The IESG has received a request from the Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg) to consider the following document: - 'ISSU Benchmarking Methodology' <draft-ietf-bmwg-issu-meth-01.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 2015-07-02. 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 Modern forwarding devices attempt to minimize any control and data plane disruptions while performing planned software changes, by implementing a technique commonly known as In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) This document specifies a set of common methodologies and procedures designed to characterize the overall behavior of a Device Under Test (DUT), subject to an ISSU event. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-issu-meth/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-issu-meth/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
