MEF Carrier Ethernet training course description
The course progresses from a overview of the Carrier
Ethernet service and how it works onto looking at the
concepts in depth. Service attributes and management
follow with the course finishing with studies of practical
Carrier Ethernet.
What will you learn
Discuss and understand key Carrier Ethernet Concepts.
Understand tasks related to designing, deploying and maintaining a Carrier Ethernet network.
Offer effective solutions to implementing a Carrier Ethernet enterprise network given available customer resources and requirements.
Carry out informed discussions using industry Carrier Ethernet 'vocabulary.
Pass the MEF CECP 2.0 professional accreditation exam.
MEF Carrier Ethernet training course details
Who will benefit:
Anyone working with Carrier Ethernet
Prerequisites:
The course attendees need to be conversant with data networks, as well as Ethernet and IP technologies.
Duration
5 days
MEF Carrier Ethernet training course contents
Section One: Introduction to Carrier Ethernet
Introduction to Carrier Ethernet:
What is Carrier
Ethernet? Evolution, advantages, The MEF, MEF
specifications; UNI, EVC, OVC, EPL/EVPL, EP-LAN/
EVP-LAN, EP-Tree/EVP-Tree, etc, overview.
How Carrier Ethernet Works:
Service Frame Handling.
Carrier Ethernet at Customer Premises, metro and core.
Carrier Ethernet Workings, UNI attributes, Service
Attributes (EVC and EVC per UNI attributes), Bandwidth
Profiles, service multiplexing, L2 protocol processing;
Carrier Ethernet equipment, CPE, aggregation and
homing nodes, core equipment; management systems.
The Setting Up of a Carrier Ethernet Service:
Step 1:
Choose service type, EPL/EVPL, EP-LAN/EVP-LAN, EPTree/EVP-Tree, EVLine...;
Step 2:
CPE tasks, UNI-C
tasks (UNI attributes, service attributes (EVC and EVC
per UNI) and bandwidth profiles), UNI-N tasks (L2
protocol handling).
Step 3:
Non-CPE tasks, Access,
metro and core connections set up.
Section Two: Carrier Ethernet Concepts in depth
Carrier Ethernet Definitions in Depth:
UNI, UNI I & II,
UNI-N and UNI-C, etc.; NNI/ENNI; EVC; OVC, OVC type
(P2P, M2M, Rooted MP), OVC end point (root, leaf,
trunk), OVC end point map, OVC end point bundling;
Service types in detail, EPL/EVPL, EP-LAN/EVP-LAN,
EP-Tree/EVP-Tree, EVLine, Access EPL, Access EVPL .
Carrier Ethernet Service Frame Handling:
Unicast,
multicast and broadcast frame delivery, Tagged,
untagged and priority; Tagging, C and S-Tags, 802.3,
802.1d, 802.1q, 802.1ad, 802.1ah evolution, VLAN ID
translation/preservation. CoS preservation.
Other Key Carrier Ethernet Concepts:
MTU, MTU at
UNI, MTU at ENNI; Physical Layer Attributes, FE, GbE
and 10GbE, Service Multiplexing and Bundling Concept
and detail, rules and implications; Hairpin Switching
Managing Bandwidth in a Carrier Ethernet Network:
Token Bucket Algorithm, EIR, CIR, CBS, EBS, Coupling
Flag; Frame Colors, recoloring, Color Awareness
attribute, Color Forwarding; Bandwidth Profiles, rules and
concepts. MEF CoS identifiers, DEI bit (in S-Tag), PCP
bit (in C-Tag or S-Tag), or DSCP (in IP header), Multiflow bandwidth concepts; CoS Label/Color Identification.
Section Three: Carrier Ethernet Service Attributes
Overview: Carrier Ethernet 2.0; Blueprint C
Service Attributes: Per UNI, Physical interfaces,
Frame format, Ingress/egress Bandwidth Profiles, CEVLAN ID/EVC Map, UNI protection. EVC per UNI,
Ingress/egress Bandwidth Profiles, etc.; Per EVC, CEVLAN ID Preservation, CoS ID Preservation,
Relationship between SLA and SLP, Class of Service,
etc. OVC, ENNI, OVC End Point per UNI and OVC End
Point per ENNI, Ingress/egress bandwidth profiles, etc.
Section Four: Managing Carrier Ethernet Networks
Overview: MEF Service Lifecycle.Carrier Ethernet maintenance: Port, Link & NE failure,
Service Protection Technologies, Fault Identification
and Recovery, LAG, Active/Standby EVC, Single EVC with transport protection, G.8031, G.8032, MPLS FRR.
SOAMs:
Connectivity fault management, connectivity
Monitoring, Loopback, Linktrace; Performance
Management, Frame Delay, Inter Frame Delay
Variation, Availability, Frame Loss Ratio, Resiliency,
HLI, DMM, DMR, SLM, SLR; Key Concepts, Single vs
dual ended, ordered UNI pair calculations.
LOAMs:
Link discovery, link monitoring, etc.
Terminology and Concepts:
MEG levels, MIPs.
Section Five: Practical Carrier Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet Transport Technologies:Layer 1: SDH. Layer 2: Bridging, provider bridging, PBB, PBBTE. Layer 2.5: MPLS VPWS, MPLS VPLS, MPLS-TP.
Carrier Ethernet Access Technologies:
fiber, SDH,
active fiber, PON, GPON, 10G PON, OTN, WDM; copper, PDH, G-SDSL, 10Pass-TS, HFC; packet radio.
Optimising mobile backhaul with Carrier Ethernet
Key challenges solutions: Market pressure, LTE
evolution, elements and architecture (RAN BS, NC,
GWIF.), synchronization, bandwidth management.
Circuit Emulation over Ethernet:
Purpose, needs and
applications. Synchronization: Phased, ToD, External
Reference source, SynchE ,NTP, IEEE-1588 v2/ PTP,
ACR; MEF Service Definitions for emulated circuits.
Applying what you know:
Practical examples and
scenarios, Carrier Ethernet solutions; Practice
Scenarios, Given a scenario, determine appropriate
Ethernet services