Re: [bmwg] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8239 (5652)

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 3:31 PM Jacob H. Rapp <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Al. Lucien and I are reviewing and will provide feedback soon.
>

Hi there,

Any progress? This errata is still open, and I'm trying to clean up
the Ops side of errata...

W


> thanks,
>
> --
> Jacob
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 10:45 AM MORTON, ALFRED C (AL) <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> Authors,
>>
>> In a quick review, the proposed change appears to
>> concentrate the oversubscription traffic at the
>> N-1 egress port.
>>
>> Another fix could be (changing the first designation of the egress port,
>> and highlighting that there are both ingress and egress port N here):
>>
>> OLD
>>        o  Last iteration: Ingress port N-2 sending line rate to egress
>>           port N-1, while port N is sending a known low amount of ...
>> Suggest
>>        o  Last iteration: Ingress port N-2 sending line rate to egress
>>           port N, while ingress port N is sending a known low amount of ...
>>
>> But there is some adaptation needed from previous steps because
>> N is the *last* port, so the egress port N should be tested in the
>> last iteration, AFAICT.
>>
>> Let us know what you think.
>> Al
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: RFC Errata System [mailto:[e-mail]]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:25 AM
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>> > [e-mail]; MORTON, ALFRED C (AL) <[e-mail]>;
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>> > Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
>> > Subject: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8239 (5652)
>> >
>> > The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8239,
>> > "Data Center Benchmarking Methodology".
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > You may review the report below and at:
>> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.rfc-
>> > 2Deditor.org_errata_eid5652&d=DwIBaQ&c=LFYZ-
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>> >
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > Type: Technical
>> > Reported by: Nikolai Malykh <[e-mail]>
>> >
>> > Section: 3.2
>> >
>> > Original Text
>> > -------------
>> >       o  Last iteration: Ingress port N-2 sending line rate to egress
>> >          port N-1, while port N is sending a known low amount of
>> >          oversubscription traffic (1% recommended) with the same packet
>> >          size to egress port N.  Measure the buffer size value by
>> >          multiplying the number of extra frames sent by the frame size.
>> >
>> >
>> > Corrected Text
>> > --------------
>> >       o  Last iteration: Ingress port N-2 sending line rate to egress
>> >          port N-1, while port N is sending a known low amount of
>> >          oversubscription traffic (1% recommended) with the same packet
>> >          size to egress port N-1.  Measure the buffer size value by
>> >          multiplying the number of extra frames sent by the frame size.
>> >
>> >
>> > Notes
>> > -----
>> > Incorrect number of the output port for oversubscription traffic.
>> >
>> > Instructions:
>> > -------------
>> > This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please
>> > use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or
>> > rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party
>> > can log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary.
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > RFC8239 (draft-ietf-bmwg-dcbench-methodology-18)
>> > --------------------------------------
>> > Title               : Data Center Benchmarking Methodology
>> > Publication Date    : August 2017
>> > Author(s)           : L. Avramov, J. Rapp
>> > Category            : INFORMATIONAL
>> > Source              : Benchmarking Methodology
>> > Area                : Operations and Management
>> > Stream              : IETF
>> > Verifying Party     : IESG



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idea in the first place.
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regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
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