Course Number: 612
Length: 3 Days
Metro Ethernet Training
Metro Ethernet training course by TONEX covers concepts and technologies behind Metro Ethernet including Layer 2 virtual private network (VPN), Ethernet deployment solutions, Ethernet Relay Service (ERS), Ethernet Wire Service (EWS), Ethernet Multipoint Service (EMS), Layer 2 VPNs over Multi protocol Label Switching (MPLS),and combination single and distributed provider edge solutions.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the attendees will:
- Relate the importance of Metro Ethernet Switching to service-provider markets
- Describe, plan, configure, and troubleshoot Metro Ethernet deployment solutions
- Identify configuration differences between the Layer 2 Metro Ethernet Switching service implementation and Layer 3 MPLS
- Implement the features and functions of platforms supported by Metro Ethernet Switching, including VLAN IDs, Spanning Tree, quality of service(QoS) mechanisms, and network resiliency and security
- Understand mechanisms for QoS and Security over Metro Ethernet Networks
- Understand Ethernet services delivery mechanisms Over MPLS and provider backbone transports
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for the following audiences:
- Individuals who plan, architect and design Metro Ethernet Switching solutions for service providers
- Individuals who implement end-to-end Metro Ethernet Switching services
- Individuals who deploy networks Metro Ethernet Switching services
Course Outline
Metro Ethernet Basics
- Basics of Ethernet switching
- Bridging functions
- 802.1d Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree
- Ethernet Addressing
- Address characteristics
- MAC address, ARP and IP
- Metro Ethernet Overview
- Metro Ethernet Software Features
- Metro Ethernet Components
- Ethernet Services Model (ESM)
- Circuit bonding Circuit emulation over Ethernet
- Timing considerations
- Virtual LANs (VLANs)
- IEEE 802.1Q standard
- Q-in-Q (VLAN stacking)
- IEEE 802.1ad (Provider Bridges)
- Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)
- EFM over fiber
- EFM over copper
- EFM over passive optical network
- Ethernet First Mile
- Dense Wave Division Multiplex (DWDM) optical networks
- SONET / SDH
- Layer 2 or/and Layer 3 switches or/and routers connected through optical fiber
- Topology
- Ring, hub-and-spoke (star), or full or partial mesh
- Ethernet Transport in the form of 10G or 100G speeds
- Ethernet on the MAN
- Ethernet, Ethernet over SONET/SDH
- Ethernet over MPLS
Carrier Ethernet Services
- Access, Distribution (Aggregation), Edge and Core Network Deployments
- Access Networks
- Carrier Ethernet Aggregation
- Aggregation Network
- Aggregation Nodes
- Distribution Nodes
- Edge
- Multiservice Core
- IP/MPLS backbone
Overview of Metro Ethernet
- What is Metro Ethernet?
- Native Ethernet
- Ethernet as a Carrier-Grade technology
- Ethernet-Based backhaul solutions
- Deploying and Maintaining Carrier Ethernet Services Layer 2 virtual private network (VPN)
- Ethernet Relay Service (ERS)
- Ethernet Wire Service (EWS)
- Ethernet Multipoint Service (EMS)
- Layer 2 VPNs over Multi protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- Single and distributed provider edge solutions
- Ethernet over SONET / SDH (EoS)
- Link Access Procedure (LAPS)
- Over IP and MPLS
- Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
- L2TPv3
- Virtual Private Wire service (VPWS)
- Any Transport over MPLS (AToM)
- Layer 2 MPLS VPN (L2VPN)
- MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
- Setting up point-to-point Pseudo Wire Ethernet links
- Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
- 100GbE
- PBT or PBB-TE
- PLS-TP or MPLS Transport Profile
- MPLS as a connection-oriented packet transport networking technology
- Penultimate Hop Popping (PHP)
- Label-Switched Paths (LSPs) merge
- Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP)
- Integration of IP/MPLS and MPLS-TP
Metro Ethernet Service Definitions
- Service definitions
- Ethernet Private Line (EPL) Service
- Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) Service
- Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN) Service
- Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVP-LAN) Service
- Ethernet Private Tree (EP-TREE) Service
- Ethernet Virtual Private Tree (EVP-TREE) Service
- Service OAM Requirements
- Continuity check
- Link trace
- Loopback
Metro Ethernet Transport Methods
- Transport for Ethernet – Methods
- Resilient Packet Rings (RPR)
- Hybrids
- Optical Ethernet
- High-Speed Ethernet and Other Technologies
- 10 Gb/s Ethernet
- Switched Ethernet
- Wireless Ethernet
- Ethernet-Over-VDSL
- Aggregation Network Technology
- RPR
- IP/MPLS and TP-MPLS
- PBB-TE
- EPON
- Microwave wireless
- IP/MPLS Technology
- VPWS/VPLS/H-VPLS
- QoS support
- Application in backhaul
Metro Ethernet Network Architecture
- Metro Ethernet Services Definitions
- Requirements and Framework for Ethernet Service Protection
- Circuit Emulation Service Definitions, Framework and Requirements in Metro Ethernet Networks
- The Client/Server Layer Network Model
- Adaptation & Termination Functions
- Relationships between Connection-Oriented vs Connectionless Components
- Physical Components
- Customer Edge (CE) Equipment
- Provider Edge (PE) Equipment
- Provider (P) Core Equipment
- Network Termination (NT) Equipment
- Transport Edge (TE) Equipment
Metro/Carrier Ethernet Backhaul Network Design Considerations
- IP network routing/operations
- Layer 2 and 3 design aspects
