Ethernet Solutions Tech Specs
- 1. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services ethernet solutions Technical Specifications service SPECIFICATIONS Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services are MEF CE 2.0 certified for all eight service types, multiple CoS (Class of Service) and all Performance Tiers (PT). The following section outlines the standards associated with the services that Time Warner Cable Business Class will market and support as part of their suite of Ethernet Services. Each of the following service attributes is common to all TWC Ethernet Services. Each parameter meets or exceeds those outlined by MEF CE 2.0. More specific details for each of the services can be found in the Service Types section of this document. UNI (User-to-Network Interface) All Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services utilize a MEF CE 2.0 certified Ethernet Network Interface Device (NID) as the demarcation point between TWC and the customer. The TWC NID provides bidirectional, full duplex transmission of Ethernet frames using a standard IEEE 802.3-2005 Ethernet User-to-Network Interface (UNI) that also provides the ability to manage and monitor the performance of TWC Ethernet Services. TWC supports multiple types of UNI’s by which to interconnect customers. Figure 1 outlines the TWC-supported physical UNI’s along with the recommended bandwidths: Time Warner Cable (TWC) Business Class Ethernet Services provides best-in-class MEF CE 2.0 certified, high-speed, Metro-Ethernet services that are geographically agnostic, distance insensitive—servicing TWC Customers nationwide. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Service is an offering of MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 defined E-Line and E-LAN services, providing point-to- point Ethernet Private Line (EPL), point-to-multipoint Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL), and multipoint-to-multipoint Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN) service configurations. Each, a carrier grade Layer-2 transport service where Ethernet packets are transported and delivered over TWC’s advanced optical fiber network making it possible to meet bandwidth demands with a cost-effective, scalable alternative to legacy connectivity solutions such as TDM, SONET, ATM and Frame Relay. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Service is an end-to-end Ethernet network service where businesses attach their LAN to a User-Network Interface (UNI) using a standard copper or fiber Ethernet interface to access the TWC Ethernet service. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services are available in multiple bandwidth tiers ranging from 512 Kbps up to 10 Gbps, using 100 Mbps (100baseT) and 1 Gbps (GigE) UNI interfaces. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services are suitable for all businesses including Financial, Healthcare, Education, Government, IT, Retail, Real Estate, Legal, Media, and many other verticals. • Site-to-Site Access/Transport (Layer 2, Layer 3) • Internet Access • Server Farm Consolidation & Virtualization • Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery • Cloud-based Business Applications • Distributed Storage Area Networks (SAN) • Voice over IP (VoIP) • Video and Digital Imaging Distribution (Streaming/Interactive) UNI PHYSICAL INTERFACE UNI SPEED CABLE TYPES SUPPORTED SERVICE BANDWIDTHS 100BASE-T (FastE) 100 Mbps Category 5e (Cat5e) Category 6 (Cat6) or above 512 Kbps up to 100 Mbps 1000BASE-T (GigE) 1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps Category 5e (Cat5e) Category 6 (Cat6) or above Up to 10 Gbps 1000BASE-SX 100BASE-LX 1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps Optical-Fiber MMF, SMF Up to 10 Gbps TWC supports Layer 2 (VLAN), Layer 3 (IP), and higher applications such as:
- 2. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services UNI Mode (Speed & Duplex) Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services allow customers to choose their method of interface speed settings. By default, all TWC UNI’s are set for Auto-Negotiation, which allows for automatic determination of speed between the customer Ethernet interface and the UNI. The following chart outlines the available UNI-Speed and Duplex options: Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVC) is a MEF defined Layer 2 bridging architecture that associates two or more UNI’s. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services will provision two EVC types: Maximum # of UNI’S Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services support a specified number of UNI’s (customer locations) for each of its service types. All TWC UNI interfaces are set to Full Duplex. This allows the customer to transmit data in both directions simultaneously in a bi-directional method. Point-to-Point – EPL & EVPL Services Multipoint-to-Multipoint – EPLAN Service UNI PHYSICAL INTERFACE UNI setting options duplex setting 100BASE-T (FastE) AUTO-NEGOTIATION or HARD CODED (100 Mbps) FULL DUPLEX 1000BASE-T (GigE) AUTO-NEGOTIATION or HARD CODED (1 Gbps) FULL DUPLEX 1000BASE-SX 100BASE-LX AUTO-NEGOTIATION or HARD CODED (1 Gbps) FULL DUPLEX Service Type (EVC Type) Maximum # oF UNI’s EPL (point-to-point) 2 EVPL (point-to-point) 8 or 64 (Depends on UNI Speed) EPLAN (multipoint-to-multipoint) 62 POINT-TO-POINT EVC tWc ethernet netWorK uniuni POINT-TO-POINT EVC tWc ethernet netWorK uni uni uni service Multiplexed MULTIPOINT-TO-MULTIPOINT EVC tWc ethernet netWorK uni uniuni uni
