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Agenda
• Introduction
• Carrier Ethernet Overview
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
– Definition
– New Services
– Features
– Certification
– Implementation
• Looking ahead
• Summary
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Carrier Ethernet Overview
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
– Definition
– New Services
– Features
– Certification
– Implementation
• Looking ahead
• Summary
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The Network Industry Is Changing Fast
“Tsunami of Innovations”
Real-time Services Lifecycle IP+Optical WSON
Multi-Layer Control Plane
OVS
IoE Cloud OpenStack
PCE 200Gbs
Agile
NFV Overlays On-demand SDN 400Gbs
Virtualization 4G 50GE
Intercloud Dev-ops Controllers 5G 25GE
Analytics Open Daylight M2M
Big Data
ACI Segment Routing
100GE
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Carrier Ethernet Growth Brings Many Challenges
• Network growth;
• Diversity of requirements;
• Off-net customers reach;
• Operational complexity;
• Services differentiation;
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How Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Aims To Help Service Providers
Expanding and Enhancing Services, Simplifying Operations and Extending Services Reach:
Foundation:
+10 years of standards bodies work
Carrier Industry Best Practices
(MEF, IEEE, ITU-T)
Key Applications:
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MEF CE 2.0: A Comprehensive Program
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Cisco’s Provides the Only CE 2.0
Services Certified End-to-End Solution
Cisco Evolved Programmable Network - EPN
Cisco Prime and Unified MPLS
Aggregation
ASR 9000/9900 Family
Access
Fixed Configuration Modular
ME1200 ASR 902
ME 3600X
ASR 920
ASR 903
ASR 901
ME 3800X
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Carrier Ethernet Is Continuously Evolving
• CE 2.0 was the first step.
• Will introduce SDN and NFV.
• Will need orchestration.
• Further simplifications are on the way.
– Ex. Segment Routing
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Carrier Ethernet Overview
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
– Definition
– New Services
– Features
– Certification
– Implementation
• Looking ahead
• Summary
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What You Need To Know About Carrier Ethernet
• General definition;
• Terminology;
• Service types;
• Service attributes;
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MEF Defines Carrier Ethernet As A Service
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Carrier Ethernet Services Terminology Explained
Ethernet Virtual
End User Connection (EVC) End User
Branch HQ
Operator Virtual Operator Virtual
Connection (OVC) Connection (OVC)
CE CE
UNI UNI
Internet
Applications
Servers
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The First Generation of Carrier Ethernet Services
MEF
Services
EP-Line EVP-Line
EP-LAN EVP-LAN
(EPL) (EVPL)
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E-Line = Point To Point Ethernet Connectivity
UNI UNI
Point-to-Point EVC
CE CE
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E-LAN = Multipoint Ethernet Connectivity
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Services Behavior Also Depend On Other Attributes
UNI Attributes EVC Attributes L2 Control
Processing
UNI ID Arbitrary String EVC Type PTP MP Rooted MP
(E-Line) (E-LAN) (E Tree) Peer Discard Pass
802.3x
Speed 10Mb 100Mb 1Gb 10Gb EVC ID Arbitrary String
LACP
Mode CE-VLAN ID
Full Auto Yes No
Preservation
802.1x
MAC Layer 802.3 CE-VLAN COS
Yes No
Preservation
Unicast GARP
Service Multiplexing Yes No Un-
Conditional Discard
Frame Delivery conditional
STP
Bundling Yes No MCAST Un-
Conditional
conditional
Discard
Frame Delivery
Bridge
All to One Bundling Yes No BCAST Un- MCAST
Conditional Discard
Frame Delivery conditional
In/Egress BW Profile CIR, CBS CDP
No EVC
Per UNI EIR, EBS Class of Service ID
In/Egress BW Profile CIR, CBS EVC, L2 CoS VTP
No
Per EVC EIR, EBS
EVC, L3 DSCP
In/Egress BW Profile CIR, CBS PAgP
No
Per Class of Svc ID EIR, EBS
Delay, Delay-
EVC Performance
CE-VLAN ID/EVC Map {CE-VLAN ID → EVC(i)}i Variation, Loss, …* UDLD
*See MEF10.3, Section 8.8
Chart provided only as illustration. It’s not meant to represent the latest state of MEF specifications.
