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 real hands-on experience …

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 of posts on …

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 materials and course …

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 The first of …

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 …

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 only in one …

For training these I set up networks. Many. Drawing the networks first in LibreOffice Draw and then setting them up with virtual machine templates and LAN segments. The exam I took in October and because it was a beta exam the results aren't out until December :) The BCvRP has the …

Been checking out the Vyatta vRouter a bit closer. Mostly because of the BCvRE exam but I'm slowly starting to think there might be some benefits to using it elsewhere too. See vyatta-a-routervpnfirewall-in-a-vm-brocade-certified-vrouter-engineer/ for where to find manuals or training materials. See the objectives. I tried installing Vyatta vRouter 6 …

This post will be continuously updated with my short notes under each concept. It's not meant to be a replacement of the official training materials. I'm just starting out playing with the vRouter Core / open source version and installing it in a VM and set up some networks and firewalls …

Brocade has a beta exam up for BCVRE - Certified vRouter Engineer - which is on the Vyatta software from the company with the same name that Brocade bought last year. There is the free open source core. Download from here: http://vyatta.org/downloads (no you don't have to register). The …