- 3. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services EVC’s Per UNI Each of the Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services will support the maximum number of EVC’s outlined below: MAC Addresses Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services support up to 1000 MAC Addresses per TWC service instance for all Ethernet Services. Service Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) The Service MTU Frame Size is the maximum service frame size (in bytes) allowed to transmit beyond the UNI. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services offers two options for MTU Frame Size: • Standard MTU - up to 1544 bytes • Jumbo MTU - up to 9000 bytes. The MTU applies to untagged and tagged-802.1Q Ethernet frames. Customer Edge VLAN’s (CE-VLAN ID) Business Class Ethernet Services support untagged and tagged (802.1Q VLAN) customer data traffic. All Business Class Ethernet Services support a maximum of 4095 -802.1Q VLAN’s per service instance. Customer VLAN Preservation All Customer VLAN ID’s and Priority Code Points (PCP - IEEE 802.1p) markings for Class of Service (CoS) are transmitted through the UNI’s, across the network and received at the destination unaltered by the Business Class Ethernet Service. Please note: TWC reserves the right to reserve one VLAN for network management purposes, in which case that VLAN would not be available for the customers use. Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) is a Hub and Spoke architecture. The number of EVC’s that can be ‘Service Multiplexed’ on a UNI port is determined by the UNI speed and aggregate service bandwidth. The following table outlines the number of EVC’s that can be Service Multiplexed for EVPL services: Service Type (EVC Type) Maximum # of EVC’S EPL (point-to-point) 1 EPLAN (multipoint-to-multipoint) 1 Service Type (EVC Type) UNI SPEED Maximum # of EVC’s Maximum Allowed Bandwidth Tier Per EVC** EVPL (point-to-point) 100 Mbps 8 per Hub Location 1 per Spoke Location 10 Mbps 10 Gbps 64 per Hub Location 1 per Spoke Location 150 Mbps **NOTE: Any combination of allowed bandwidth not to exceed UNI Speed
- 4. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services Class of Service (CoS) Class of Service (CoS) allows for the differentiation of service performance levels for different types of network data traffic. CoS is used to prioritize data traffic within the network including the designated Ethernet Service. As part of the MEF CE 2.0 certification, Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services are certified to support multiple CoS. Our current Service Offerings provide a single Class of Service, providing the highest service classification to our customers – free of network congestion and always available. We relay this to customers through our SLA’s and defined Performance Tiers which are defined by the geographic service area. Customers may define internal Classes of Service which will be preserved through the Ethernet transport or customer’s may elect to utilize the TWC Managed Router Service which has the ability to manage customers internal CoS. Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services will offer CoS in the near future. Service Performance Tiers The Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services provide a best-in-class service offering with defined Ethernet Performance Tiers to coincide with the customer’s geographic service area. Each of the defined Performance Tiers (PT) coincide with the TWC Service Level Agreement (SLA). Each Performance Tier has a defined objective for Frame Delay (FD), Frame Loss (FL) and Frame Delay Variation (FDV). Figure 2 provides the service performance tiers based on service geography: Ethernet Frame Delivery Data frames are differentiated into three categories: Unicast Service Frames, Multicast Service Frames and Broadcast Services Frames, which are based on the destination MAC Address. Frames are categorized at the ingress UNI and must adhere to the following TWC disposition rules for Frame Delivery: • Delivery Unconditionally – All frames are delivered to the egress UNI(s) • Delivery Conditionally – Frames meeting the defined conditions are delivered to the egress UNI(s) Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Services adhere to the following rules for handling each type of frame type: Figure 2: Performance Tier Objectives SERVICE AVAILABILITY MEAN TIME TO RESTORE (“MTTR”) LATENCY (ROUNDTRIP) PACKET LOSS Ethernet (Metro and Regional Services) End-to-End: 99.99% (On-Net Circuit) Outages within 4 hours 10ms - 45ms <0.1% Service Frame Type Frame Disposition Notes Unicast Deliver Unconditionally All Unicast Service Frames will be delivered Unconditionally for all services Unknown Unicast Deliver Conditionally By default limits the amount of BUM traffic to 1 Mbps. This is an option that can be removed at customer request. Multicast Deliver Conditionally By default limits the amount of BUM traffic to 1 Mbps. This is an option that can be removed at customer request. Broadcast Deliver Conditionally By default limits the amount of BUM traffic to 1 Mbps. This is an option that can be removed at customer request.