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Partial Summary
• Carrier Ethernet is defined by MEF as a service;
• Various transport technologies are supported;
• Built on abstractions with specific terminology;
• E-Line and E-LAN are the first generation of Services;
• Services behave according to UNI and EVC attributes.
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Carrier Ethernet Services Overview
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
– Definition
– New Services
– Features
– Certification
– Implementation
• Looking ahead
• Summary
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
Definition
MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Expand And Enhances Services,
Simplifies Operations And Extend Services Reach
• New services;
• Interconnected Networks;
• Standardized Multi-CoS;
• Service Management;
• MEF certifications.
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Reference
Carrier Ethernet 2.0 MEF Standards
Defining Standards
Carrier Ethernet
Generation
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Includes 8 Services
CE 2.0
Services
New
New
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E-Access Service
Network Operator CEN
UNI L2 Control Protocols Tunneling ENNI
CE OVC 3
UNI OVC 2
OVC 1
CE
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Interconnecting Carrier Ethernet Networks with E-NNI
E-NNI
Key Characteristics
– 802.1ad Framing;
– GE or 10GE links; – Link OAM;
– Link aggregation; – MTU ≥ 1526 bytes
(≥ 2000 bytes recommended).
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E-Tree Service
• EP-Tree: • EVP-Tree:
– Port-based at the UNI; – VLAN based service.
– High-degree of transparency; – Service Multiplexing and
Bundling at UNI;
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EP-Line Option 2 Service
Source: MEF 6.1.1 Specification
Ethertype L2CP Action
Destination MAC Protocol
Subtype EPL Option 1 EPL Option 2 EP-LAN EP-Tree
01-80-C2-00-00-00 STP/RSTP/MSTP MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-01 Pause 0x8808 MUST NOT Tunnel Should Discard MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-02 LACP/LAMP 0x8809/01/02 MUST NOT Tunnel Should Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-02 Link OAM 0x8809/03 MUST NOT Tunnel Should Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-02 ESMC 0x8809/0A MUST NOT Tunnel Should Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-03 802.1X 0x888E MUST NOT Tunnel Should Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-04 MAC Specific Control Protocols MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-05 Reserved MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-06 Reserved MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-07 E-LMI 0x88EE MUST NOT Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-08 Provider Bridge Group Address MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-09 Reserved MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0A Reserved MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0B Reserved MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0C Reserved MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0D Provider Bridge MVRP Address MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0E LLDP 0x88CC MUST NOT Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0E PTP Peer Delay 0x88F7 MUST NOT Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel MUST NOT Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-0F Reserved MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-20
through GARP/GMRP MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel MUST Tunnel
01-80-C2-00-00-2F
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Features:
Standardized Multiple Classes Of Service
Why Deploy Multi-CoS for Carrier Ethernet?
• Allows better network utilization;
• Allows better network monetization;
• Provides better application performance;
• Enables service differentiation;
• Some customers demand it.
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Why Deploy Standardized Multi-CoS Model?
• Industry expertise;
• Simple yet flexible model;
• Common terminology;
• Consistency;
• Reference values for Service-Level-Specifications (SLS).
