Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg)

TUESDAY, March 21, 2006

1300-1500 Afternoon Session I  (Miro)

CHAIRS: Kevin Dubray <kdubray@juniper.net>
        Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>

AGENDA:

0.  Agenda bashing (we may need to shuffle a few items)
    See https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/meeting_materials.cgi?meeting_num=65
    for Agenda updates and Slides

1.  Extended Working Group Status (Chairs)

    Network-layer Traffic Control Mechanisms Terms (dsmterm) 
    (Submission to ADs for publication)
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-dsmterm-12.txt

     Hash and Stuffing Draft (WGLC completed, cross-area review sought)
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-hash-stuffing-05.txt

    Benchmarking Terminology for Resource Reservation Capable Routers
    (WGLC completed without comment - submit for publication)
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-benchres-term-07.txt

    Check the BMWG mail archive for comments:
     http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/working-groups/bmwg/current/

2.  IGP Data plane convergence benchmark I-Ds (Poretsky)
    WGLC completed with positive comments.   
    Comments from cross area review reflected in current drafts:
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-meth-10.txt
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-term-10.txt
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-app-10.txt

3.  Terms and Methods for Benchmarking IPsec Devices (Merike Kaeo?)

     WG review and feedback is needed! Please read and comment...

http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-term-08.txt
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-meth-01.txt


4.  Techniques for Benchmarking Core Router Accelerated Life Testing.

     Terminology draft revised. Progress against Action Items, (Poretsky)

http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-term-08.txt
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-meth-04.txt

5.  Milestone Status (Chairs)

6.  New Work Proposals (Chairs)

 (I) Sub-IP Protection Mechanisms - (Poretsky)
	a. work item proposal 
       We have drafts that implement a harmonized proposal, but there 
       needs to be enthusiastic support to get this off the ground.
       b. a list of potential non-bmwg reviewers has been identified.
	c. updates to existing drafts:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-poretsky-protection-term-01.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-poretsky-mpls-protection-meth-05.txt
       d. new, related draft - how does this fit with the proposal?
http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/draft-vapiwala-bmwg-frr-failover-meth-00.txt

 (II) IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology - (Dugatkin or other co-author)
       
       This proposal is to provide additional benchmarking guidelines
       which in conjunction with RFC 2544 will lead to a more complete and
       realistic evaluation of the IPv6 performance of network elements.
       Related Draft:
http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/draft-popoviciu-bmwg-ipv6benchmarking-00.txt



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