- 5. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services Bandwidth Profiles Bandwidth Profiles (BWP) enforce limits on bandwidth utilization according to the defined Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) agreed upon by the customer and Time Warner Cable Business Class. The Bandwidth Profile enforces the defined Committed Information Rate (CIR) agreed upon in the SLA and also specifies how excess data should be handled. TWC Ethernet Services use an ingress traffic policing policy to restrict traffic flows to the subscribed CIR. If the transmitted bandwidth exceeds the defined CIR and Committed Burst Size (CBS), the traffic will be subject for discard. Layer 2 Control Protocol (L2CP) Processing The Time Warner Cable Business Class Ethernet Service will discard, tunnel/transmit, or peer/process certain L2CP service frames at each UNI location. TWC adheres to the MEF policy for the disposition of L2CP service frames which is listed below. The default disposition is to discard all customer L2CP frames not tunneled/transmitted. L2 Control Protocol Destination MAC Address L2CP Frame Disposition/ Action Ethertype/Subtype STP, RSTP, MSTP 01-80-C2-00-00-00 Tunnel NA GARP, MRP 01-80-C2-00-00-20 thru 01-80-C2-00-00-2F Tunnel NA PAUSE 01-80-C2-00-00-01 Discard 0x8808 LACP/LAMP 01-80-C2-00-00-02 Peer or Discard 0x8809 /01 /02 Link OAM 01-80-C2-00-00-02 Peer or Discard 0x8809 /03 ESMC 01-80-C2-00-00-02 Peer or Discard 0x8809 /0A 802.1X 01-80-C2-00-00-03 Discard 0x888E Not Defined 01-80-C2-00-00-04 thru 01-80-C2-00-00-06 Discard NA E-LMI 01-80-C2-00-00-07 Discard 0x88EE Not Defined 01-80-C2-00-00-08 thru 01-80-C2-00-00-0A Discard NA LLDP 01-80-C2-00-00-0E Discard 0x88CC CDP, VTP 01-00-0C-CC-CC-CC Tunnel Figure 4: L2CP Frame Disposition Please Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) frames will be Tunneled/Transmitted
- 6. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services UNI INTERFACE ATTRIBUTES UNI VALUES NOTES UNIINTERFACE UNI Identifier (UNI ID) Granite Device ID Unique alpha-numeric identifier for the UNI UNI-C Interface (Ethernet PHY) & Speed 4 100 Mbps (BaseT) 4 1000 Mbps (BaseT) 4 1000 Mbps (BaseFX) 10 Gbps (Base FX) - ICB UNI Physical interface interconnection (handoff) at customer location. Physical interface and speed of the UNI-C as defined by IEEE 802.3- 2005 standard. Default Customer handoff is 1000Mb TX (Category 6 Cable) UNI-C Mode 4 FULL Duplex AUTO Negotation Hard Coded (100 Mb or 1 Gb) The UNI supports FULL duplex or AUTO-Negotiation Default is Auto-Negotiation MAC Layer IEEE 802.3-2005 TWC Ethernet Services support IEEE 802.3-2005 frame formats. Service MTU 4 1544 Bytes (Standard) 9000 Bytes (Jumbo) TWC Standard MTU is 1544 Bytes Jumbo is 9000 Bytes UNI SERVICE ATTRIBUTES All UNI’S NOTES UNISERVICE ATTRIBUTE All-to-One Bundling YES EPL Service is “All-to-One Bundling” Maximum # CE-VLAN ID’s (Customer VLAN’s) 4095 EPL Service supports Untagged and Tagged traffic (4095 customer VLANs) Maximum # of EVCs 1 (One) Maximum of 1 EVC per service instance EVC PER UNI SERVICE ATTRIBUTES LOCATION BW PROFILE (Per Location) NOTES INGRESSBWPROFILE perEVC Ingress BW Profile per EVC: CIR (in Mbps) Based on purchased service speed Based on service speed CBS (in Bytes) > = 1544 Bytes (8x MTU) ≥ 1544 Bytes (Largest Service Frame size) EIR (in Mbps) 0 Not Defined EBS (in Bytes) 0 Not Defined Color-Mode (CM) Color Blind Color-blind Coupling Flag (CF) NA Not specified EVC PER UNI SERVICE ATTRIBUTES PT1 SLA (METRO) PT2 SLA (REGIONAL) PT3 SLA (NATIONAL) CLASSofSERVICE Service Performance: TWC Standard SLA’s TWC Carrier SLA’s TWC Carrier SLA’s CoS Identifier (CoS ID): High (Default) Not Yet Defined Not Yet Defined Frame Delay (FD): < = 10 ms TBD TBD Frame Delay Variation (FDV): < = 3 ms TBD TBD Frame Loss Ratio (FLR): < = 0.01 (99.99% Delivery) TBD TBD EPL SERVICE ATTRIBUTES
