Brocade Accredited FCoE Specialist (BAFCoES) Exam

The FCoE Accreditation Program validates you have an understanding of FCoE, CEE, the FCoE Initialization Protocol and the associated Brocade hardware.

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Brocade Accredited FCoE Specialist — Validates you have an understanding of FCoE, CEE, the FCoE Initialization Protocol and the associated Brocade hardware.

Brocade Accredited FCoE Specialist Exam Topics

The Brocade Accredited Data Center Specialist exam tests against these objectives:

Conventional Ethernet

• Describe Ethernet frames and the OSI 7-Layer Model
• Demonstrate knowledge of Ethernet hardware and software components

Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE)

• Describe the features of CEE
• Demonstrate knowledge of LLDP and DCBX
• Demonstrate knowledge of priority flow control

Fibre Channel over Ethernet

• Describe FCoE features
• Describe how CEE and FCoE work together
• Identify FCoE equipment and port types

FCoE Initialization Protocol

• Describe the FIP frame format, operation codes and descriptors
• Describe how FCoE devices discover FCoE forwarders
• Describe the virtual link initialization process

FCoE Implementation

• Identify Brocade products that support FCoE
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Brocade FCoE architecture
• Describe Brocade management interfaces that support FCoE

• Certification Study Tools

  • BCAF in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.8 MB)

  • BCEFE in a Nutshell Study Guide (3.2 MB)

  • BCFA in a Nutshell 16 Gbps Study Guide (1.9 MB)

  • BCFA in a Nutshell 8 Gbps Study Guide (1.8 MB)

  • BCFCoEP in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.1 MB)

  • BCFD in a Nutshell Study Guide 16 Gbps (768.7 KB)

  • BCFP in a Nutshell 16 Gbps Study Guide (780.4 KB)

  • BCFP in a Nutshell 2010 Study Guide (732.8 KB)

  • BCLE in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.7 MB)

  • BCLP in a Nutshell Study Guide (822.8 KB)

  • BCND in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.2 MB)

  • BCNE in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.4 MB)

  • BCNP in a Nutshell Study Guide (695 KB)

  • BCSPNE in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.4 MB)

• Course Data Sheets

  • AFS 133 Implementing iSCSI with the FC4-16IP Blade (126.4 KB)

  • AFS 137 Introduction to the FC10-6 Director Blade (119.9 KB)

  • AFS 138 Introduction to the Brocade 7600 and FA4-18, Hardware and Software (133.2 KB)

  • AFS 141 Introduction to Brocade Virtual Fabrics (188.2 KB)

  • BiG 100 Introduction to the Brocade iSCSI Gateway (121.4 KB)

  • DCFM 200 Data Center Fabric Manager (220.1 KB)

  • DCX 100 Introduction to DCX Data Center Backbone (109.5 KB)

  • DCX 110 Brocade DCX Data Center Backbone Break and Fix (120.7 KB)

  • EM 101 Introduction to Fabric OS and M-EOS Element Manager (185.5 KB)

  • ENC 101 Introduction to Brocade Encyption (190 KB)

  • ETH 101 Internetworking Fundamentals for Brocade Training (197.4 KB)

  • ETH 503 IronView Network Management (192.1 KB)

  • FC 101 Introduction to Fibre Channel Concepts (188.4 KB)