Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator 16 Gbps (BCFA) Exam

As a Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator, you must be able to understand basic Fibre Channel concepts, demonstrate basic knowledge of Brocade SAN switching platforms and related components, install, configure, and maintain Brocade hardware and software products and troubleshoot basic switch issues.

Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator 16 Gbps Exam Topics

The Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator exam has these objectives:

Fibre Channel Concepts

• Given a 24-bit address, demonstrate knowledge of the address components
• Given a switch port, identify valid port types
• Describe the election process, responsibilities, and attributes of a principal switch
• Identify Fibre Channel well-known addresses
• Describe flow control concepts

Product Hardware Features

• Describe how to obtain switch environmental data
• Identify Brocade hardware components

Installation and Configuration

• Describe the various types of Brocade documentation
• Describe product setup functions and features

FCP Routing

• Demonstrate knowledge of trunking concepts
• Differentiate between fabric routing policies

Zoning

• Describe zoning concepts and implementation

Management

• Identify basic switch management interfaces
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of management and reporting tools

Troubleshooting

• Demonstrate knowledge of how to collect information and perform basic troubleshooting under different scenarios

• 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)