Checked in at the hotel, mighty fancy one, it has a pool :) Weather is great down here, much warmer than in San Fran. Hotel is basically right next door to where I'm heading tomorrow and it looks like there's quite a lot of people coming! Cisco is right next door …

I've been invited by Brocade to their Brocade Analyst and Technology Day 2012! It's in San José, California and it's going to be a blast to get over to the US again, it's been a while. In anticipation of possible future blog posts I just want to let you know …

http://www.brocade.com/education/certification-accreditation/accredited_server_connectivity/curriculum.page I'm currently preparing for yet another accreditation, the previous one I took was the BADCS, The BASP (Brocade Accredited Server Specialist) appear to focus on the server side. Things like: how to install drivers HBA management tools describe features how to …

Time to study for another one :) Working my way towards the "Data Center Track". To complete it it would be enough for me to complete 5 accreditations. This one has a pretty cool name - BADCS! http://www.brocade.com/education/certification-accreditation/accredited-data-center-specialist/prerequisites.page I haven't tried one of these …

Say what?? Access Gateway - Brocade NPV (great discussion in the comments on this post by the way) (N_port Virtualization (not NPIV) - Cisco Transparent Mode - QLogic These are all names for the basic idea / functionality but as there's no standard the vendors have made up their own names for it. A …

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HP just published an advisory describing how to tune some parameters for Emulex, Qlogic and Brocade Fibre Channel HBAs: c02518189. It sounds like these are new, but these changes have been around for at least 6 months in all three vendors' HBAs. Emulex "Emulex driver version 2.42.002 or …

Just took the BCFD (brocade certified fabric designer) exam two days ago. Some tips: Bring some water and food. Good exam, but I am really tired of exams and certifications for now! Also, isn't easy to confuse Brocade Certified Fabric Designer with somebody who makes clothes? Check out my other …

http://brocade.com/education/certification-accreditation/certified-fabric-designer/index.page Data Collection Given a scenario, design a solution that meets the customer's requirements Given a scenario, demonstrate knowledge of resiliency, redundancy, HA, and locality Given a scenario, describe the various documents required in the design assessment Practice by making up many scenarios …

This is a post in series of me studying for the BCFD - Brocade Certified Fabric Designer and it's my comments on the document SAN Design Best Practices. Apparently this document is planned to be updated. The one I have is version 2.1. To find the latest go to My …