Re: [bmwg] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8239 (6763)

[Lucien <[e-mail]>]

Hello,

This errata is incorrect. The original text is correct.

Lucien

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 6:47 AM RFC Errata System <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8239,
> "Data Center Benchmarking Methodology".
>
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6763
>
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Leonard Yu <[e-mail]>
>
> Section: 3.2
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> Last iteration: Ingress port 1 sending line rate to egress
> port 2, ingress port 3 sending line rate to egress port 4, etc.
> Ingress port N-1 and port N will oversubscribe, at 1% of line
> rate, egress port N-3 and port N-2, respectively. Measure the
> buffer size value by multiplying the number of extra frames
> sent by the frame size for each egress port.
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> Last iteration: Ingress port 1 sending line rate to egress
> port 2, ingress port 3 sending line rate to egress port 4, etc.
> Ingress port N-1 and port N will oversubscribe, at 1% of line
> rate, egress port N-4 and port N-3, respectively. Measure the
> buffer size value by multiplying the number of extra frames
> sent by the frame size for each egress port.
>
> Notes
> -----
> If
> #1, 1->2, 3->4, 5->6, 7->8, ... and N-1->2, N->3
> #2, 1->2, 3->4, 5->6, 7->8, ... and N-1->4, N->5
>
> Then
> #last, 1->2, 3->4, 5->6, 7->8, ... and N-1->N-4, N->N-3
>
> Otherwise, the general equation won't satisfy #1 and #2
>
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> --------------------------------------
> 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
>