As required by RFC 4858, this is the current template for the Document
Shepherd Write-Up.
Changes are expected over time. This version is dated 24 February 2012.
(1) What type of RFC is being requested (BCP, Proposed Standard,
Internet Standard, Informational, Experimental, or Historic)? Why
is this the proper type of RFC? Is this type of RFC indicated in the
title page header?
Informational.
This is appropriate as the draft describes a framework for providing
multi-tenancy in large data centers. It does not
specify new protocols, but rather provides the overall framework, including
functional reference models, in which existing or new protocols would
operate in a multi-tenant data center, together with defining some required
terminology.
The intended status is properly indicated.
(2) The IESG approval announcement includes a Document Announcement
Write-Up. Please provide such a Document Announcement Write-Up. Recent
examples can be found in the "Action" announcements for approved
documents. The approval announcement contains the following sections:
Technical Summary
This document provides a framework for Network Virtualization over
L3 (NVO3) and it defines a reference model along with logical
components required to design a solution.
Working Group Summary
The document is one of the base documents chartered for the NVO3 working
group. The first version of the draft was introduced at the time of the WG
forming BoF for NVO3, as a way to provide network architecture context to
the design of a multi-tenant data centre, for example in defining the
terminology and functional blocks that are required. There has been nothing
unusual or particularly controversial about the working group process for
the draft.
There are no IPR declarations on the draft.
Document Quality
I have no concerns about the quality of the document. I believe it
represents
WG consensus, and it has been widely reviewed and discussed on the list since
formation of the NVO3 working group.
The document does not specify any MIB changes or additions which would need
review.
Personnel
The document shepherd is Matthew Bocci (matthew.bocci@alcatel-lucent.com).
The responsible Area Director is Alia Atlas (akatlas+iesg@gmail.com).
(3) Briefly describe the review of this document that was performed by
the Document Shepherd. If this version of the document is not ready
for publication, please explain why the document is being forwarded to
the IESG.
The document shepherd reviewed v04 of the document. I had no significant
technical comments, but I did make some editorial comments that have been
resolved in the
latest version (v05).
(4) Does the document Shepherd have any concerns about the depth or
breadth of the reviews that have been performed?
No concerns. The document has received adequate review. The document has
been developed within the WG and reviewed over a
period of a number of IETFs, as well as being a major focus of the BoF
that led to the creation of the NVO3 working group.
(5) Do portions of the document need review from a particular or from
broader perspective, e.g., security, operational complexity, AAA, DNS,
DHCP, XML, or internationalization? If so, describe the review that
took place.
No further review required.
(6) Describe any specific concerns or issues that the Document Shepherd
has with this document that the Responsible Area Director and/or the
IESG should be aware of? For example, perhaps he or she is uncomfortable
with certain parts of the document, or has concerns whether there really
is a need for it. In any event, if the WG has discussed those issues and
has indicated that it still wishes to advance the document, detail those
concerns here.
No specific concerns.
(7) Has each author confirmed that any and all appropriate IPR
disclosures required for full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78
and BCP 79 have already been filed. If not, explain why.
Each author listed in the Authors Addresses section has personally indicated
that they are not aware of any IPR that has not already been declared in
accordance with BCP 78 and 79.
(8) Has an IPR disclosure been filed that references this document?
If so, summarize any WG discussion and conclusion regarding the IPR
disclosures.
None
(9) How solid is the WG consensus behind this document? Does it
represent the strong concurrence of a few individuals, with others
being silent, or does the WG as a whole understand and agree with it?
I am comfortable that the document represents WG consensus and has
been reviewed by a reasonable number of active WG participants. It has been
discussed over a long period , both in face to face IETF meetings
and on the list. It received a number of comments in WG last call that
were addressed by the authors. Some comments were related to the detailed
architecture and would be more appropriate to address in an architecture
draft that is currently being developed by the NVO3 Working group.
There were a number of comments on the draft during IETF last call. These
included an objection to examples of particular loop removal techniques, that
might infer specific solutions or interpreted to rule out other solutions.
These were removed from the draft and I believe this new text reflects the
consensus of the discussion. There was also a comment related to the inclusion
of an inter-virtual network gateway function in the NVO3 reference model. There
was some debate as to whether this is a special type of Network Virtualization
Edge (NVE). Note that a similar discussion has occurred within the NVO3 working
group in October 2013, and this resulted in text describing gateways added to
the draft-ietf-nvo3-arch-01. The consensus was that the separate NVO3
architecture draft would be a better place for detailing such functional
components. The framework draft was therefore not updated to include and
further details of an inter-VN gateway function. I am comfortable that this
outcome is in line with previous consensus.
(10) Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme
discontent? If so, please summarise the areas of conflict in separate
email messages to the Responsible Area Director. (It should be in a
separate email because this questionnaire is publicly available.)
None indicated.
(11) Identify any ID nits the Document Shepherd has found in this
document. (See http://www.ietf.org/tools/idnits/ and the Internet-Drafts
Checklist). Boilerplate checks are not enough; this check needs to be
thorough.
ID-Nits passes.
(12) Describe how the document meets any required formal review
criteria, such as the MIB Doctor, media type, and URI type reviews.
There are no relevant formal review criteria.
(13) Have all references within this document been identified as
either normative or informative?
Yes. All references are explicitly identified as informative.
(14) Are there normative references to documents that are not ready for
advancement or are otherwise in an unclear state? If such normative
references exist, what is the plan for their completion?
There are no normative references.
(15) Are there downward normative references references (see RFC 3967)?
If so, list these downward references to support the Area Director in
the Last Call procedure.
No. All references are informative.
(16) Will publication of this document change the status of any
existing RFCs? Are those RFCs listed on the title page header, listed
in the abstract, and discussed in the introduction? If the RFCs are not
listed in the Abstract and Introduction, explain why, and point to the
part of the document where the relationship of this document to the
other RFCs is discussed. If this information is not in the document,
explain why the WG considers it unnecessary.
This document does not change the status of any existing RFCs.
(17) Describe the Document Shepherd's review of the IANA considerations
section, especially with regard to its consistency with the body of the
document. Confirm that all protocol extensions that the document makes
are associated with the appropriate reservations in IANA registries.
Confirm that any referenced IANA registries have been clearly
identified. Confirm that newly created IANA registries include a
detailed specification of the initial contents for the registry, that
allocations procedures for future registrations are defined, and a
reasonable name for the new registry has been suggested (see RFC 5226).
There are no IANA actions.
(18) List any new IANA registries that require Expert Review for future
allocations. Provide any public guidance that the IESG would find
useful in selecting the IANA Experts for these new registries.
There are no IANA actions.
(19) Describe reviews and automated checks performed by the Document
Shepherd to validate sections of the document written in a formal
language, such as XML code, BNF rules, MIB definitions, etc.
There are no sections containing formal language that needs reviewing.