- 2014-04-18
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Intro
The course materials, including references to various resources such as the NOS Admin guide are available on the page above.
The Advanced Ethernet Fabric Troubleshooting (VDX-TS 300-WBT) has the pdf's on the link above, but it's also currently free on brocade's saba education page.
Objectives for 2013 exam
Objectives for the exam (2013 version, so might be different for 2015) are:
Theory and Concepts
- Describe the VCS implementations of TRILL
- Describe the rate-limiting features in a VCS fabric
- Identify basic routing concepts and how they interact with an Ethernet fabric
- Identify VDX hardware components support.
Design
- Describe the benefits of using TRILL
- Describe QoS in a VCS fabric
- Demonstrate knowledge of various types of link aggregation in a VCS fabric
- Describe VDX hardware used in the design of a VCS fabric
- Describe AMPP concepts
Implementation and Configuration
- Demonstrate knowledge of sharing native FC storage with FCoE devices in a VCS fabric
- Describe the implementation of lossless Ethernet for FCoE and iSCSI traffic
- Describe how to integrate AMPP into a vCenter environment
- Demonstrate knowledge how to implement Layer2/Layer3 ACLs in a VCS fabric
- Demonstrate knowledge how to configure VRRP/VRRP-E on a VDX
- Demonstrate knowledge how to configure a VCS fabric to connect to traditional Layer 2/Layer 3 switches
- Demonstrate knowledge how to implement vLAGs
Management
- Demonstrate knowledge of VDX management features
Troubleshooting
- Demonstrate advanced troubleshooting knowledge
- Demonstrate knowledge how to troubleshoot native FCoE and VCS to FC SAN bridging
- Demonstrate knowledge how to troubleshoot VCS to an IP network
Page numbers for 2015 beta exam below
Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 53-1003225-01
Pages 11-20,26-31,54-56,75-77,94,115,119,135-144,149,150,191,201-203,210,243-247,253,261,269,311-314,321,
322,338-345,361-385,400,403,406,425-433,437,465,483,495,504,506,517-521,541,559,563,565,583,593,594,597,
603-609,661-663,668,676,682,686,714,715
Network OS Command Reference v4.1.1 53-1003226-01
Pages 299, 1258-1260,1266,1297,1317,1318
Network OS v4.1.1 Brocade VDX Release Notes
Pages 4,10,28,50
Network OS Software Licensing Guide v4.1 53-1003164-01
Pages 11-13
VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1002829-02
Page 1 VDX 8770-4 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1002563-03
Chapter 1, Page 1; Chapter 3, Page 32
VDX 8770-8 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1002564-03
Chapter 1, Page 1 VDX 6730 Hardware Reference Manual 53-1002389-06
Pages 1,2,15
Brocade VDX 8770 Switch Data Sheet GA-DS-1701-04
CFP2 Hardware Specification Draft Revision 0.3
Page 46