Benchmarking Methodology (bmwg)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 2010-06-15

 Current Status: Active Working Group

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

 Operations and Management Area Director(s):
     Dan Romascanu  <dromasca@avaya.com>
     Ronald Bonica  <rbonica@juniper.net>

 Operations and Management Area Advisor:
     Ronald Bonica  <rbonica@juniper.net>

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Description of Working Group:

The major goal of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group is to make
a series of recommendations concerning the measurement of the
performance characteristics of various internetworking technologies;
further, these recommendations may focus on the systems or services that
are built from these technologies.

Each recommendation will describe the class of equipment, system, or
service being addressed; discuss the performance characteristics that
are pertinent to that class; clearly identify a set of metrics that aid
in the description of those characteristics; specify the methodologies
required to collect said metrics; and lastly, present the requirements
for the common, unambiguous reporting of benchmarking results.

To better distinguish the BMWG from other measurement initiatives in the
IETF, the scope of the BMWG is limited to technology characterization
using simulated stimuli in a laboratory environment.  Said differently,
the BMWG does not attempt to produce benchmarks for live, operational
networks. Moreover, the benchmarks produced by this WG shall strive to
be vendor independent or otherwise have universal applicability to a
given technology class.

Because the demands of a particular technology may vary from deployment
to deployment, a specific non-goal of the Working Group is to define
acceptance criteria or performance requirements.

An ongoing task is to provide a forum for discussion regarding the
advancement of measurements designed to provide insight on the operation
inter-networking technologies.

In addition to its current work plan, the BMWG is explicitly tasked to
develop benchmarks and methodologies for the following technologies:

* MPLS Forwarding: Develop specific methods to characterize the
latency and forwarding performance of MPLS devices, extending the
fundamental recommendations of RFC 1242 and RFC 2544 to this networking
technology.

* SIP Networking Devices: Develop new terminology and methods to
characterize the key performance aspects of network devices using
SIP, including the signaling plane scale and service rates while
considering load conditions on both the signaling and media planes. This
work will be harmonized with related SIP performance metric definitions
prepared by the PMOL working group.

 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Expand the current Ethernet switch benchmarking methodology 
                draft to define the metrics and methodologies particular to the 
                general class of connectionless, LAN switches. 

   Done         Edit the LAN switch draft to reflect the input from BMWG. Issue 
                a new version of document for comment. If appropriate, 
                ascertain consensus on whether to recommend the draft for 
                consideration as an RFC. 

   Done         Take controversial components of multicast draft to mailing 
                list for discussion. Incorporate changes to draft and reissue 
                appropriately. 

   Done         Submit workplan for initiating work on Benchmarking Methodology 
                for LAN Switching Devices. 

   Done         Submit workplan for continuing work on the Terminology for 
                Cell/Call Benchmarking draft. 

   Done         Submit initial draft of Benchmarking Methodology for LAN 
                Switches. 

   Done         Submit Terminology for IP Multicast Benchmarking draft for AD 
                Review. 

   Done         Submit Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance for AD 
                review 

   Done         Progress ATM benchmarking terminology draft to AD review. 

   Done         Submit Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching Devices draft 
                for AD review. 

   Done         Submit first draft of Firewall Benchmarking Methodology. 

   Done         First Draft of Terminology for FIB related Router Performance 
                Benchmarking. 

   Done         First Draft of Router Benchmarking Framework 

   Done         Progress Frame Relay benchmarking terminology draft to AD 
                review. 

   Done         Methodology for ATM Benchmarking for AD review. 

   Done         Terminology for ATM ABR Benchmarking for AD review. 

   Done         Terminology for FIB related Router Performance Benchmarking to 
                AD review. 

   Done         Firewall Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review 

   Done         First Draft of Methodology for FIB related Router Performance 
                Benchmarking. 

   Done         First draft Net Traffic Control Benchmarking Methodology. 

   Done         Methodology for IP Multicast Benchmarking to AD Review. 

