Metro Ethernet Services

what buyers need to understand what providers need to communicate

Ralph Santitoro
Co-chair, MEF Technical Marketing Committee rsantito@nortelnetworks.com

Contents
Ethernet as a Service Ethernet Service Benefits MEF Phase I Service Documents Defining an Ethernet Service Example E-Line and E-LAN Services Ethernet SLAs References

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Ethernet as a Service
Ethernets origins in the Enterprise
Used as a LAN connectivity technology Just plug it in and start using it

Ethernets new usage as a Service

Requires service attributes like other MAN / WAN services
Ethernet UNI, Ethernet VC, Service Performance, etc.

Same Ethernet technology just used in a new way

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Ethernet Service Benefits

Ease of use
Widely available, well understood technology Simplifies network operations (OAM&P)

Cost Effectiveness
Widespread use of Ethernet interface Purchase bandwidth only when needed

Flexibility
Single UNI can connect to multiple services
Internet, VPN, Extranet supplier, Storage Provider

Bandwidth can be added in 1Mbp increments

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Lets look at TDM and other L2 Services

Inflexible Bandwidth Scalability
Increasing non-Ethernet service bandwidth often requires:
New service (step function)
T1T3, FRATM OC-48 OC-12 OC-3 ATM T3 T1

TDM hierarchy or L2 Service dictates bandwidth increments and technology

POS

New hardware
new interface or equipment

New service provisioning

different protocols / technologies

Often resulting in:

Oversubscribing to meet growing bandwidth needs

Frame Relay
1.5M 45M 155M 622M
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2.4G

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Ethernet Service Benefits over TDM/other L2 Services Flexible Bandwidth Scalability

Increasing Ethernet service bandwidth:
Requires just bandwidth provisioning Provision only amount of BW needed
OC-48

Ethernet provides flexible bandwidth increments using same technology

POS

1GbE OC-12
OC-3

Same protocol for LAN and MAN Lower OpEx & CapEx with Ethernet
25-40% lower cost than
TDM, Frame Relay, ATM interfaces1

10/100MbE T3
T1

ATM

Ethernet

10x lower cost

than high speed SONET interfaces1

Easier and less costly to meet growing bandwidth needs

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Frame Relay
1.5M 45M 155M 622M
6

2.4G

Source: Network Strategy Partners, LLC Metro Ethernet Services Overview

MEF Phase I Service Documents

Phase I consists of 3 technical specifications
Ethernet Services Model (ESM)
Defines Ethernet service building blocks (service attributes) Does not define Ethernet services

Ethernet Services Definitions (ESD)

Defines how to apply the ESM building blocks to create services Defines Ethernet Line (E-Line) and Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) service types and instances of them (EPL, EVPL, EIA, etc.)

Ethernet Traffic Management (ETM)

Defines traffic management and service performance requirements to create CoS-based SLAs
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Relationship between MEF Phase I Service documents

Ethernet Service Definitions (ESD)

MEF 1.0 - Ethernet Service Model (ESM)

(Ratified Sept. 2003)
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Ethernet Traffic Management (ETM)

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Ethernet Services Model (ESM)

Ratified by MEF Tech. Committee - Sept. 2003
into Technical Specification MEF 1.0

Defines building blocks for creating services Building blocks consist of Ethernet Service Attributes and Parameters defined for:
Ethernet UNI (User Network Interface) Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC) MEF 1.0 defines the building blocks to create services
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How the MEF defines an Ethernet Service

Ethernet Service Definition Framework A service is defined via
Service Type Service Attributes Service Attribute Parameters

Defined in ESD

Defined in ESM (MEF 1.0) and ETM

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Defined in ESM (MEF 1.0) and ETM

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Ethernet Service Basic Model

Customer Equipment (CE) attaches to UNI CE can be
router IEEE 802.1Q bridge (switch)
CE UNI Metro Ethernet Network (MEN) CE

UNI (User Network Interface)

Standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet PHY and MAC 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps or 10Gbps

CE UNI

Metro Ethernet Network (MEN)

May use different transport and service delivery technologies
SONET/SDH, WDM, RPR, MiM, QiQ, MPLS

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Ethernet Service Type

Ethernet Service Type
Generic Ethernet connectivity service construct

Each Ethernet Service Type

has a set of Ethernet Service Attributes

MEF has defined 2 Ethernet Service Types

Ethernet Line (E-Line) Service
Provides Point-to-Point connectivity

Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) Service

Provides Multipoint-to-Multipoint (Any-to-Any) connectivity

Service Types are generic constructs used to create services

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Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)