- Redundancy in the backhaul network
- Availability and resiliency
Metro/Carrier Ethernet Backhaul Network Planning
- Network planning overview
- Capacity planning issues
- Backhaul technology selection criteria
- Traffic forecast and modeling
- Bandwidth/capacity computation
Metro/Carrier Ethernet Technology and Operations
- Key benefits
- Circuit over Ethernet
- Synchronization over Ethernet
- QoS support
- Application in backhaul
- Ethernet over MPLS
- Point-to-Point Ethernet Virtual Circuit Service over MPLS
- QoS in Metro Ethernet Services
- PTP, EVCS Service
- Metro Ethernet Security Issues
- Ethernet Virtual Circuit Service with Access to MPLS VPN
- Extending VLANs across the Metropolitan Area Network
- Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
- Point-to-Point Transparent LANS
- Multipoint-to-Multipoint Transparent LAN Service
- DPT Fundamentals
- EVCS PTP Trunks Single and Distributed Provider Edge Service
- Operations, Administration and Management
- IEEE 802.1ag and ITU Y.1731 Management solutions
- Future Metro Ethernet Services and Features
Pure Metro Ethernet
- SONET/SDH-based Metro Ethernet
- MPLS-based Metro Ethernet
- Pure Ethernet MANs
- Layer 2 switches for all of its internal structure
- Simple and cheap design
- Relatively simple initial configuration
- Shared-media network
- Transparent tunneling of traffic through the use of Virtual LANs
- Point to point circuits
- Multipoint to multipoint circuits
- VLAN Stacking (also known as VLAN Tunneling)
- VLAN Translation
- IEEE 8021ad (Provider Bridges)
- QinQ or stacked VLANs
- IEEE 8021ah (Provider Backbone Bridges) (also known as MAC in MAC or PBB)
- IEEE 8021Qay (Provider Backbone Transport) (also known as PBT or PBB-TE)
- Provider Backbone Bridging Traffic Engineering (PBBTE)
- Spanning-tree, broadcast packets and dynamic
- 50ms failover features
- Shortcomings with a pure non PBT/PBB enabled Ethernet MAN
SONET/SDH-based Metro Ethernet
- A SONET/SDH based Ethernet MAN
- Transport high-speed Ethernet connections
- High level of reliability
- Native SDH protection mechanisms
- Typical recovery time of 50 ms for severe failures
MPLS-based Metro Ethernet
- MPLS in the Service Provider Network
- Ethernet interface on Copper
- Ethernet interface on fiber
- Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) signaling
- Resource reSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
- LDP may be used as Network signaling for the outer label
- Restoration mechanisms used in an MPLS based Metro Ethernet Networks
- Fast ReRoute-FRR (MPLS local protection)
- The main advantages of an MPLS-based Metro Ethernet
- Scalability
- Resiliency
- End to End OAM
Metro Ethernet Implementation
- Building a Network Core
- Building an Access Network
- Point-to-Point Ethernet virtual connection (EVC): E-Line Service
- Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC: E-LAN Service
- Scaling and Extending Ethernet Services
- Increasing the Availability of Ethernet Services
- Securing a Carrier Ethernet Network
- Deploying QoS in a Carrier Ethernet Network
- Managing Services in a Carrier Ethernet Network
- Building a hub-and-spoke access network, building an Ethernet-to-the-X (ETTX) access ring
- Ethernet Private Line (EPL) service
- Virtual Private Line (EVPL) service
- E-LAN services
- TLS using VPLS, configure EVCS using VPLS, configure EVCS using H-VPLS
- VPLS autodiscovery using BGP
- H-VPLS with VPLS autodiscovery MPLS Overview
- Implementing Service #1-Point-to-Point Ethernet
- Virtual Circuit Service over MPLS Intra-autonomous system pseudowire switching
- Implementing QoS for Service #1-PTP, EVCS Service
- Implementing Service #3-Ethernet Virtual Circuit Service with Access to MPLS VPN
- Pseudo wire redundancy to redundant CPEs
- Implement security
- Implement QoS
Overview of MPLS-TP (Transport Profile of MPLS)
- Transport like Operation
- Static provisioning via NMS as a default
- Dynamic provisioning optional via control plane respectively
- Traffic Engineering rules
- Transport like OAM using in-band OAM channels
- Support performance monitoring for SLA verification
- Alarms and AIS
- Transport-like Resilience
- Sub 50ms protection
- Linear protection
- Ring protection
Advanced Topics
- Pseudo Wire Emulation edge to edge (PWE3)PE-POP Aggregation with VLAN trunks
- PE-CLE with VLAN trunks
- CoS on PTP, EVCS Service
- Security for the PTP, EVCS Service
- EVCS with Access to MPLS VPN
- PTP TLS
- BGP Route Filtering
- Multihoming
- Intra- Autonomous System MPLS VPNs
- MPLS Traffic Engineering
- QoS, Timing and SLA
- End-to-end QoS support
- Timing and synchronization
- OAM and performance metrics
- SLA administration and monitoring
- Design and implement end-to-end Metro Ethernet Switching services
Industry Players
- Vendors
- Service Providers
- Networks
- Standards
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Standards
- MEF Virtual Private Wire Services (VPWS) services
- Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
- Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
- Virtual Private Line Service (VPLS) or Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) service
- E-Line also known as Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS)
- Virtual Leased Line (VLL), Point-to-Point
- Ethernet Private Wire Service (EPVS)
- E-LAN also known as Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
- Transparent LAN Services and MultiPoint-to-MultiPoint
- E-TREE or Rooted-MultiPoint High Speed Internet access and IP/VPN access