Technical Specification MEF 26.1 External Network Network Interface (ENNI) – Phase 2 January 2012
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External Network Network Interface (ENNI) – Phase 2 Table of Contents 1 Abstract ...............................................................................................................................1 2 Terminology ........................................................................................................................1 3 Scope ..................................................................................................................................3 4 Key Concepts ......................................................................................................................4 4.1 Motivation and Service Model .....................................................................................4 4.2 Design Goals ...............................................................................................................6 4.3 ENNI Reference Model ...............................................................................................6 4.4 ENNI Frame ................................................................................................................7 4.5 Operator Virtual Connection ........................................................................................7 4.6 Relationship between OVCs and EVC .........................................................................8 5 Compliance Levels ..............................................................................................................9 6 Requirements for the ENNI .................................................................................................9 7 Operator Services Attributes .............................................................................................. 10 7.1 ENNI Service Attributes ............................................................................................ 11 7.1.1 Operator ENNI Identifier ................................................................................... 12 7.1.2 Physical Layer ................................................................................................... 12 7.1.3 Frame Format .................................................................................................... 13 7.1.4 Number of Links ................................................................................................ 13 7.1.5 ENNI Resiliency Mechanisms ............................................................................ 14 7.1.6 ENNI Maximum Transmission Unit Size ........................................................... 14 7.1.7 End Point Map ................................................................................................... 15 7.1.7.1 Basic End Point Map ...................................................................................... 15 7.1.7.2 End Point Map Bundling ................................................................................ 17 7.1.8 Maximum Number of OVCs .............................................................................. 18 7.1.9 Maximum Number of OVC End Points per OVC ............................................... 18 7.2 OVC Service Attributes ............................................................................................. 18 7.2.1 OVC End Points................................................................................................. 18 7.2.2 OVC End Point Roles and Forwarding Constraints ............................................ 18 7.2.3 Hairpin Switching .............................................................................................. 20 7.2.4 OVC Service Attributes ..................................................................................... 20 7.2.5 OVC Identifier ................................................................................................... 22 7.2.6 OVC Type ......................................................................................................... 22 7.2.7 OVC End Point List ........................................................................................... 23 7.2.8 Maximum Number of UNI OVC End Points ...................................................... 23 7.2.9 Maximum Number of ENNI OVC End Points .................................................... 23 7.2.10 OVC Maximum Transmission Unit Size ............................................................ 23 7.2.11 CE-VLAN ID Preservation ................................................................................ 24 7.2.12 CE-VLAN CoS Preservation .............................................................................. 27 7.2.13 S-VLAN ID Preservation ................................................................................... 27 7.2.14 S-VLAN CoS Preservation................................................................................. 28 7.2.15 Color Forwarding ............................................................................................... 28 7.2.16 Service Level Specification ................................................................................ 29 7.2.16.1 One-way Frame Delay Performance for an OVC ........................................ 31 MEF 26.1 © The MEF Forum 2012. 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External Network Network Interface (ENNI) – Phase 2 7.2.16.2 Inter-Frame Delay Variation Performance for an OVC ............................... 35 7.2.16.3 One-way Frame Loss Ratio Performance for an OVC ................................. 38 7.2.16.4 One-way Availability Performance for an OVC.......................................... 40 7.2.16.5 One-way Resiliency Performance for an OVC ............................................ 45 7.2.17 Unicast Frame Delivery ..................................................................................... 49 7.2.18 Multicast Frame Delivery ................................................................................... 49 7.2.19 Broadcast Frame Delivery .................................................................................. 50 7.2.20 Layer 2 Control Protocol Tunneling ................................................................... 50 7.3 OVC End Point per ENNI Service Attributes ............................................................. 51 7.3.1 OVC End Point Identifier ................................................................................... 52 7.3.2 Trunk Identifiers ................................................................................................ 53 7.3.3 Class of Service Identifiers ................................................................................. 53 7.3.3.1