The IESG has received a request from the Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg) to consider the following document: - 'Benchmarking Methodology for SDN Controller Performance' <draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-meth-07.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-02-02. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document defines the methodologies for benchmarking control plane performance of SDN controllers. Terminology related to benchmarking SDN controllers is described in the companion terminology document. SDN controllers have been implemented with many varying designs in order to achieve their intended network functionality. Hence, the authors have taken the approach of considering an SDN controller as a black box, defining the methodology in a manner that is agnostic to protocols and network services supported by controllers. The intent of this document is to provide a standard mechanism to measure the performance of all controller implementations. [ Note that this document is closely related to draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-term. It might be worth reading them together!] The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-meth/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-sdn-controller-benchmark-meth/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
