Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (BCFP) Exam

As a Brocade Certified Fabric Professional, you must be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge of Brocade SAN switching, routing, extension platforms and related components, configure and maintain Brocade hardware and software products, troubleshoot and maintain FC routed and extended fabrics and implement adaptive networking components.

This exam is now one of the electives to help you achieve the SNIA Certified Storage Networking Expert (SCSN-E) credential. For more information on the SCSN-E program visit the SNIA Web site.

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Brocade Certified Fabric Professional Exam Topics

The Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator exam has these objectives:

Product Features

• Identify advanced product features
• Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of CEE/FCoE
• Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of interopmode
• Given a scenario, demonstrate advanced knowledge of Brocade Trunking
• Describe licensing options and features

Implementation and Configuration

• Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of the different types of Brocade connectivity
• Demonstrate knowledge of implementing fabric security
• Given a scenario, describe advanced implementation of Access Gateway features
• Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge how to configure and manage Virtual Fabrics (VF)

SAN Management

• Demonstrate knowledge of using advanced management interfaces
• Demonstrate knowledge of performance data collection
• Demonstrate knowledge how to proactively monitor an existing SAN

Adaptive Networking

• Given a scenario, describe how to use Adaptive Networking in a fabric

FC-FC Routing

• Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of Fibre Channel routed fabrics

Extension

• Given a scenario, describe how to manage FCIP/FC distributed external solutions
• Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of advanced long distance Fibre Channel solutions

Troubleshooting

• Given a scenario demonstrate which tools can be used to troubleshoot a complex fabric problem
• Demonstrate how to troubleshoot extension, FC routing, and converged network scenarios

• Certification Study Tools

  • BCAF in a Nutshell Study Guide (4.3 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 (3.5 MB)

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

  • BCLE in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.5 MB)

  • BCNE in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.3 MB)

  • BCNP in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.2 MB)

  • BCSM in a Nutshell Study Guide (1.7 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)

  • AFS 152 Intro to Brocade 300 (120.2 KB)

  • AFS 153 Intro to Brocade 5100 (119.9 KB)

  • AFS 154 Intro to Brocade 5300 (120.3 KB)

  • AFS 155 Introduction to the Brocade DCX-4S (185.4 KB)

  • AFS 156 Introduction to Brocade FCoE Products (528 KB)

  • AFS 175 Introduction to the Brocade 7500 Switch and Brocade FR4-18i Blade (126.2 KB)

  • AFS 176 Introduction to the Brocade 7500E (120.1 KB)

  • AFS 177 Introduction to the Brocade Accelerator for FICON (121.1 KB)

  • BCSD 200-VCT Brocade Certified SAN Designer in a Nutshell Virtual Classroom Training (109.9 KB)

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

  • CAF 201 Brocade Certified Architect for FICON (BCAF) Knowledge Assessment (200.2 KB)

  • CFD 201 8 Gbit/sec BCFD Knowledge Assessment (271.1 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 103 Basic Switch Router Configuration and Maintenance (211.6 KB)

  • ETH 103 WBT Basic Switch/Router Configuration and Management Web-Based Training (214.1 KB)

  • ETH 240 Advanced Techniques in Server Load Balancing (231.1 KB)

  • ETH 405 Advanced Switch Router Configuration and Maintenance (211.7 KB)

  • ETH 503 IronView Network Management (192.1 KB)

  • ETH 550 Introduction to IronPoint Mobility (189.8 KB)

  • ETH 603 Securing the Network - Embedded L2/L3 Security (191.3 KB)

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