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RequestforComments:6201C.Pignataro

Updates:1242,2544F.Calabria

Category:InformationalCisco

ISSN:2070-1721C.Olvera

Consulintel

March2011

DeviceResetCharacterization

Anoperationalforwardingdevicemayneedtoberestarted

(automaticallyormanually)foravarietyofreasons,aneventcalled

aresetinthisdocument.Sincetheremaybeaninterruptionin

theforwardingoperationduringareset,itisusefultoknowhow

longadevicetakestoresumetheforwardingoperation.

Thisdocumentspecifiesamethodologyforcharacterizingreset(and

resettime)duringbenchmarkingofforwardingdevicesandprovides

clarityandconsistencyinresettestproceduresbeyondwhatis

specifiedinRFC2544.Therefore,itupdatesRFC2544.This

documentalsodefinesthebenchmarkingtermresettimeand,onlyin

this,updatesRFC1242.

StatusofThisMemo

ThisdocumentisnotanInternetStandardsTrackspecification;itis

publishedforinformationalpurposes.

ThisdocumentisaproductoftheInternetEngineeringTaskForce

(IETF).ItrepresentstheconsensusoftheIETFcommunity.Ithas

receivedpublicreviewandhasbeenapprovedforpublicationbythe

InternetEngineeringSteeringGroup(IESG).Notalldocuments

approvedbytheIESGareacandidateforanylevelofInternet

Standard;seeSection2ofRFC5741.

Informationaboutthecurrentstatusofthisdocument,anyerrata,

andhowtoprovidefeedbackonitmaybeobtainedat

.

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