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  • 2014-05-07
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BCEFP 2015 - Studying for the exam

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 …

  • 2014-04-18
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Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Professional 2015 Beta Exam

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 …

  • 2014-04-02
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Brocade Certified Professional Data Center Track - Check!

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 …

  • 2014-03-30
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BANAS - Brocade Certification - Studying

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 …

  • 2014-03-25
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Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Professional

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 …

  • 2014-02-27
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BANAS - Brocade Accredited Network Advisor Specialist

Finally got around to start preparing the last certificate/accreditation - BANAS to complete the Brocade Data Center Track (ok, not last. There are plenty more!). It looks like it's an accreditation showing that the taker can do some basic tasks in Brocade Network Advisor (BNA). This used to be a …

Meta Post: Blog is now also mobile friendly!

Update! If you view this blog on an a mobile device with the right user agent (and apparently very few of you do that) there's now very little white space wasted! It's not perfect yet but I'm working on it making it nicer. It seems to have some Now about …

  • 2014-02-03
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Upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 14.04

Yesterday I upgraded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 14.04 devel release. This is not recommended :) I wonder what will happen when 14.04 real is out.. *update: it is out now, so the "-d" in "update-manager -d" is no longer necessary? How to? Just run "update-manager -d" and click …

  • 2014-01-12
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Cyanogenmod on Xperia Active (ST17i or satsuma)

Finally got fed up with the Xperia Active (ST17i or satsuma) - couldn't update anything because all the space was used up and it was rebooting when I wasn't touching it. Solution? Install Cyanogenmod! Cyanogenmod's wiki has a good overview of how to get it installed. Basically you reinstall the operating …

  • 2013-12-26
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Brocade - Vyatta - Future

Spoke a bit with some people in the Brocade stand at HP Discover in Barcelona. The open source / core http://www.vyatta.org/download will be kept, but could not get any commitment to what will happen to it or if they will update it. The 5400 (VSE, 6.6 …