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CE 2.0 Introduces a Simple 3 Classes of Service Model
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MEF Bandwidth Profile Algorithm
Tokens added at
CIR/8 times/sec
Tokens added at
CF EIR/8 times/sec
CBS
Service frames
EBS
at UNI Frame marked as red
Frame dropped
Frame ≤ tokens Frame ≤ tokens CBS = CBS
in CBS bucket? in EBS bucket EBS = EBS
Color-blind UNI
No No
Yes Frame marked as green* Yes Frame marked as yellow*
Color-aware UNI Frame forwarded Forwarded
CBS = CBS - Frame size * tokens EBS = EBS - Frame size * tokens
+
*Note: Only green frames are subject to SLS Performance Objectives. Service Frames admitted by CEN
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Classes of Services And Performance Tiers
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Reference
Example: PT1 CoS Performance Objectives
IFDV (ms) ≤3 TBD ≤ 8 or N/S 2 TBD N/S TBD At least one of either
FDR or IFDV required
FDR (ms) ≤5 TBD ≤ 10 or N/S 2 TBD N/S TBD
1 Ingress Bandwidth Profile parameters may be chosen such that no frames are subject to SLS.
2 Compliant services may leave this objective not specified.
Source: MEF 23.1 Table 6: Performance Tier 1 (Metro) CoS Performance Objectives
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Features:
Service Management
Why Deploy Service OAM?
• Operational efficiency (OpEx);
– Faster and easier troubleshooting;
– Pro-active vs reactive operations;
• SLS compliance;
– Monitoring;
– Reporting;
• Service differentiation.
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Mapping Ethernet OAM Building Blocks To
Functional Layers
Note: Y.156sam (Y.1564) is not an OAM layer, but assessment that a Service is delivered to specification.
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An End-to-End Ethernet OAM Example
E-LMI E-LMI
Carrier Ethernet Network
MIP MIP
Down Down
MEP Customer Domain MEP
Up Up
MEP MEP
SP Domain
MEP: Maintenance End Point MIP: Maintenance Intermediate Point E-LMI: Ethernet Local Management Interface
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MEF Y.1731/802.1ag Reference Architecture
Service Provider
Customer Customer
Equipment Network Operator A E-NNI Network Operator Z Equipment
UNI UNI
MEG Layer
Customer MEG
6
Test MEG
5
EVC MEG
4
SP MEG
3
Operator A MEG Operator Z MEG
2
UNI MEG UNI MEG
E-NNI MEG
1
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Ethernet Continuity Check In Action
Service Provider
Customer Customer
Equipment Network Operator A ENNI Network Operator Z Equipment
UNI UNI
CCM
✗
UNI UNI
✗
UNI UNI
✗
UNI UNI
ETH-AIS ETH-AIS
SP MEG
Operator A MEG
✗ AIS signaled by
MEPs (not MIPs)
Service Provider
Customer Customer
Equipment Network Operator A ENNI Network Operator Z Equipment
UNI UNI
✔ MEP to MEP
(1) LBM (2) LBM
SP MEG
Service Provider
Customer Customer
Equipment Network Operator A ENNI Network Operator Z Equipment
UNI UNI
✔ MEP to MIP
(1) LBM (2) LBM
SP MEG
Service Provider
Customer Customer
Equipment Network Operator A ENNI Network Operator Z Equipment
UNI UNI
✗ MIP to MEP
(1) LBM
SP MEG
✗
UNI UNI
OVC1
E-NNI
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E-LAN with CE 2.0
+ L2 Control Protocols Tunneling Egress
1 VoIP PQ1 (H)
Business BW (M)
Ingress MEP 2 CFM/Y.1731 OAM MEP Internet BW (L)
VoIP PQ1 (H)
Business BW (M)
UNI
Internet BW (L)
CE UNI
UNI
3 CE
Multipoint
EVC
OVC1
E-NNI
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification
MEF CE 2.0 Certification Program Covers 3 Areas
UNI
UNI
EVC 1
EVC 2
CEN
EVC 3
UNI
E-Line
E-LAN
E-Tree
Cisco EPN E-Access
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Reference
MEF CE 2.0 Product and Services Certification
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Partial Summary
Carrier Ethernet 2.0 expands and enhances services, simplifies
operations and extend services reach with:
Multiple Classes of Services Service Management
• 3 Classes of Services; • Performance Management;
• Egress Bandwidth Profile; • Fault Management
• Performance objectives; • Enhanced traffic management;
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
Implementations
Many Technologies Support Carrier Ethernet
Transport Encapsulation Control Plane
ME3600, ME3800
MPLS Switching ASR901, ASR902, ASR903, ASR920,
ASR1000, ASR9000
Note: Other Cisco platforms also supporting CE include
Cisco 7600, Cisco Packet Transport (CPT/MPLS-TP)
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Cisco’s CE 2.0 Ethernet Reference Architecture
QinQ or PW H-VPLS
ME1200
ASR920 VPLS, Bridging
Ethernet Access ASR902
ASR901 VPWS
Business
Corporate
Residential
Aggregation Core
STB
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Implementing CE 2.0 Features
• Multi-CoS:
– 2R3C Policer/Shaper;
– Ingress/Egress traffic management;
• E-NNI:
– Standard 802.1ad interface;
– Active/Stand-by LACP;
– Link OAM.