An EVC is an instance of an association of 2 or more UNIs EVCs help visualize the Ethernet connections
Like Frame Relay and ATM PVCs

MEF has defined 2 EVC types

Point-to-Point Multipoint-to-Multipoint
MEN

Point-to-Point EVC
UNI MEN UNI

Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC

EVCs help conceptualize the service connectivity

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Ethernet Service Attributes

Service Attributes define
the capabilities of the Ethernet Service Type

Service Attributes defined for UNI and EVC:

Physical Interface Bandwidth Profiles Service Performance Service Frame Delivery Service Multiplexing Etc.

Service Attributes define the service characteristics

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UNI and EVC Service Attribute Details

Service Attributes defined in MEF 1.0 Technical Specification

EVC Service Attributes

Service Attribute
EVC Type UNI List CE-VLAN ID Preservation CE-VLAN CoS Preservation Unicast Service Frame Delivery Multicast Service Frame Delivery Broadcast Service Frame Delivery Layer 2 Control Protocol Processing Service Performance

Service Attribute Parameters

Point-to-Point or Multipoint-to-Multipoint A list of UNIs (identified via the UNI Identifier service attribute) used with the EVC Yes or No. Specifies whether customer VLAN ID is preserved or not. Yes or No. Specifies whether customer VLAN CoS (802.1p) is preserved or not. Specifies whether unicast frames are Discarded, Delivered Unconditionally or Delivered Conditionally Specifies whether multicast frames are Discarded, Delivered Unconditionally or Delivered Conditionally Specifies whether broadcast frames are Discarded, Delivered Unconditionally or Delivered Conditionally Discard or Tunnel per protocol Specifies the Frame Delay, Frame Jitter and Frame Loss per EVC or Metro Ethernet Services Overview frames within an EVC identified via their CE-VLAN CoS (802.1p) value
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UNI Service Attributes

Service Attribute
UNI Identifier

Service Attribute Parameters

A string used to identity of a UNI, e.g., NYCBldg12Rm102Slot22Port3

Physical Medium
Speed Mode MAC Layer Service Multiplexing UNI EVC ID CE-VLAN ID / EVC Map Max. Number of EVCs Bundling All to One Bundling

Standard Ethernet PHY

10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps Full Duplex or Auto negotiation IEEE 802.3-2002 Yes or No. Defines whether multiple services can be on the UNI A string used identify an EVC, e.g., NYCBldg1Rm102Slot22Port3EVC3 Mapping table of customer VLAN IDs to EVC The maximum number of EVCs allowed per UNI No or Yes. Specifies that one or more customer VLAN IDs are mapped to an EVC at the UNI No or Yes (all customer VLAN IDs are mapped to an EVC at the UNI).

Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per Ingress UNI

Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per EVC Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per CoS ID Layer 2 Control Protocol Processing

None or <CIR, CBS, EIR, EBS>. This Bandwidth profile applies to all frames across the UNI.
None or <CIR, CBS, EIR, EBS>. This Bandwidth profile applies to all frames over particular EVC. None or <CIR, CBS, EIR, EBS>. This Bandwidth profile applies to all frames marked with a particular CoS ID over an EVC.
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Discard, Peer or Pass to EVC per protocol

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E-Line and E-LAN Service Types

E-Line Service used to create
Private Line Services Ethernet Internet Access Point-to-Point VPNs
UNI CE Point-to-Point EVC CE

MEN

UNI

E-Line Service type

E-LAN Service used to create

Multipoint VPNs Transparent LAN Service Service Types defined in MEF ESD Spec.

Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC

UNI CE

UNI CE

MEN
UNI CE 18

CE UNI

E-LAN Service type

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Example Service using E-Line Service Type Ethernet Virtual Private Line
Supports Service Multiplexed UNI Point-to-Point VPN for site interconnectivity
Point-to-Point EVCs Ethernet Service UNI Multiplexed Ethernet UNI CE Point-to-Point FR PVCs FR UNI FR UNI FR CPE FR CPE

MEN
CE

CE

MEN
FR UNI

FR CPE

Ethernet UNI

Ethernet Virtual Private Line using E-Line Service type

Frame Relay Analogy to E-Line Service

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Example Service using E-Line Service Type Ethernet Private Line

