Re: Document Action: 'IMIX Genome: Specification of variable packet sizes for additional testing' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt)

ok 

please remind fellow ADs to include authors on their comment/discuss e-mails,
so we don't have to go check the evaluation record.

Al

> -----Original Message-----
> From: joel jaeggli [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 5:16 PM
> To: MORTON JR., ALFRED C (AL); Benoit Claise
> Cc: bmwg chair; bmwg mailing list
> Subject: Re: [bmwg] Document Action: 'IMIX Genome: Specification of
> variable packet sizes for additional testing' to Informational RFC (draft-
> ietf-bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt)
> 
> On 6/3/13 2:05 PM, MORTON JR., ALFRED C (AL) wrote:
> > I just checked the IESG evaluation record, and there are a few
> > more comments I'll try to include in the revision.
> I've put it in ad followup needed.
> 
> if you're going to do another edit please do so quickly.
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: joel jaeggli [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 4:34 PM
> >> To: MORTON JR., ALFRED C (AL); Benoit Claise
> >> Cc: bmwg chair; bmwg mailing list
> >> Subject: Re: [bmwg] Document Action: 'IMIX Genome: Specification of
> >> variable packet sizes for additional testing' to Informational RFC
> (draft-
> >> ietf-bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt)
> >>
> >> On 6/3/13 12:55 PM, MORTON JR., ALFRED C (AL) wrote:
> >>> Hey Joel,  we agreed to several changes that have only appeared in
> >>> a preliminary version (the diffs I sent to Benoit in reply to
> comments).
> >>>
> >>> I need to upload the revised version ASAP, I suppose...
> >> yes
> >>> Al
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of
> >>>> The IESG
> >>>> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 3:36 PM
> >>>> To: IETF-Announce
> >>>> Cc: bmwg chair; bmwg mailing list; RFC Editor
> >>>> Subject: [bmwg] Document Action: 'IMIX Genome: Specification of
> >> variable
> >>>> packet sizes for additional testing' to Informational RFC (draft-
> ietf-
> >>>> bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt)
> >>>>
> >>>> The IESG has approved the following document:
> >>>> - 'IMIX Genome: Specification of variable packet sizes for additional
> >>>>      testing'
> >>>>     (draft-ietf-bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt) as Informational RFC
> >>>>
> >>>> This document is the product of the Benchmarking Methodology Working
> >>>> Group.
> >>>>
> >>>> The IESG contact persons are Joel Jaeggli and Benoit Claise.
> >>>>
> >>>> A URL of this Internet Draft is:
> >>>> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-imix-genome/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Technical Summary
> >>>>
> >>>>      Benchmarking Methodologies have always relied on test conditions
> >> with
> >>>>      constant packet sizes, with the goal of understanding what
> network
> >>>>      device capability has been tested.  Tests with constant packet
> size
> >>>>      reveal device capabilities but differ significantly from the
> >>>>      conditions encountered in operational deployment, and so
> additional
> >>>>      tests are sometimes conducted with a mixture of packet sizes, or
> >>>>      "IMIX".  The mixture of sizes a networking device will encounter
> is
> >>>>      highly variable and depends on many factors.  An IMIX suited for
> >> one
> >>>>      networking device and deployment will not be appropriate for
> >> another.
> >>>>      However, the mix of sizes may be known and the tester may be
> asked
> >> to
> >>>>      augment the fixed size tests.  To address this need, and the
> >>>>      perpetual goal of specifying repeatable test conditions, this
> draft
> >>>>      defines a way to specify the exact repeating sequence of packet
> >> sizes
> >>>>      from the usual set of fixed sizes, and other forms of mixed size
> >>>>
> >>>> Working Group Summary
> >>>>
> >>>> WG Consensus was smooth after development over a reasonable period of
> >>>> time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Document Quality
> >>>>
> >>>> There are many implementations of various test equipment that use
> IMIX.
> >>>>
> >>>> Personnel
> >>>>
> >>>> Who is the Document Shepherd?  Lucien Avramov
> >>>> Who is the Responsible Area Director?  Joel Jaeggli
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bmwg
> >