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       Title     : Benchmarking Terminology for Local Area Switching 
                   Devices                                                 
       Author(s) : B. Mandeville
       Filename  : draft-ietf-bmwg-lanswitch-00.txt
       Pages     : 8
       Date      : 08/19/1996

The purpose of this draft is to extend the benchmarking terminology and 
methodology already defined for network interconnect devices in RFCs 1242 
and 1944 by the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group (BMWG) of the 
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to address the specific requirements
of local area switches. Appendix A lists the tests and conditions that we 
believe should be included for specific cases and gives additional 
information about testing practices.                            

Although switches have clearly evolved from bridges, they have matured 
enough in the last few years to deserve special attention. Switches are 
seen as one of the principal sources of new bandwidth in the local area 
and are handling a significantly increasing proportion of network traffic. 
The multiplicity of products brought to market makes it desirable to 
define a set of benchmarks designed to provide reliable and comparable 
data to the user community with which to evaluate the performance 
characteristics of switching devices.    

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