Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg)

Monday, March 10, 2008
13:00 - 15:00 Afternoon Session I
Salon J

CHAIR(s): Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>

Please help contribute to a successful meeting by reading the drafts
and references *before* we meet.

AGENDA:   Draft as of 2/27/2008

0.  Agenda bashing (if we need to shuffle a few items)
    See https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/meeting_materials.cgi?meeting_num=71
    for Agenda updates and Slides

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

1.  Working Group Status (Chair)

Topics/Drafts not covered by presentations below:

IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology Approved
Draft URL: 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipv6-meth-05.txt

IPsec Benchmarking Drafts 
Recent Update to Finalize - WG Last Call SOON
URLs:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-term-10
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-meth-03

Standard Introduction/Security Paragraph for BMWG memos


2.   IGP Data plane convergence benchmark I-Ds - Publication Requested - IESG Review

Discussion GOALS: 
Revisions address IESG DISCUSS comments and Design Team work.
Design Team has gone into Over-time, and new drafts have been published, so...
Are the DISCUSSes cleared?  
Does the WG agree with the changes?  Read the drafts and let us know!

Revised I-Ds: 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-term-15.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-meth-15.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-app-15.txt

Presenter: Scott Poretsky

3.   Techniques for Benchmarking Router Accelerated Stress Testing.

Discussion GOALS: Last Call comments resolved, another WGLC ...
Draft URLs: 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-term-13.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-meth-09.txt

Presenter: Scott Poretsky


4.   Sub-IP Protection Mechanisms 

Discussion GOALS: Reach consensus on the various definitions of actions
during Protection Switching.

Drafts: 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-protection-term-04.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-protection-meth-03.txt

Presenter: Scott Poretsky 


5.   Milestone Status, Re-Chartering, and New Proposal Summary (Chair)


*******   New Work Proposals  *********


6.  MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking

Discussion GOALS: 

Related Draft: 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-akhter-bmwg-mpls-meth-03.txt

Presenter: Aamer Akhter/Rajiv Asati (?)


7.    SIP Performance Benchmarking  

Discussion GOALS: 
Proposal TEXT: see   
http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/bmwg/current/msg01291.html

Presenter: Scott Poretsky (?)

Related Drafts: 
Draft URLs: 
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-poretsky-sip-bench-term-04.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-poretsky-bmwg-sip-bench-meth-02.txt


8.   Benchmarking LDP Convergence in the Dataplane

Discussion GOALS: 

Related Drafts: 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/draft-eriksson-ldp-convergence-term/ 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/draft-karthik-bmwg-ldp-convergence-meth/

Presenter: Jay/Rajiv


9.   Benchmarking Wireless LAN Switches

Discussion GOALS: Briefly describe updates and encourage readership/comments

Related Drafts: 
http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/draft-alexander-bmwg-wlan-switch-term-01.txt
http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/draft-alexander-bmwg-wlan-switch-meth-01.txt

Presenter: Tom Alexander

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