Carrier Ethernet training course description

Ethernet is now the interface of choice for nearly all networking. This comprehensive course looks at the ways carriers can provide this Ethernet interface for their WANs and MANs. The course assumes delegates already have a solid foundation in Ethernet switching and so concentrates on just the Ethernet technologies for Carrier Ethernet.

What will you learn

• Describe the main Carrier Ethernet services.
• Evaluate transports for Carrier Ethernet.
• Explain how Ethernet can work over MPLS and SDH.
• Explain the Ethernet technologies used to enable Carrier Ethernet.

Carrier Ethernet training course details

Carrier Ethernet training course contents

• Introduction

What is Ethernet? LANs, MANs, WANs, Ethernet and switches in the LAN. Traditional LAN/WAN integration, routers. The Ethernet interface for the WAN. Standards: IEEE, MEF, OIF, Ethernet Alliance.

• Carrier Ethernet Services

E-line: EPL, EVPL. E-LAN: EP-LAN, EVP-LAN. E-Tree: EP-Tree, EVP-Tree. Ethernet Services attributes. Applications: Carrier Ethernet for businesses, Mobile backhaul. Multicasting.

• Service attributes

Bandwidth profiles, bandwidth parameters, Class of Service, QoS, MTU, Protection mechanisms: STP, RSTP, MSTP, Link aggregation, G.8031, G.8032.

• Transporting Carrier Ethernet

The main options. “Pure” Ethernet, Ethernet over SDH, Ethernet over WDM, Ethernet over MPLS. Ethernet switching, addresses and MAC address tables. Carrier Ethernet access technologies. EFM.

• Ethernet over MPLS

What is MPLS, MPLS-TE, MPLS-VPN, L2 VPNs, VPLS, VPWS. MPLS Fast Reroute.

• CET

“Pure” Ethernet, Provider bridging 802.1d, Provider Backbone Bridges 802.1ah. Traffic engineering 802.1Qay.

• Carrier Ethernet technologies

802.1ad VLAN stacking, 802.1AX Link aggregation. 802.1Q QoS.

• OAM

Standards, layers, interworking

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