- 7. Internet | Voice | TelevisioN | Network Services | Cloud Services EVC SERVICE ATTRIBUTES EVC Service Values NOTES EVCTYPE PARAMETERS Circuit ID (EVC Identifier) Granite Circuit ID TWC defined Circuit ID. A unique alpha-numeric string that specifically associates the circuit the customer and service locations. EVC Type 4 Point-to-Point (EPL, EVPL) EPL uses a Point-to-Point EVC (ELINE) Maximum # of UNI’s per EVC 2 Only 2 UNI’s per Point-to-Point EVC Maximum # of MAC Addresses per EVC 1000 NA EVCSERVICEFRAMEDELIVERY CE- VLAN ID Preservation 4 Yes (Default) Customer VLAN’s are preserved and passed (unmodified) across the EVC CE- VLAN CoS Preservation 4 Yes (Default) The Customer CE-VLAN CoS (Class of Service) bits are preserved (unmodified) across the EVC. Unicast Service Frame Delivery 4 Deliver Unconditionally (Default) Unicast Service Frames are Delivered Unconditionally across the EVC to the paired UNI service location. Multicast Service Frame Delivery Deliver Unconditionally (Default) 4 Deliver Conditionally (Default) Multicast Service Frames are Delivered Conditionally, by default, across the EVC to the paired UNI service location. This option can be removed upon customer request. Conditional Delivery - The service will deliver up to 1 Mb of Multicast traffic before being dropped. Broadcast Service Frame Delivery Broadcast Service Frames are Delivered Conditionally, by default, across the EVC to the paired UNI service location. This option can be removed upon customer request. Conditional Delivery - The service will deliver up to 1 Mb of Broadcast traffic before being dropped. L2 Control Protocol Destination MAC Address L2CP Frame Dispostion/Action Ethertype/ Subtype NOTES LAYER2CONTROLPROTOCOLPROCESSING STP, RSTP, MSTP 01-80-C2-00-00-00 4 Tunnel (Default) NA IEEE 802.1D, 802.1W, 802.1S, Spanning Tree Protocols. Protocol packets called, “Bridge Protocol Data Units,” or BPDUs. TWC will ‘Tunnel’ these protocols. GARP, MRP 01-80-C2-00-00-20 thru 01-80-C2-00-00-2F 4 Tunnel (Default) NA GARP - Generic Attribute Registration Protocol - A block of 16 multicast addresses reserved for the registration of VLANs and switches. 802.1x protocols. TWC will ‘Tunnel’ these protocols. PAUSE 01-80-C2-00-00-01 4 Discard 0x8808 Discarded and not supported by TWC LACP/LAMP 01-80-C2-00-00-02 Peer Discard 0x8809 /01 /02 IEEE802.3,LinkAggregationControlProtocol. Protocoltoautomaticallyestablishgroupsofpoint-to-point linksbetweentwodevicesforloadsharing. Link OAM 01-80-C2-00-00-02 Peer Discard 0x8809 /03 IEEE 802.3ah, Link Operations, Administration, and Maintenance protocol. ESMC 01-80-C2-00-00-02 0x8809 /0A 802.1X 01-80-C2-00-00-03 4 Discard 0x888E 01-80-C2-00-00-04 thru 01-80-C2-00-00-06 4 Discard NA E-LMI 01-80-C2-00-00-07 4 Discard 0x88EE 01-80-C2-00-00-08 thru 01-80-C2-00-00-0A 4 Discard NA LLDP 01-80-C2-00-00-0E 4 Discard 0x88CC CDP, VTP 01-00-0C-CC-CC-CC 4 Tunnel (Default) NA Cisco Protocols EPL SERVICE ATTRIBUTES (CONT.) Copyright©2014TimeWarnerCable,Inc.Allrightsreserved.ThisdocumentationistheconfidentialandproprietaryintellectualpropertyofTimeWarnerCable,Inc.Anyunauthorizeduse,reproduction,preparationofderivativeworks, performance, or display of this document, or software represented by this document is strictly prohibited.