The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Traffic Management Benchmarking' (draft-ietf-bmwg-traffic-management-06.txt) as Informational RFC
This document is the product of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Benoit Claise and Joel Jaeggli. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-traffic-management/ Technical Summary This memo specifies the methodology for benchmarking the traffic management capabilities of networking devices (i.e. policing, shaping, etc.). One challenge has been to provide a repeatable test method that objectively compares performance of the device's traffic management capabilities and to specify the means to benchmark traffic management with representative traffic, including stateless and statefull traffic. The consensus is that the challenge has been met, and its time to gain more experience with the procedures as specified. Working Group Summary There has been fairly continuous progress during development. The most lively discussions were prompted by presentation of actual test results using the draft methods, which require significant time investment but are well- worth the result. These drafts serve a useful purpose for the industry. Document Quality As far as expert reviews, there was substantial review from several industry professionals, most notably one a CCNP, one a professional telecom industry consultant, and several from a vendor (Brocade). Personnel Al Morton is Shepherd, Joel Jaeggli is AD.
