#fabric Articles


BCFP - 16G Studying

Another studying tip! Head over to the forum/community at Brocade. Do it. After you read this post :p For example in the BCFP there will be questions about NPIV, so it makes sense to read the forum for threads regarding NPIV. Right? I mean there's bound to be troubleshooting …

BCFP Studying on

A bit quiet here. I'm quite busy at work and also studying for the BCFP. Currently wrapping up the end of 'going through the material and putting what I find interesting in a document so that I can print it and re-read it and make notes etc'. One thing I …

BCFP - VF - Virtual Fabrics

The free material does not go through the virtual fabrics and the exam objectives does not mention them specifically. Even so - it's probably a good idea to get some grip about it anyway as it is mentioned in the BCFP 8G material and there are questions concerning it in the …

BCFP - FCIP - Fibre Channel over TCP/IP

Still studying for Brocade's BCFP Exam. This post is to try to put light on some of the terms/technologies you'll be surrounded by when learning about FCIP. Guides you should see are the "Fabric OS FCIP Administrator's Guide" and you should probably start with the material for BCFP - part …

BCFP - Fibre Channel Routing - FCR - FC-FC Routing

FCR; Fibre Channel Routing; FC-FC Routing; etc; etc. This has many names. FC-FC Routing service provides FCR (fibre channel routing). Basically what it does is that it lets you zone devices in two separate fabrics without merging them. These two separate fabrics are called 'edge fabrics' in Brocade lingo, they …

BCFP - Brocade Certified Fabric Professional 16G Beta Exam

More studying. Only a month and a half to go. Currently repeating/re-reading BCFA stuff and mostly focusing on the new stuff. Expect to do this this whole week but gradually weave in more BCFP stuff. An idea - I don't think I need to re-hearse the BCFA that much. The …

BCFA - Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator 16G Beta

I am currently going for the BCFP - fabric professional - exam, but I did the BCFA 6 months ago so I'll re-read the material and of course there's the new stuff with FOS 7, new hardware, 16g, new ASIC that I should probably learn as well. Some new stuff 'fabric name' …


Latest FOS ( Fabric OS ) Firmware on HP's Brocade SAN switches

How to find the latest firmware for an HP Brocade SAN switch How to find out which Brocade Firmware is the latest and which is the last supported one? On HP SPOCK: http://h20272.www2.hp.com/ (this required an HP Passport, they are free to create). Go to Switches …

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Brocade SAN Switch Firmware Upgrades

Overview Table of Contents Overview Updates in this article Old Updates < 2013 Old Updates < 2020 More Recent Updates Steps Decide Download firmware links Firmware Upgrade Order Release notes FOS Notes from the release notes DCFM: Data Centre Fabric Manager / BNA: Brocade Network Advisor Updates to documents Fabric Watch and MAPS …