The IESG has received a request from the Global Routing Operations WG (grow) to consider the following document: - 'Internet Exchange Route Server Operations' <draft-ietf-grow-ix-bgp-route-server-operations-03.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 2014-09-22. 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 The popularity of Internet exchange points (IXPs) brings new challenges to interconnecting networks. While bilateral eBGP sessions between exchange participants were historically the most common means of exchanging reachability information over an IXP, the overhead associated with this interconnection method causes serious operational and administrative scaling problems for IXP participants. Multilateral interconnection using Internet route servers can dramatically reduce the administrative and operational overhead of IXP participation and these systems used by many IXP participants as a preferred means of exchanging routing information. This document describes operational considerations for multilateral interconnections at IXPs. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-grow-ix-bgp-route-server-operations/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-grow-ix-bgp-route-server-operations/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
