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MEF-CECP Professional Certification
Calling All Carrier Ethernet Experts!
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Poll
• Which of the following most closely describes your
job function? (Choose one please)
1. Technical Sales or Technical Marketing
2. Engineering
3. Architecture or Network Design
4. Product or Solution Development
5. Operations
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The Value of Carrier Ethernet
Professional Certification
Ralph Santitoro
Fujitsu Network Communications
MEF Accredited Training Provider
Co-chair, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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3 Dimensions of MEF Certification
Employers and partners identify skilled
Carrier Ethernet professionals faster
Service Providers identify
standardized networking
devices faster
Users identify standardized
services and quality
Service Providers faster
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The Need for CE Professional Certification
• Professional
– ”Do I have sufficient working knowledge of key Carrier
Ethernet topics, and if yes, how do I prove it?”
• Employer
– ”Do my critical Carrier Ethernet employees have a
good working knowledge of important Carrier
Ethernet topics, and if not, how do I train them?”
• Customer (Buyer)
– ”Am I outsourcing to, or partnering with, Carrier
Ethernet companies with suitably skilled personnel?”
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Value of MEF CE Professional Certification
for Individuals
• Continuing education, career development
and career advancement opportunities
• Globally-recognized MEF Certificate
• Highlighted listing on MEF Ethernet
Academy web site
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Value of MEF CE Professional Certification
for Employers
• Industry-recognized validation of professional’s
knowledge and understanding of Carrier Ethernet
technologies, standards, services and applications
• Makes it easier to identify, recruit and qualify
potential employees for work in the Carrier
Ethernet industry
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Value of MEF CE Professional Certification
for Customers (Buyers)
• Industry’s first and only vendor-independent,
professional certification focused on Carrier
Ethernet
• Simplifies creation of Carrier Ethernet
product and service RFPs and analysis of RFP
responses
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What is MEF-CECP?
Craig Easley - MEF-CECP
CEA – MEF Accredited Training Provider
Co-chair, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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• 80 multiple choice/response questions
• 1 hour 45 minutes
• Delivered by the MEF over the Internet to examinee’s
computer
• Developed by leading MEF Subject Matter Experts in
the Carrier Ethernet industry
• Covers 10 key topic areas in Carrier Ethernet
• Based on MEF, IEEE, IETF and ITU-T standards and specs
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Exam Objectives
• Detailed objectives provided by
the MEF on the MEF sites and in
MEF-CECP Study Guide
– Fundamentals of Carrier Ethernet
services
– Carrier Ethernet services over different
transport and access technologies
– Components and attributes of Carrier
Ethernet services
– Certification of Carrier Ethernet
services
– Carrier Ethernet, TDM, IP and MPLS
– Applications of Carrier Ethernet
– Circuit Emulation of Carrier Ethernet
– Carrier Ethernet Service OAM
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Sample Questions – Standard Terminology
Which kind of UNI to UNI connectivity is used for
the Ethernet Private Line (EPL) service?
A. Ethernet Private Circuit
B. Point to Point Ethernet Private Connection
C. Point to Point Ethernet Virtual Connection
D. Point to Point Ethernet Virtual Circuit
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Sample Questions – Standard Terminology
Which three Service Types are defined in MEF
6.1? (Select three):
A. Ethernet Circuit (E-Circuit)
B. Ethernet Line (E-Line)
C. Ethernet Tree (E-Tree)
D. Ethernet Transparent Connection (E-TC)
E. Ethernet LAN (E-LAN)
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Sample Questions – Standard Topologies
A customer with three locations requests Ethernet
service for very transparent connectivity between
sites. Which service is most suitable?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a single Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN)
a single Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVP-LAN)
a single Ethernet Private Tree (EP-Tree)
a single Ethernet Virtual Private Tree (EVP-Tree)
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Poll
• How many people in your organization would you
estimate are directly involved in providing Carrier
Ethernet services or products?