• Service OAM:
– 802.1ag;
– Y.1731.
• EPL Option 2:
– Relatively new, requires some attention.
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Reference
Cisco’s Portfolio CE 2.0 Certification
Equipment E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E-Access
Access EPL
EPL/EVPL EP-LAN/EVP-LAN EP-Tree/EVP-Tree
Access EVPL
ASR9000 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ME 3600X-24CX ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ASR 903 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ASR 9001 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ME 3800X ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ME 3600X ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ASR 901 (A901-6CZ-FT-A) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
7600 ES+ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
CPT 600 / CPT 50 ✔
ME1200 (ME-1200-4S-A) ✔ ✔
ASR 920 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ASR902 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Source: MEF Equipment Certification Registry, Jan. 2015 (http://metroethernetforum.org/certification/equipment-certification-registry)
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Carrier Ethernet Services Overview
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
– Definition
– New Services
– Features
– Certification
– Implementation
• Looking ahead
• Summary
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The Future Of Carrier Ethernet
• Faster;
• Simpler;
• Dynamic;
• Programmable;
• Orchestrated;
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The Future of Carrier Ethernet At MEF
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Some Interesting MEF Projects
• Management and Orchestration:
– Information Model;
– OVC Services;
– YANG Data Models (Services);
• Certification additions:
– 100 Gigabit Ethernet;
– OVC Services;
– APIs (under discussion);
– New specifications since CE 2.0 launch;
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Cisco’s Vision: SP Open Networking Environment
VM CDN
VM
Core
Service Broker “Business Intents”
CORE
NCS NCS
Evolved Services
EDGE
Platform
Access
APIs
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Introducing Autonomic Carrier Ethernet Networks
Access Aggregation
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Carrier Ethernet Services Overview
• Carrier Ethernet 2.0:
– Definition
– New Services
– Features
– Certification
– Implementation
• Looking ahead
• Summary
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Key Takeaways
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Cisco’s Provides the Only CE 2.0
Services Certified End-to-End Solution
Cisco Evolved Programmable Network - EPN
Cisco Prime and Unified MPLS
Aggregation
ASR 9000/9900 Family
Access
Fixed Configuration Modular
ME1200 ASR 902
ME 3600X
ASR 920
ASR 903
ASR 901
ME 3800X
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References
• Metro Ethernet Forum:
http://www.metroethernetforum.org/carrier-ethernet-services/carrier-ethernet-and-ce-2-0
http://www.metroethernetforum.org/carrier-ethernet/technical-specifications
http://metroethernetforum.org/carrier-ethernet/white-papers (white papers)
• Cisco:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/carrier-ethernet/index.html
(Cisco Carrier Ethernet solution page on CCO)
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/design/guide/CE2-
0_certification_v1.pdf
(Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification - Understanding and Layer 2 Control Protocol Behavior Across Cisco
Carrier Ethernet Platforms)
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le31/ase/offerings/routing/docs/final.pdf
(Understanding and Configuring MEF Certified Services on the ASR9000 Training Data Sheet)
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