You are monitoring the SMART values of your disks right? They're usually a real good indicator of the health of the drive. Thought I'd check out the SMART value of the disks in my desktop today (while checking if I had notifications from smartd on). Low and behold, the Load_Cycle_Count …

Lately I've been using ankidroid to study Finnish - or at least to expand my vocabulary a bit. I think it's great but it won't work by itself and requires quite a bit of tenacity. The good Finnish deck:https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1918695216 it's called "Finnish järjestyksessä". It's made …

coverImage: "original.gif" Passed the Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Professional 2015 exam in May and I finally got the results back! https://www.certmetrics.com/brocade/public/transcript.aspx?transcript=8XRF1FE12MR41GC4 This one felt quite hairy compared to the other tests I've taken. Definitely recommend doing the course / getting some …

coverImage: "original.gif" This third post focuses on the remaining sources of information I had for studying for the BCEPF. At the time this post is published I have taken the exam. When I make comments to CLI commands I put them after a #. This is part of a series …

coverImage: "original.gif" This second post focuses on the NOS Admin Guide. When I make comments to CLI commands I put them after a #. This is part of a series of posts on the topic of studying for Brocade's Certified Ethernet Fabric Professional. The two previous posts: Objectives and reading …

coverImage: "original.gif" In a previous post I listed a some of the sources Brocade listed that one should use when studying for the BCEFP exam. Here I'm going through a those I found some comments on what what they are and what I think of them. Beta Course Material …

Intro http://community.brocade.com/t5/Certification/BCEFP-2015-Beta-Exam-Information-and-Study-Material/ta-p/58276 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 …

coverImage: "bro_edu4_cert_pro_data_center_rgb.png" After ~49 posts on this blog on the topic Brocade the first larger block is finally complete: the Brocade Certified Professional Data Center Track (BCPDC)! What's that? So Brocade has several (4) tracks which consist of certifications/accrediations, some are shared between the tracks and some are …

I'm going to focus on the below things when studying for BANAS: They are based on the current objectives listed on Brocade's page. Brocade Accredited Network Advisor Specialist Exam Topics The Brocade Accredited Network Advisor Specialist exam has these objectives: Product Features Demonstrate knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor product features …

Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Professional - BCEFP - is available for free right now! I signed up and if you pass it you're in the drawing for a $500 amazon coupon each week/month :) Ethernet Fabric you say? "As a Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Professional, you must be able to demonstrate knowledge …