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Brocade Certified Fabric Designer (BCFD)

This certification replaces BCSD. It represents mastery of the concepts and subtleties involved with building a Data Center Fabric (DCF) from basic components through the integration of industry applications and state-of-the-art storage components. As a Brocade Certified Fabric Designer, you must exhibit a detailed understanding of DCF design as well as expertise in implementing complete DCF solutions using the latest technologies.

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As a Brocade Certified Fabric Designer you will be expected to identify and understand key DCF Design concepts, identify trade-off’s involving manageability, availability, scalability, and performance to create a successful DCF design to suit requirements, and understand and translate the DCF architecture into a deployment plan, including integration into existing DCF environments. To achieve this level of Certification, you are required to pass one exam.

Data Collection

  • Given a scenario, design a solution that meets the customer's requirements
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of resiliency, redundancy, HA, and locality
  • Given a scenario, describe the various documents required in the design assessment

Management and Monitoring Tools

  • Given a scenario, describe how to satisfy a specific monitoring requirement
  • Demonstrate knowledge of Brocade management tools

Hardware/Software Products and Features

  • Demonstrate knowledge of interoperability of B-Series/M-Series products
  • Given a scenario, describe Brocade hardware products and their purpose
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of Brocade software features and purpose

Distance Solutions

  • Given availability, performance and distance requirements, design an appropriate long distance solution using Fibre Channel
  • Given a specific set of requirements, demonstrate ability to design a SAN extension solution using FCIP

Performance Tuning Optimization

  • Given a performance scenario, determine an appropriate solution
  • Describe strategies for maximizing throughput in a Data Center Fabric

Migration and Integration

  • Given an existing fabric, identify migration strategies to upgrade the fabric with new technology
  • Given a set of existing fabrics and network devices, determine a consolidation plan that minimizes disruption
  • Describe the requirements to integrate a Brocade DCX Backbone into an existing M-Series fabric

Security

  • Identify requirements for restricting which switches/devices may join a fabric
  • Identify security features to restrict administrative access to a switch

Certification and Accreditation Resources

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