A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7654 Title: Benchmarking Methodology for In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) Author: S. Banks, F. Calabria, G. Czirjak, R. Machat Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: October 2015 Mailbox: sbanks@encrypted.net, fcalabri@cisco.com, gczirjak@juniper.net, rmachat@juniper.net Pages: 16 Characters: 36991 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-bmwg-issu-meth-02.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7654 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7654 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. This document is a product of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC