MEF-CECP Certification Exam Blueprint "D"

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Spec Numbers and Acronyms

Candidates are not expected to memorize MEF specification numbers
MEF specifications, as well as links to other SDO documents underpinning MEF-CECP certification, are included in this su
mmary page
Acronyms that candidates should know / need not know are listed here: MEF-CECP Acronym Lists - Blueprint D

Objective Description Citation /

Reference

1 SERVICES AND MEF 10.3

ATTRIBUTES
MEF 6.2
1.01 Understand
and define MEF 26.1
external MEF 51
interfaces, UNI
and ENNI MEF 45
1.02 Understand
and define EVCs
and OVCs and
their types
1.03 Understand
the details and
characteristics of
the EVC-based
services (ELINE:
EPL, EVPL,
E-LAN: EP-LAN,
EVP-LAN,
E-TREE:
EP-TREE,
EVP-TREE)
1.04 Understand
the details and
characteristics of
the OVC-based
services
(O-LINE, O-LAN,
O-TREE) and
their partitioning
into E-ACCESS
and E-TRANSIT
services.
Understand the
purpose and
important
attributes of the
Access EPL and
Access EVPL
services.
1.05 Know the
organization of
the service
attributes for
EVC-based
services, and
understand,
describe, and
apply important
service attributes
for EVC-based
services.
1.06 Understand,
describe, and
apply important
service attributes
for OVC-based
services and the
concepts
associated with
composing EVCs
from OVCs.
1.07 Understand
the usage of the
EVC and
OVC-based
services and how
they can be
applied to solve
customer
problems.
1.08 Understand
the categories of
Service Frames:
Data, L2CP, and
SOAM.
1.09 Understand
and apply the
principles
associated with
Layer 2 Control
Protocol (L2CP)
processing and
what happens at
an L2CP
Decision Point.
1.10 Understand,
describe, and
apply hairpin
switching and
OVC endpoint
map bundling.
2 CLASS OF MEF 10.3
SERVICE AND
TRAFFIC MEF 26.1
MANAGEMENT MEF 23.2
2.01 Understand MEF 41
and define Class
of Service
Names and
Class of Service
Labels
2.02 Understand
and describe how
Service Frames
and ENNI frames
can be marked
for class of
service and color
2.03 Understand
Performance
Tiers and CoS
Performance
Objectives
2.04 Understand
and apply the
MEF Bandwidth
Profile (BWP)
Algorithm and the
BWP parameters
CIR, CBS,
CIRMAX, EIR,
EBS, EIRMAX,
CF and CM.
2.05 Understand,
describe, and
apply how
Bandwidth Profile
Flows are
assigned to
Envelopes and
how the BWP
parameters
interact within an
Envelope.
2.06 Understand
and describe the
application of
Bandwidth
Profiles to
Ethernet
Services for both
Ingress and
Egress.

3 SERVICE OAM MEF 17

MEF 30.1 / MEF 30.1.1
3.01 Understand MEF 35.1
and describe
basic IEEE 802.1Q (ag)
components of ITU-T Y.1731
the SOAM
infrastucture:
Maintenance
Entity (ME), ME
Group (MEG),
ME Endpoint
(MEP), ME
Intermediate
Point (MIP), MEG
Level.
3.02 Understand,
describe, and
apply the
messages and
indications of
SOAM Fault
Management -
CCM, LBM/R,
and LTM/R, RDI,
AIS, LCK, TST
3.03 Understand
the SLS and the
Performance
Metrics defined
for EVCs and
OVCs.
3.04 Understand,
describe, and
apply the
mandatory
SOAM
Performance
Management
solution - PM1
(DMM/R and
SLM/R).
3.05 Understand
the optional PM
solutions and
how they differ
from PM1 (1DM
and LMM/R).
3.06 Know the
names and
scope of the
MEF-defined
Maintenance
Entities (UNI,
ENNI, Operator,
Service Provider,
EVC, Test,
Subscriber).
4 INFRASTRUCTURE, MEF 8
OPERATIONS, AND
APPLICATIONS MEF 22.1

4.01 Know the MEF 48 / MEF 50

primary transport IEEE 802.1Q / IEEE 1588v2
technologies
used to IETF RFCs: 2544, 4448, 4761, 5921, 5960
implement
ITU-T G.8032, G.8031, G.826x, Y.1731 Y.1564
Carrier Ethernet
(Ethernet
Bridging, MPLS,
Optical) and their
characteristics in
terms of
scalability and
their ability to
carry different
service types.
4.02 Understand
the application of
various
protection
mechanisms
such as Link
Aggregation,
Spanning Tree,
ITU-T G.8032,
and ITU-T
G.8031
4.03 Understand
the primary
characteristics of
the access
technologies that
can be used to
access a UNI
(Fiber, PDH,
HFC, DSL,
Wireless).
4.04 Understand
the concept of
Service Lifecycle
and important
phases of the
Service Lifecycle:
Configuration,
Service
Activation
Testing, Fault
and Performance
Monitoring
 4.05 Understand
the major
components of a
Service
Activation Test
(SAT) and how
they are used.
4.06 Understand
the purpose,
basic operation,
and Ethernet
Service
requirements of
Circuit Emulation
Services over
Ethernet.
4.07 Understand
and describe how
Carrier Ethernet
is used in Mobile
Backhaul (MBH)
Networks.
4.08 Understand
and describe the
three types of
synchronization
used in Mobile
Backhaul
Networks
(Frequency,
Phase, Time).
4.09 Understand
and describe the
capabilities and
uses of
Synchronous
Ethernet and
IEEE 1588
(PTP).
4.10 Understand
and describe the
Class of Service
and Service OAM
requirements
defined in the
Mobile Backhaul
Implementation
Agreement.

5 ETHERNET, MEF IEEE 803.3-2012

BASICS, AND MEF
CERTIFICATION IEEE 802.1Q

5.01 Know the MEF 10.3

basic structure of MEF 26.1
the MEF
organization. CE 2.0 Blueprint
5.02 Know the
three types of CE 2.0 Technical Foundation Document
technical MEF-CECP Exam Blueprint "D"
documents
produced by the
MEF technical
committees.
5.03 Know and
understand the
requirements and
benefits for
Equipment and
Service Provider
certification.
5.04 Understand
the basic
structure and
requirements of
the CE2.0
certification tests.
5.05 Understand
and apply the
definitions of
Subscriber,
Service Provider,
Network
Operator, CEN,
SLA, and SLS.
5.06 Know which
IEEE standards
define the
Ethernet Frame
format and VLAN
tags and be able
to Identify and
understand the
structure and
fields of an
Ethernet Frame
(untagged, single
tagged, and
double tagged)
and the types of
Ethernet
addresses
(Broadcast,
Multicast, and
Unicast.)
 5.07 Understand
and apply the
basic operation
of an Ethernet
Bridge including
the functions of
Learning,
Flooding,
Forwarding and
Discarding.

Notes
MEF 51, MEF 48, and MEF 50 are MEF Technical Documents that appear in the MEF-CECP Exam for the first time with this
blueprint.

OVC Services questions are focused on MEF 51 capabilities rather than MEF 33.