RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt
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Subject: RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt
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From: "Rajiv Asati (rajiva)" <rajiva@cisco.com>
To: "Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry)" <sdry@cisco.com>, "Gunter Van de Velde (gvandeve)" <gvandeve@cisco.com>, bmwg@ietf.org
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Hi Silvija, Sorry about the delayed response. Please see inline, > [SD]Metric was actually intended to be test output describing > overall scalability of PE device. As you are aware MVPN scale Is the term still intended in the same respect? > [SD] This is useful feedback. Let me see if we can come up > with better term. Do you feel there is confusion even though Perhaps, an appropriate term needs to be considered, IMHO. > [SD] Good question. Reason why we included it as a > requirement is to ensure results done by different parties > are comparable from MVPN perpective. As in cases when there > are large number of PEs (which is the case most of the > times), full mesh of BGP peerings among PEs would utilize > much larger amount of PE resources for BGP peerings compared > to case with RR. That in turn would leave less resources for > MVPN and make MVPN results for two cases uncomparable. > Perhaps we could change wording to SHOULD and add a note that > lack of RR use MUST be documented in test report? This should suffice. Thanks. Cheers, Rajiv > -----Original Message----- > From: Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry) > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 12:35 AM > To: Rajiv Asati (rajiva); Gunter Van de Velde (gvandeve); > 'bmwg@ietf.org' > Cc: 'NAPIERALA, MARIA H, ATTLABS' > Subject: RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt > > Hi Rajiv, > > Thanks for careful review of the document and your supportive > comments. See [SD] in line .... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rajiv Asati (rajiva) > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:06 AM > To: Gunter Van de Velde (gvandeve); Silvija Andrijic Dry > (sdry); bmwg@ietf.org > Cc: NAPIERALA, MARIA H, ATTLABS > Subject: RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt > > Dear Authors, > > This document has shaped up really well. Few minor comments - > > > 1) In Abstract and Introduction, special attention is given > to the 'standard metric' in addition to the test methodology. > > I wonder whether it is necessary. The variables refered to by > the metric are used as the setup input(s) to the methodology, > and implicitly covered within. Is there more to it? > > [SD]Metric was actually intended to be test output describing > overall scalability of PE device. As you are aware MVPN scale > is multidimensional problem and there is no single number > that can describe scalability of MVPN PE device, so it's > important to define the standard tuple (which we call metric) > so that results can be fairly compared. But as you observed > in each test case some of metric variables are included in > the test setup, while others were varied. That is done to > reduce multidimensional problem to finite set of tests. Let > me know whether this makes sense to you and let's discuss if > you have any other ideas on how to approach it. > > 2) The document uses the term 'metric', which may confuse > those who perceive 'metric' as a real nonnegative number > analogous to link metric (say). > > Perhaps, the intention was to use 'matrix' term instead!! > > [SD] This is useful feedback. Let me see if we can come up > with better term. Do you feel there is confusion even though > we defined what we mean by metric at the beginning of the > section 5 (MVPN Metric Definition)? Do you think if we move > that definition closer to the beginning of the document would suffice? > > 3) While having route-reflector in the test topology is > desirable, I wonder whether it needs to be mandatory!! > Perhaps, a bit of clarification would be helpful. > > There are no of providers (albeit small) who don't > utilize route-reflector, and may be interested in > this work. > > [SD] Good question. Reason why we included it as a > requirement is to ensure results done by different parties > are comparable from MVPN perpective. As in cases when there > are large number of PEs (which is the case most of the > times), full mesh of BGP peerings among PEs would utilize > much larger amount of PE resources for BGP peerings compared > to case with RR. That in turn would leave less resources for > MVPN and make MVPN results for two cases uncomparable. > Perhaps we could change wording to SHOULD and add a note that > lack of RR use MUST be documented in test report? > > 4) On IPv6, I agree with Gunter. A clarification in this > draft would be good to include. > > Although, I thought that > draft-ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast-05.txt was either IP version > agnostic or included consideration for IPv6, if any, but that > didn't seem the case. > > [SD] Agree. We will address this in next version. > > > 5) It is important that the document provides flexibility to > select one of MVPN architectures (specified in "rosen-8" > architecture" or "draft-ietf- l3vpn-2547bis-mcast") for the > mVPN benchmarking. It would be sub-optimal to benchmark each > and every mVPN architecture when there is just one (or few) > architecture being deployed. > > [SD] I agree "draft-ietf- l3vpn-2547bis-mcast" provides large > number of protocol/options combinations and it's not > practical not only to benchmark but also to implement and > deploy all of them. In L3VPN WG there are proposals to reduce > number of possible combinations (from "draft-ietf- > l3vpn-2547bis-mcast") to be implemented and deployed. > > To address the same problem in benchmarking draft, in the > latest version we are proposing generic metric and > methodology that is applicable regardless of which > "architecture" (from "draft-ietf- l3vpn-2547bis-mcast") is > being benchmarked. In addition we are proposing couple of > complementary test cases for only widely deployed > "architecture" from "draft-ietf- l3vpn-2547bis-mcast" (i.e. > 'rosen-8' "architecture") > This approach should both ensure longevity of this work > regardless of which other "profiles" (besides PIM+GRE) end up > being deployed in the future and at the same time satisfies > immidiate need to benchmark widely deployed profile. > Let us know whether you agree with this approach. > > > Lastly, this draft provides value to the network operators > deploying or planning to deploy mVPN. > > Cheers, > Rajiv > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gunter Van de Velde (gvandeve) > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:13 AM > > To: Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry); bmwg@ietf.org > > Cc: NAPIERALA, MARIA H, ATTLABS > > Subject: RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt > > > > Hi Silvija and author team, > > > > Nice document. > > > > Would it be desirable (possible) to have the work IP > version agnostic? > > > > It is a brief question, but 'if' IPv6 gets full addoption the > > impact/value of the draft is amplified. If it is not within the > > forecasted scope then maybe a note in abstract or the introduction > > could have value? > > > > Nice to see this work happening, > > Groetjes, > > G/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry) > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:46 PM > > To: bmwg@ietf.org > > Cc: NAPIERALA, MARIA H, ATTLABS > > Subject: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt > > > > Hi BMWG members, > > > > We would like to solicit your feedback on the new version of MVPN > > scalability benchmarking proposal: > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt > > > > Note that in rev 03 we made couple of major changes based > on feedback > > from IETF68, namely: > > - scope is modified to include both generic sections > applicable to all > > MVPN architectures specified in "draft-ietf- > l3vpn-2547bis-mcast" and > > sections specific to widely deployed "rosen-8" architecture > > - metric is changed to be architecture agnostic > > - text is rewritten to address changed scope of the document > > > > We are looking forward to the discussion in Vancouver. 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- [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.txt Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry)
- RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Gunter Van de Velde (gvandeve)
- RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Rajiv Asati (rajiva)
- RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry)
- RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry)
- [bmwg] Re: Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Aamer Akhter (aakhter)
- Re: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Thomas Morin
- RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Rajiv Asati (rajiva)
- RE: [bmwg] Updated:draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-03.t… Silvija Andrijic Dry (sdry)