   Done         Resource Reservation Benchmarking Terminology to AD Review 

   Done         First I-D on IPsec Device Benchmarking Terminology 

   Done         EGP Convergence Benchmarking Terminology to AD Review 

   Done         Resource Reservation Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review 

   Done         Net Traffic Control Benchmarking Terminology to AD Review 

   Done         IGP/Data-Plane Terminology I-D to AD Review 

   Done         IGP/Data-Plane Methodology and Considerations I-Ds to AD Review 

   Done         Hash and Stuffing I-D to AD Review 

   Done         IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review 

   Done         IPsec Device Benchmarking Terminology to IESG Review 

   Done         IPsec Device Benchmarking Methodology to IESG Review 

   Dec 2008       Net Traffic Control Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review. 

   Dec 2008       Router Accelerated Test Terminology to IESG Review 

   Dec 2008       Router Accelerated Test Methodology to IESG Review 

   Feb 2009       Terminology For Protection Benchmarking to AD Review 

   Feb 2009       Methodology For Protection Benchmarking to AD Review 

   Done         Methodology for MPLS Forwarding to AD Review 

   Jun 2009       Terminology for SIP Device Benchmarking to IESG Review 

   Jun 2009       Methodology for SIP Device Benchmarking to IESG Review 

   Dec 2009       Router Accelerated Test Method for EBGP to IESG Review 

   Dec 2009       Router Accelerated Test Method for Operational Security to IESG 
                Review 

   Jul 2010       Basic BGP Convergence Benchmarking Methodology to AD Review. 

   Sep 2010       Networking Device Reset Benchmark (Updates RFC 2544) to IESG 
                Review 


 Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
------ ------- --------------------------------------------
Jun 2003 May 2010   <draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-meth-21.txt>
                Benchmarking Methodology for Link-State IGP Data Plane Route 
                Convergence 

Jun 2003 May 2010   <draft-ietf-bmwg-igp-dataplane-conv-term-21.txt>
                Terminology for Benchmarking Link-State IGP Data Plane Route 
                Convergence 

Oct 2006 Jul 2010   <draft-ietf-bmwg-protection-term-09.txt>
                Benchmarking Terminology for Protection Performance 

Mar 2009 Jul 2010   <draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-term-02.txt>
                Terminology for Benchmarking Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) 
                Networking Devices 

Mar 2009 Jul 2010   <draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-meth-02.txt>
                Methodology for Benchmarking SIP Networking Devices 

May 2010 Jul 2010   <draft-ietf-bmwg-reset-01.txt>
                Device Reset Characterization 

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC1242 I    Jul 1991    Benchmarking Terminology for Network Interconnection 
                       Devices 

RFC1944 I    May 1996    Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect 
                       Devices 

RFC2285 I    Feb 1998    Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices 

RFC2432 I    Oct 1998    Terminology for IP Multicast Benchmarking 

RFC2544 I    Mar 1999    Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect 
                       Devices 

RFC2647 I    Aug 1999    Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance 

RFC2761 I    Feb 2000    Terminology for ATM Benchmarking 

RFC2889 I    Aug 2000    Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching Devices 

RFC3116 I    Jun 2001    Methodology for ATM Benchmarking 

RFC3133 I    Jun 2001    Terminology for Frame Relay Benchmarking 

RFC3134 I    Jun 2001    Terminology for ATM ABR Benchmarking 

RFC3222 I    Dec 2001    Terminology for Forwarding Information Base (FIB) based 
                       Router Performance 

RFC3511 I    Apr 2003    Benchmarking Methodology for Firewall Performance 

RFC3918 I    Oct 2004    Methodology for IP Multicast Benchmarking 

RFC4098 I    Jun 2005    Terminology for Benchmarking BGP Device Convergence in 
                       the Control Plane 

RFC4061 I    Jun 2005    Benchmarking Basic OSPF Single Router Control Plane 
                       Convergence 

RFC4062 I    Jun 2005    OSPF Benchmarking Terminology and Concepts 

RFC4063 I    Jun 2005    Considerations When Using Basic OSPF Convergence 
                       Benchmarks 

RFC4689 I    Oct 2006    Terminology for Benchmarking Network-layer Traffic 
                       Control Mechanisms 

RFC4814 I    Mar 2007    Hash and Stuffing: Overlooked Factors in Network Device 
                       Benchmarking 

RFC4883 I    Jul 2007    Benchmarking Terminology for Resource Reservation 
                       Capable Routers 

RFC5180 I    May 2008    IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect 
                       Devices 

RFC5695 I    Nov 2009    MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows