[c-nsp] [External] SDx open standard?

[Aaron Gould]

Yeah, while certifying for mef-cecp, you gain an appreciation for their
purpose in that space at least.  (they do have other certifications).  Lots
of focus on functions and standards that exists at UNI's, ENNI's, services
in between, etc.

MEF has 3 scopes of certifications...
-Services - you as a SP can actually work with MEF (IOMETRIX) and get your
network actually stamped and certified by MEF
-Gear - vendors submit their equipment to MEF for testing (possibly onsite
at vendor location) for proving out standard MEF-type service (ELINE, ELAN,
ETREE, EACCESS, etc) and gain MEF stamp of approval
-Professional - like MEF-CECP, etc, people can get career certifications

I recall they started with MEF, then MEF 2.0, now MEF 3.0

https://www.mef.net/certification/mef-certification-programs


-Aaron

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Subject: Re: [c-nsp] [External] SDx open standard?



> sthaug at nethelp.no
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 3:42 PM
> 
> >>> I spent 10 min browsing MEF web site and still do not know what "MEF"
> >>> stands for ... Looks to me like yet one more  commercial entity to
> >>> drain a little bit of cash out of the vendors while perhaps help
> >>> with marketing and sales a bit.
> >>
> >> Metro Ethernet Forum. They've been around for a while.
> >>
> >
> > In fairness, that term is almost entirely absent from the web site, as
far as I
> can see.
> >
> > Is it an expansion that's been deliberately dropped in the face of
expanding
> to work on SDN, NDV, et al beyond their original Metro Ethernet scope?
And
> now MEF is just MEF?
> 
> No idea. But it sure *sounds* like rather significant scope creep.
> 
How I view MEF is in their role of facilitator/mediator for inter-operator
standards. 
Their original work on Metro Ethernet standards and network certification
was very helpful for the industry (certainly some ~8 years back when ME was
blooming and everyone was jumping the bandwagon).
Now with the hype around SDN NFV and automation of service provisioning they
seem like a natural choice of existing body for mediating
inter-operator/provider standards (work on LSO...) they have stellar
materials on NFV and SDN I recommend everyone to read in order to fill in
the gaps and unite our dictionary (same like for the ME dictionary)
And recently they are doing similar thing for SD-WAN...    

adam

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