MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certifications for Services

The highest level of performance, assurance, and agility.

Certifying SD-WAN Services

The MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification program accelerates implementation of standardized SD-WAN services worldwide. The certification tests the service attributes and their behaviors defined in the MEF SD-WAN standard.

SD-WAN certification enables service providers to demonstrate conformity with the industry’s highest SD-WAN service standards through rigorous testing of service attributes, functions, and capabilities for a policy-driven, application-aware, over-the-top WAN connectivity service that uses policies to determine how application flows are directed over multiple underlay networks.

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Learn More about SD-WAN Certification:

Educational Materials:

MEF 3.0 Workshop – MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification — 2019 Nov

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN Certification, SD-WAN

MEF's SD-WAN Certification serves to accelerate market adoption of managed SD-WAN services by validating compliance with industry-designed and delivered standards for delivering managed SD-WAN as well as the underlying technology.

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Technical Standards & SDKs:

MEF 131 Draft Release 1 MEF Secure SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements — 2022 May

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN Certification, SD-WAN

This document describes the MEF Secure SD-WAN certification test requirements to validate conformance with the Application Flow Security for SD-WAN Services (MEF 88) [3]. The Secure SD-WAN Certification Test Requirements standard is functional, and hence implementation-independent.

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MEF 90.1 Draft Release 1 SD-WAN Phase 2 Test and Certification Requirements — 2022 May

Product Portfolio: SD-WAN Certification, SD-WAN

These Test and Certification Requirements are the basis for development and maintenance of the MEF Authorized Certification Test Partner (ACTP) SD-WAN Certification Test Plan which is outlined in a companion document to MEF 90.1 Draft (R1).

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Adopting MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Service Standards

Adopting MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Service standards empowers service providers to unlock new overlay digital services potential and best adapt to the application-centric needs of your enterprise customers. Enterprises can, in turn, quickly assess and verify the foundational components and service attributes of a certified SD-WAN service to fully address business requirements.

What Can I Achieve with MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certifications for Services?

MEF 3.0 Certified SD-WAN service is future-proofed to enable dynamic and automated capabilities supporting operational and control-related interactions related to the service.

All certified services and their providers are listed in the Services Certification Registry.

Advantages of MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certifications for Services:

  • Strengthen customer relations.
  • Increase revenue opportunities.
  • Improve operational efficiencies for retail and wholesale service providers.

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