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Brocade Certified Layer 4-7 Professional (BCLP)

This certification validates knowledge to implement advanced Layer 4-7 switching, firewalls, server load balancing, security, network design and deployment, implementation of Health Checks and provide level 1 support, diagnostics and fault isolation on Brocade switches and routers.
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Brocade Certified Layer 4-7 Professional 2009 Exam Topics
The Brocade Certified Layer 4-7 Professional 2009 exam tests against the following topics:

Overview - Review

  • Review basic SLB architecture
  • Recognize current features in Layer 2 SLB
  • Describe Layer 7 switching cookie/URL switching/hashing and cookie insertion
  • Define the purpose of Health Check and the types of Health Checks
  • List the security features of SYN-Guard and SYN-Defense

Server Load Balancing (SLB)

  • Discuss the L2 vs. L3 option
  • Barrel processors – dynamic distribution
  • Configure more complex SLB labs
  • Configure primary and backup servers
  • Configure SLB using VLANs with virtual routing interfaces
  • Configure OSPF for use in SLB with VRRP/E
  • Set up multiple subnets and multiple virtual routing interfaces
  • Configure SLB using NAT
  • Configure stateless TCP/UDP ports
  • Describe the SLB session table and set table parameters
  • Policy-based SLB

Health Check

  • Describe how the basic Health Check works
  • List the differences between active and passive Health Checks
  • Configure Boolean Health Checks
  • Develop and implement scripted Health Checks

Layer 7 Switching

  • Describe the difference in persistence using URL/cookie switching and/or hashing
  • Use cookies for session persistence
  • Describe cookie insertion
  • Insert a cookie into an HTTP header using cookie switching and hashing

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

  • List the GSLB metrics and their functions
  • Describe  and configure GSLB with metrics set to different values
  • List the advantages and disadvantages of the different GSLB options such as IP Weight and Site Weight
  • Describe and configure Route Health Injection for GSLB

Transparent Cache Switching

  • List the key TCS design techniques
  • Configure active-active TCS with a remote cache server
  • Configure proxy caching
  • Configure TCS and SLB using the same ServerIron

ServerIron Security

  • Security
  • Discuss SYN-Guard/SYN-Defense
  • Configure SYN-Guard/SYN-Defense
  • Describe the benefits of rate limiting
  • URL filtering
  • Transaction rate limiting
  • Connection rate limiting

Troubleshooting

    • Use the syslog to find problems
    • Use the show CLI command to solve data delivery problems
    • BP console commands
    • Tracking session information

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