Ethernet service is defined here as private line service deployed in point-to-point, point-tomultipoint, and multipoint-to-multipoint (e.g., mesh) configurations. Ethernet Services are divided into three geographical bands (Exhibit E). Ethernet will originate at a point within a Band at a node coinciding with State POPs (e.g., Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Huntsville). For a managed ethernet catalog item, Supplier must provide: a. Real-time data (voice and video) and Quality of Service transmissions b. Multiple private virtual local area networks (Layer 2 VLANs) at different QoS settings from any State site back to a designated State Core site c. Proactive monitoring and management of network/circuit traffic and performance via CoS/QoS marking. CoS/QoS marking is critical to the State ethernet (e.g., exceeding CIR, CBS and PIR thresholds) d. Service Frame Delivery to include Unicast Frame Delivery; Multicast Frame Delivery, as per RFC 1112; and Broadcast Frame Delivery as per IEEE 802.3 e. VLAN tag support to include preservation, translation, stacking, and aggregation across a common physical connection f. Alarm suppression g. Loopbacks (intrusive and non-intrusive) h. Protection switching and restoration
