Last Call Review of draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term-07
review-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term-07-rtgdir-lc-robles-2018-02-02-00

Hello,

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Document: draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term-07
Reviewer: Ines Robles
Review Date: 02-02-2018
Intended status: Informational

Summary:
I have some minor concerns about this document that I think should be resolved
before publication.

Comments:

I believe the draft is technically good. This document is well written and
clear to understand. The figures are clear and helpful.

Major Issues:

No major issues found.

Minor Issues:

-There is a definition of Northbound Interface (NI) in section 2.1.2, but there
is no a definition for Southbound Interface(SI). A definition for SI, was
available in the version 00 of this document [1], but deleted in further
versions. There is a reason for that? I think it would be nice to have a
definition for SI, or a pointer to one such as for NI.

- In section 2.1.2 in the Discussion, where it states: "...and orchestration
systems to program...", I think it would be nice to add an example, "...and
orchestration systems such as [add example here] to program..."

- In section 2.1.8 you mention Cluster/Redundancy Mode.
  Does it include a "Distributed Controller" mode/function, like e.g. mentioned
  in [2]?

- Section 2.3.2.2 in the Definition paragraph: "...(number of nodes, links and
hosts)..." it seems to me like the hosts are not considered nodes in here?. Is
that correct?

Nits:

Section 2.1.2: is same Service... => is same as the Service...
Section 2.3.1.4: in the Definition paragraph: "at it Southbound..." => "at its
Southbound..." Section 2.3.1.5: in the Definition paragraph: "at it
Southbound..." => "at its Southbound..." Section 4: The test coverage table
  -In the column 1, file 1: there is an empty space, maybe it would be nice to
  add a description for that column like "Stage" or something like that. What
  do you think? -In the Speed column, in the Setup stage: 1- Network Topology
  Discovery => Network Topology Discovery time. -In the Reliability column, in
  the Operational stage: 2- Exception Handling Detection Time => Exception
  Handling

Thanks for this document,

Best Regards,

Ines.

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term-00
[2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/96/materials/slides-96-sdnrg-11/