1. 1-5
2. 6-20
3. 21-100
4. >100
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Program Snapshot
Sam Hurrell
Perpetual Solutions – MEF Accredited
Training Provider
Member, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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• 287 MEF-CECPs
• 35 countries
– 48% NA, 25% EUR, 22%
APAC, 3% MEA, 2% CALA
MEF-CECP Job Titles
• 93 employer companies
– 49% Service Providers, 38%
equipment vendors
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MEF-CECP Exams by Quarter
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• Leading companies
have standardized
on MEF-CECP
certification
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3Q2011
4Q2011
• Industry adoption
accelerating
1Q2012
2Q2012*
* as of June 25th
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Poll
• Which training/study option do you personally prefer?
(Choose one please)
1. Classroom-based training
2. Self study
3. Online mentoring
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Training and Study
George Churchwell – MEF-CECP
Tech 2000 – MEF Accredited Training Provider
Member, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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6 Global MEF-ATPs
• Class training on customer
premises or on the MEF-ATP
premises anywhere in the
world
• Group purchase of MEFCECP exams on behalf of
examinees
• Group proctoring of
examinees at the end of the
MEF-CECP training
• Pricing and scheduling
available directly from the
MEF-ATPs
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Individual Study
• Self-Assessment Tools
– Available from MEF-ATPs
• MEF-CECP Study Guide
– www.carrierethernetstudyguide.org
– Centralized source of high value
information
– Available offline
• Free iPad app – “MEF on the Go”
• Downloadable PDF from website
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Taking MEF-CECP – A to Z
Carsten Rossenhoevel – MEF-CECP
EANTC – MEF Accredited Training Provider
Co-Chair, MEF EMEA Marketing
Co-Chair, MEF Mobile Backhaul Marketing Working Group
Member, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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Registration Process
• Individuals
– Register at Ethernet Academy
– Pay US$350 online
– Receive receipt
– Schedule online proctoring
• Own computer at office or home
– Broadband connection
– USB camera
• System check
• Exam itself
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Exam Delivery and Proctoring
• Exam delivered over the Internet by the MEF
• Proctoring (supervision, invigilation) options
– Physically by MEF Accredited Training Provider staff
– Over the Internet by ProctorCam
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Results
• Exams are automatically rated by special
software
• No manual intervention
• Results are analyzed immediately
• MEF notifies examinees
– Pass or fail
– Personal score
– Comparison of individual results with average
per topic
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Retakes and Validity
• Additional charge of US$50 per retake
• Up to three attempts in six months
• Validity of MEF-CECP certificates
– Certificate does not expire at present
– Validity under discussion in MEF Professional
Certification subcommittee
– MEF continuously extends Carrier Ethernet
capabilities; will be reflected in future MEF-CECP
program updates
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Poll
• Which aspect(s) of Carrier Ethernet professional
certification is most important to you? (Choose one or
more)
1. Need for vendor-independent Carrier Ethernet
knowledge
2. Required to do my current job
3. Career development
4. Keeping current with technological advances and
standards
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MEF-CECP Deliverables
Michael Williams
Telefocal Asia, MEF Accredited Training Provider
Member, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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MEF-CECP Deliverables
• Logo for use in email signatures, CVs, LinkedIn etc.
• Certificate (soft and hard copies)
• Listing on Ethernet Academy
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MEF-CECP Deliverables
• Results Analysis
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MEF Carrier Ethernet Professional
Certification – What’s Next?
Ralph Santitoro
Fujitsu Network Communications
MEF Accredited Training Provider
Co-chair, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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Roadmap
• MEF-CECP is the first of a series of MEF Carrier
Ethernet Professional Certifications
– It addresses a broad range of technical disciplines
• Additional certifications under evaluation for:
– Sales and Marketing professionals
– Carrier Ethernet Applications (e.g., Mobile Backhaul)
• Updates to program to ensure inclusion of evolving
MEF technical committee work
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New MEF-CECP Exam Study Guide
eBook for the iPad
Can be used as preparatory
material for classroom-based
training
Additional self-study tool that
complements MEF on the Go
iPad app.
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Q&A
More at MetroEthernetForum.org
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