Dedicated UNIs for Point-to-Point connections
Point-to-Point EVCs (dedicated BW) Ethernet UNI Ethernet UNI CE Ethernet UNI CE

Storage SP

Dedicated TDM circuits OC-3

Storage SP

DS1
CE

CE

MEN

MEN
DS3 OC-3

ISP POP

ISP POP CE

Ethernet UNI

CE

Internet

Internet

Ethernet Private Line using E-Line Service type

Private Line Analogy to E-Line Service

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Example Service using E-LAN Service Type

Transparent LAN Service (TLS) provides
Intra-company Connectivity Full transparency of control protocols (BPDUs)
UNI 1

Transparent LAN Service

VLANs Sales Customer Service Engineering
Multipoint-toMultipoint EVC

New VLANs added

without coordination with provider

UNI 2

MEN
VLANs Sales Customer Service UNI 4 VLANs Sales

UNI VLANs 3 Engineering

TLS makes the MEN look like a LAN

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Ethernet SLAs
Many Enterprise customers will not use Metro Ethernet services unless:
There are SLAs with performance assurances There is availability of service to all critical locations

Such enterprises will build private networks Critical SLA Service Attributes
Bandwidth Profile Service Performance

Enterprise customers require CoS-based SLAs with service performance assurances

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Bandwidth Profiles
MEF has defined three bandwidth profiles
Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per Ingress UNI Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per EVC Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per CoS ID

4 parameters <CIR, CBS, EIR, EBS>

CIR/CBS determines frame delivery per service level objectives EIR/EBS determines amount of excess frame delivery allowed

Bandwidth Profiles defined in MEF ETM Spec.

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Three Types of Bandwidth Profiles

EVC1 EVC1 Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per Ingress UNI Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per EVC1 Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per EVC2 Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per EVC3

UNI

EVC2 EVC3

UNI

EVC2 EVC3

CE-VLAN CoS 6

Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per CoS ID 6 Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per CoS ID 4

UNI

EVC1

CE-VLAN CoS 4 CE-VLAN CoS 2

Ingress Bandwidth Profile Per CoS ID 2

EVC2
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Service Performance (QoS)

Service Performance Parameters
Availability Frame Delay Frame Jitter Frame Loss

Service performance level to delivery determined via:

Per CoS ID, e.g., 802.1p user priority per EVC Per UNI (port), i.e., 1 CoS for all EVCs at UNI Service Performance defined in MEF ETM Spec.
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Example CoS-based Metro Ethernet SLA

E-Line Service 4 Classes of Service CoS determined via 802.1p CoS ID Common type of SLA used with CoS-based IP VPNs
Bandwidth Profile per EVC per CoS ID
CIR > 0 PIR = 0 CIR > 0 PIR UNI Speed CIR > 0 PIR UNI Speed

Service Class

Service Characteristics

CoS ID
6, 7

Service Performance
Delay < 5ms Jitter < 1ms Loss < 0.01% Delay < 5ms Jitter = N/S Loss < 0.01% Delay < 15ms Jitter = N/S Loss < 0.1% Delay < 30ms 26 Jitter = N/S Loss < 0.5%

Premium Real-time IP telephony or IP video applications

Silver
Bronze

Bursty mission critical data applications requiring low loss and delay (e.g., Storage) Bursty data applications requiring bandwidth assurances

4, 5
3, 4

Standard Best effort service

CIR=0 0, Services Overview 1, 2 Metro Ethernet PIR=UNI speed

Summary
Ethernet Services
Same Ethernet just used in new way

E-Line and E-LAN Service types create

broad range of point-to-point and multipoint services

Ethernet Services Framework

Defines service attributes that define the service characteristics

Ethernet Services need CoS-based SLAs

to increase Enterprise usage for mission critical apps
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References
Metro Ethernet Services A Technical Overview
http://www.metroethernetforum.org/metro-ethernet-services.pdf

MEF 1.0 Ethernet Service Model, Phase 1

http://www.metroethernetforum.org/PDFs/Standards/MEF-1.0.doc

Metro Ethernet Services for Enterprises

http://www.metroethernetforum.org/businesscase_wp_092702f.pdf

Business Case for Enterprise Metro Ethernet

http://www.metroethernetforum.org/presentations/Supercomm2003-MetroEthernet-Business-Case21.ppt

Metro Ethernet Networks - A Technical Overview

http://www.metroethernetforum.org/PDFs/WhitePapers/meftechoverviewwhi tepaper102903.pdf

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