BMWG Session (IETF-109) 
Thursday, November 19, 2020 (UTC+07) 
12:00-14:00 	Thursday Session I  (Room 4)
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/109/agenda/

Draft Agenda as of Nov 17, 2020

WG Status
WG Drafts:
 - EVPN 
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-evpntest-06
   status: 
   - Returned to WG for proof reading
   - Completed Sec 1+2 proof reading plus suggestions for automated tools
   - Draft was updated on August 7 (most recent diffs are spaces added 
   after sentences in sec 3 and beyond)
   
 - Next Generation Firewall Benchmarking
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-ngfw-performance-05
   status:
   - Security Effectiveness: Configuration info and Appendix on Method
   - Draft was updated on Oct 30
   
 - Back-to-Back Frame (Update to RFC2544)
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-b2b-frame-03
   status:
   - Reminder of Nov 2019 comments and additional comments on-list:
   https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bmwg/FNOWgx5FjFgubYNBI3bOwOciDh0/
   - All November and May 2020 comments/clarifications addressed on-list.
   - Comments resulted from use of the Benchmark over last year
   - Quiet WGLC, with a supporting comment from Scott Bradner (no changes).
   - AD-Review Nov 9, addressed in new version after black-out lifted. 
   
Proposals:

 ? A YANG Data Model for Network Interconnect Tester Management
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vassilev-bmwg-network-interconnect-tester-04
   status:
   - Draft updated Sept 9, added mechanism for real time synchronization of traffic generation
   - open-source/hardware implementation of generator/analyzer at the hackathon.
   
 ? Methodology for VNF Benchmarking Automation
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-rosa-bmwg-vnfbench-06
   status: 
   - Draft updated Oct 20, major re-factor in content, giving more maturity and clarifying its core concepts and proposal, added YANG model(s)
   - Comment from Vladimir Vassilev on the list: review in-progress, needs more info..


 ? 5G transport network benchmarking
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-contreras-bmwg-5g-02
   status:
   - Draft updated Nov 2: control plane, methodology, network slices/teas WG

 - Considerations for Benchmarking Network Performance in Containerized Infrastructures
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dcn-bmwg-containerized-infra-05
   - Draft updated Nov 2: New section describing a benchmarking experiment
   - Results from the recent hackathon on SR-IOV/DPDK and hugepages settings. 


   
 * Discussion on these topics needed (where does BMWG's interest exist) 
 - Multiple Loss Ratio Search
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vpolak-mkonstan-bmwg-mlrsearch-03
   status:
   - Comments (many questions) on the list:
   https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bmwg/DdEqW8kT54-PNtiXFNv3FYHh8go/
 - Probabilistic Loss Ratio Search 
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vpolak-bmwg-plrsearch-03 
   status:
   - 
 - Network Function Service Density
   draft-mkonstan-nf-service-density (expired), 
   revisit the overall problem space, explore tighter collaboration options
   status:
   sent e-mail with questions, set-up a chance to explore with many Orgs.   

   
 - An Upgrade to Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-lencse-bmwg-rfc2544-bis-00
   status:
   - no updated text, but several exchanges on the list:
   https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bmwg/t3TKnwaPCqSAbox2Zdq61zrmZNA/
   https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bmwg/sg28EfrZrs8J1mcWnrlBx-mpDHU/
   https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bmwg/OZe3Gm2ik12C3KE_I-hcTOoSh_s/
   - Recent experiments with siitperf, the RFC 8219-compliant SIIT tester
   


   

-=-=-=-=-=-=- EVPN work on hold -=-=-=-=-=-
   
 - Benchmarking Methodology for EVPN VPWS
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kishjac-bmwg-evpnvpwstest-05
   status:
   - topic on-hold (new draft)
   
 - Benchmarking Methodology for EVPN Multi-casting
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vikjac-bmwg-evpnmultest-05
   status:
   - topic on-hold (new draft)
   
 - Benchmarks and Methods for Multihomed EVPN
   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-morton-bmwg-multihome-evpn-04
   status:
   - topic on hold (new draft)
 
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