Brocade Certified Service Provider Network Engineer (BCSPNE) Exam

As a Brocade Certified Service Provider Network Engineer, you must be able to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Ethernet switching and IP routing (Layer 2/3) for service provider networks based on Brocade products.

Brocade Certified Service Provider Network Engineer Exam Topics

The Brocade Certified Service Provider Network Engineer exam has these objectives:

Hardware

• Describe NetIron platforms

Management Concepts

• Describe management features
• Demonstrate knowledge of security concepts

QoS

• Demonstrate knowledge of QoS
• Describe how to implement QoS

Protocols

• Describe advanced knowledge of BGP concepts
• Describe Provider Backbone Bridging basic concepts
• Describe VRRP-E operations
• Demonstrate knowledge of multi-chassis trunking (MCT)
• Demonstrate knowledge of metro ring (MRP) and Ethernet ring protocol (ERP) features
• Describe IP routing protocol concepts

MPLS

• Describe basic MPLS concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge of MPLS VPNs
• Demonstrate knowledge of MPLS configuration

Multicast

• Demonstrate knowledge of multicast on a service provider network

IPv6

• Demonstrate knowledge of IPv6 addressing
• Demonstrate knowledge of IPv6 routing

Troubleshooting

• Demonstrate knowledge of troubleshooting techniques

• 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)