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THE INCOMPAS SHOW
MRV’s OptiPacket Achieves MEF Certification
Inc., a provider
of innovative packet and optical solu-
tions for service providers, data center
operators and enterprises, and sponsor of The
INCOMPAS Show, announced that its Opti-
Packet OP-X1 and OP-X4 Carrier Ethernet (CE)
metro solutions have achieved MEF CE 2.0
certification for all traffic rates up to 100 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE).
MEF’s rigorous certification program allows
network equipment manufacturers to demon-
strate their compliance with globally recognized
MEF CE standards.
The MEF CE 2.0 certification simplifies
network operational components to streamline
new services and extend 100 GbE capacity
without compromising scalability, advanced
OAM or traffic management, an important
requirement for mission-critical applications in
metro core and access networks.
MRV’s OptiPacket OP-X family, consisting of
the OP-X4 and OP-X1 solutions, is a portfolio
of metro service edge devices positioned for 10
GbE and 100 GbE CE services.
The OP-X4 is positioned for metro aggrega-
tion and the OP-X1 is positioned for network
access. Both OP-X models offer interchange-
able 10 GbE and 100 GbE line cards with
common hardware and software architectures
to enable a compelling cost-of-ownership, as
well as flexible deployment approaches for
wholesale and retail services across packet
switched metro networks.
MRV is committed to supporting open stan-
dards to enable service providers to achieve
the optimal degree of flexibility and choice in
building out their networks.
Achieving the MEF CE 2.0 certification
reinforces MRV’s commitment to meet service
providers’ demand for CE 2.0 compliant prod-
ucts, and accelerate service deployments by
creating a standardized and trusted baseline.
Underlying the commitment required to earn
the MEF 100 GbE CE 2.0 certification, MRV
was required to complete a strict and compre-
hensive set of MEF-defined test cases for the
OptiPacket platform.
As part of the certification process, MRV
validated the ability of the OptiPacket to enable
service providers to add defined 100 GbE E-Line
and E-Access service capabilities.
With MEF certification complete for the Opti-
Packet and OptiSwitch platforms, MRV can
provide CE 2.0 service within any network from
core to access.
MRV’s end-to-end network portfolio enables
major Tier 1 carriers and service providers to
deploy new, standards-based 100 GbE scalable
services quickly with guaranteed service level
agreement performance.
“Increases in mobile traffic and the need to
access cloud services are driving communica-
tions service providers to look for ways to swiftly
and economically deploy scalable and efficient
bandwidth solutions,” said Adam Scheer, senior
vice president of Product Line Management and
Corporate Development for MRV.
Sheer added, “MRV’s OptiPacket 100 GbE
solution addresses that growing need for
bandwidth and, with the MEF CE 2.0 certifica-
tion, ensures customers will have flexibility in
how they build out their networks and confi-
dence that they can reliably meet current and
future requirements.”
MEF President Nan Chen congratulated MRV
for the CE 2.0 certification and its innovative
OptiPacket 100 GbE access platform.
“This certification sets the global standard
for Carrier Ethernet equipment and services,
establishing a trusted baseline for recognition
and differentiation of superior offerings that
underpin Third Network innovation,” Chen said.
“MRV’s achievement of these high standards
speaks to its dedication and commitment to
providing the most progressive and effective
solutions available.”
The MEF is the driving force enabling
agile, assured and orchestrated Third Network
services for the digital economy and the hyper-
connected world, with user-directed control
over network resources and cloud connectivity.
Optimized for real-time, QoS-enabled,
secured traffic and integration of value-added
network functions-as-a-service, Third Network
services are delivered over automated, virtu-
alized, and interconnected networks globally
powered by LSO, SDN and NFV.
The MEF leverages its more than 200 global
network operators and technology vendor
community, builds on the robust $80 billion
Carrier Ethernet market, and provides a practical
evolution to the Third Network with LSO, SDN
and NFV implementations that builds on a CE
2.0 foundation.
The MEF has established a technical and
implementation framework that includes archi-
tecture, information models, service definitions,
operational processes, open source community
and certification programs.
MEF work is conducted internally and –
under the guidance of the MEF UNITE program
– in collaboration with global standards orga-
nizations and open source projects. For more
information, see
MRV Communications enables service
providers, data center operators and enter-
prises to make their networks smarter, faster
and easier to operate. MRV’s end-to-end
portfolio includes innovative packet, optical
and software platforms designed for flexibility
and reliability. p
To learn more about MRV, visit booth 113 in
the Expo Hall or go to
I NCOMPAS Show silver sponsor Neustar
Inc., a provider of real-time information
services, announced enhancements to
Neustar SiteProtect, a fast, flexible, global
cloud-based DDoS mitigation service.
The benefits and features of Neustar
SiteProtect enhance its automation, traffic
flows, management and visibility to deliver
the greatest speed, flexibility, capabilities and
expertise to organizations struggling to miti-
gate DDoS attacks.
In the report “DDoS: A Comparison of
Defense Approaches,” Gartner analysts
Patrick Hevesi and Anton Chuvakin wrote,
“Denial-of-service attacks are in many
regards different from other security issues
organizations face. Unlike other attacks,
where patches and locally installed security
appliances can block an attack altogether,
the defense calculus for denial of service is
different because no organization can prevent
Neustar Transforms DDoS
Mitigation Service
(See Neustar, page 23)