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Brocade Certified Network Professional (BCNP) Exam

As a Brocade Certified Network Professional, you must be able to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Brocade Ethernet switches and routers in complex environments.
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Brocade Certified Network Professional Exam Topics

QoS and Voice Deployment

  • Given a scenario, describe how to configure rate limiting and rate shaping
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of QoS
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to implement VoIP

Security Concepts

  • Given a scenario, describe security issues using MAC-based security
  • Demonstrate knowledge security concepts

OSPF Concepts

  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of OSPF neighbors
  • Demonstrate knowledge of OSPF LSAs
  • Describe OSPF router and role types

BGP Concepts

  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of the BGP neighboring process
  • Identify IBGP scaling methods
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of BGP attributes, filters, and route selection

Advanced Layer 3 Concepts

  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of route manipulation
  • Identify industry standard IPv6 concepts
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate the ability to understand and configure multicast networks
  • Given a scenario, describe Layer 3 gateway redundancy

Layer 2 Protocols

  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of Layer 2 protocols and features
  • Identify link discovery features
  • Describe advanced VLAN types

Monitoring, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of troubleshooting Layer 3 routing protocols
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of maintenance tasks
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of network monitoring
  • Given a scenario, demonstrate how to troubleshoot typical network problems

Certification and Accreditation Resources

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