is certified
- Testing process
- Benefits of certification to Service Provider
- Benefits of certification to End User
- MEF 9 Certification (Service and UNI attributes)
- MEF 14 Certification (Bandwidth Profile, Performance attributes, traffic management)
- MEF 18 Certification (equipment only, CESoETH service)
Applications for Ethernet Services17 topics
- Wholesale access services
- What are the typical services
- Who buys these services
- Service establishment to achieve end-to-end Carrier Ethernet Service
- Retail commercial/business services
- What are the typical services (Internet Access, Private Line, Transparent LAN service, L2/L3 Services over Ethernet, Access to Data Centres, Video service distribution, Multicast Services)
- Who buys these services
- Mobile Backhaul services
- What is Mobile Backhaul?
- MBH Service description
- MBH for 2G, 3G & LTE Radio Access Networks
- Ethernet access to IP services
- Support for legacy services over Ethernet (TDM, FR, ATM,etc)
- Case Studies:
- For a range of target applications identify and describe: How specific service requirements are met using Ethernet services, Which UNI/ENNI attribute values should be configured for each case, Which EVC/OVC attribute values should be configured for each case, How global end-to-end Ethernet Services are established across operator networks and wholesale access networks)
- Analyse, compare and contrast Ethernet services with Layer 2, IP and TDM private line services
- Scenarios: recommend Ethernet services to meet end-user specifications
Circuit Emulation over Ethernet20 topics
- Purpose of circuit emulation over Ethernet
- Point-to-Point services using Pseudo Wires
- MEF 8 Service Definitions of emulated circuits
- Which ETH service can be used to deliver CES
- What is carried
- Architecture and components of circuit emulation over Ethernet (MEF 8)
- EVC service attributes for emulated circuits
- Bandwidth parameters (CIR)
- Service Multiplexing
- Maintaining synchronisation over emulated circuits
- Adaptive technique
- 1588v2
- Synchronous Ethernet, NTP, PTP
- Adaptive Clock Recovery
- MEF 22 Circuit emulation in Mobile Backhaul
- What is Mobile Backhaul?
- What is covered in the specification?
- Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreement
- MEF 22 Use cases 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b
- Case studies: Mobile Backhaul using CESoETH
Transporting Carrier Ethernet Services19 topics
- Ethernet switching (Bridging functions, Learning Bridges, Removing Loops, STP & RSTP)
- Addresses and MAC address tables (How MAC addresses are used, ARP & IP, Limiting MAC address table size, MAC-in-MAC solutions)
- Overcoming the VLAN limit (VLANs within the customer environment, VLANs in the Carrier environment, Scaling services, Q-in-Q solutions, Provider Bridging)
- Provider Layer 2 VPNs (Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB), IEEE 802.1ad, PBB with Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE), Delivering Provider Backbone Transport (PBT), IEEE 802.1ah)
- Next generation SONET/SDH
- Ethernet over SONET/SDH
- MPLS Primer
- Carrier Ethernet over MPLS Virtual Private Wire Service
- Carrier Ethernet over MPLS Virtual Private LAN Service
- Carrier Ethernet over MPLS-TP
- OTN and Carrier Ethernet over OTN
- WDM and Carrier Ethernet over WDM
- Identify which services
- Advantages of specific Carrier Ethernet transport technologies
- Service Protection mechanisms
- G.8031, G.8032
- Fault detection
- Protection application
- Recovery
Carrier Ethernet Access Technologies12 topics
- Access technologies (PDH, copper, Hybrid fibre copper, packet radio, fibre, Passive Optical Networks)
- How Carrier Ethernet can be carried over the access technologies
- Ethernet over PDH
- Ethernet over bonded copper
- Ethernet over HFC (DOCSIS)
- Ethernet over packet radio (Fixed Wireless)
- Ethernet over fibre
- Ethernet over PON
- Scaling and limitations
- Distance & speed capabilities for each access technology
- Advantages of specific technologies
- Case studies: For specific scenarios identify which access technology meets the requirements
Service Operations Administration and Maintenance26 topics
- Key Ethernet OAM Standards
- What they are and which standards organisation is responsible for them
- OAM Layer Components (802.1ag, Y.1731, 802.3ah, E-LMI)
- What is Service OAM?
- Range and scope of SOAM
- MEF 17 Service OAM Framework (Maintenance Entities, Maintenance Entity Groups, Domains
- Maintenance levels (Customer, Service Provider, Operator), Flow Points, Service OAM responsibilities, Service OAM Frame Structure)
- IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
- What is Fault Management?
- 802.1ag CFM Tool set
- Continuity Check (Operation & usage, PDU structure & Parameters, Examples of usage)
- Loopback (Operation & usage, PDU structure & Parameters, Examples of usage)
- Link Trace (Operation & usage, PDU structure & Parameters, Examples of usage)
- ITU-T Y.1731 CFM & Performance Monitoring
- Providing support for 802.1ag CFM test capabilities
- Performance Monitoring capabilities (Loss Measurement, One-way Delay, Two-way Delay, Frame Delay Variation, Availability)
- Performance Management Mechanisms
- Frame Loss Measurement (Using CCM for two-way loss measurement, One-way loss measurement, Frame Loss Measurement message structure, Message Parameters)
- Frame Delay Measurement (One-way measurement, Two-way measurement, Frame Delay Measurement message structure, Message Parameters)
- Frame Delay Variation
- How to compute FDV
- Availability
- How to compute Availability
- Performance Management Metrics (MEF 10 Performance Objectives, Measuring performance objectives, Measuring E-LAN performance objectives)
- SOAM Implementation Agreement requirements MEF 30
- SOAM MIB Definitions MEF 31
Prerequisites
Candidates should have a good understanding of IP and WAN principles. They should also understand the basics of Next Generation Networks.
Check if you have the required level of IP and WAN knowledge by taking our pre-course skills assessment.
Relevant Certifications
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MEF-CECP (Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional)
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP) will become one of the communications industries most sought after professional certifications.
Dates & Locations
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| Code | Location | Duration | Price | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDN043 | Bangalore - India | 5 days | $4,090 | 06-10 | 19-23 | ||||
| PDN043 | Dubai - UAE | 5 days | $4,090 | 05-09 | 22-26 | ||||
| PDN043 | Jeddah | 5 days | $4,090 | 01-05 | |||||
| PDN043 | Johannesburg - South Africa | 5 days | $4,090 | 13-17 27-31 | 19-23 | ||||
| PDN043 | London | 5 days | $4,090 | 17-21 | 16-20 | ||||
| PDN043 | Rio de Janeiro - Brazil | 5 days | $4,090 | 26-30 | |||||
| PDN043 | San Jose | 5 days | $4,090 | 22-26 | 28-01 | ||||
| PDN043 | Singapore | 5 days | $4,090 | 26-30 | |||||
| PDN043 | Sydney, Australia | 5 days | $4,090 | 20-24 | |||||
| PDN043 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 5 days | $4,090 | 09-13 | |||||
| PDN043 | Washington D.C. - USA | 5 days | $4,090 | 15-19 | 21-25 |
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