MEF-CECP Professional Certification
Calling All Carrier Ethernet Experts!
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• 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

Ralph Santitoro
Fujitsu Network Communications
MEF Accredited Training Provider
Co-chair, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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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

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?”

• Continuing education, career development and career advancement opportunities
• Globally-recognized MEF Certificate
• Highlighted listing on MEF Ethernet
Academy web site
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• 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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• 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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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

• 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

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)

Sample Questions – Standard Topologies
A customer with three locations requests Ethernet service for very transparent connectivity between sites. Which service is most suitable?
A.
a single Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN)
B.
a single Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVP-LAN)
C.
a single Ethernet Private Tree (EP-Tree)
D.
a single Ethernet Virtual Private Tree (EVP-Tree)

• 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

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
• 93 employer companies
– 49% Service Providers, 38% equipment vendors
MEF-CECP Job Titles

MEF-CECP Exams by Quarter
137
108
69
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3Q2011 4Q2011 1Q2012 2Q2012*
• Industry adoption accelerating
• Leading companies have standardized on MEF-CECP certification
* as of June 25th

• Which training/study option do you personally prefer?
(Choose one please)
1. Classroom-based training
2. Self study
3. Online mentoring

George Churchwell – MEF-CECP
Tech 2000 – MEF Accredited Training Provider
Member, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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• Class training on customer premises or on the MEF-ATP premises anywhere in the world
• Group purchase of MEF-
CECP 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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• 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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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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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

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

MEF-CECP Deliverables
• Results Analysis

Ralph Santitoro
Fujitsu Network Communications
MEF Accredited Training Provider
Co-chair, MEF Professional Certification Subcommittee
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• 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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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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