As a Brocade
Certified Fabric Professional, you will learn how to install, configure
and troubleshoot various Brocade products and become proficient in the
intricacies of Brocade switches. To achieve this level of Certification,
you are required to pass one exam.
STUDY RESOURCES
Follow this link to a list of downloadable
study resources used to create the exam.
The Brocade Certified Fabric Professional 8 Gbit/sec beta exam tests against the following
objectives:
Hardware and Software Product Features
- Describe Brocade hardware and software product features
Installation and Configuration
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to install and configure a Brocade product (M-Series/B-Series)
, and Fabric Manager)
FC Theory
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic FC theory
Layer 2/Layer 3 Routing and Extension Solutions
- Given a scenario,
describe what is required to implement and extended fabric solution
- Describe how to configure and verify an FCIP connection
- Given a scenario, describe how frames are routed in a fabric
Troubleshooting
- Given a scenario, demonstrate basic knowledge of how to troubleshoot
basic switch connectivity issues
- Describe the process for gathering escalation
data
- Determine the operational state of a Brocade product
- Given a scenario, demonstrate how
identify performance issues
Administration and Maintenance
- Demonstrate knowledge of management tools
- Describe how to implement zoning in a Brocade fabric
- Describe how to configure QoS
- Describe Top Talker features Describe the features of Traffic Isolation (TI) zones
- Describe the features of Ingress Rate Limiting
- Given a scenario, describe how to add a new device to a Brocade fabric
- Demonstrate how to implement trunking in a Brocade fabric
- Describe how to download firmware to a Brocade product
