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 …

In a moment of frustration/impatience I posted on 'Brocade Certified' that it was still 3 weeks until the results are posted. Good boss of training Joe Cannata replied that I could e-mail him and get the results before. I did, and I passed! Most excellent and kind of them …

OK, did the exam. Took 2.5 hours. It felt like I was plowing through them pretty fast but after some 80-questions the speed dropped significantly and I started to have trouble focusing. Short unfocus/try to think about something else , stand up a bit helped. This test wasn't as …

Until now I've been just reading the material, when there's something unclear in the material I've looked it up in command reference guides, release notes, user guides or otherwise on the Intertubes. This doesn't really prepare you for the format the exam is in. I mean the exam is in …

How to set up two FCIP tunnels between two B7500: http://community.brocade.com/message/15261 Connecting two sites via FCR: http://community.brocade.com/message/16828#16828 Set up FCIP between two B7800: http://community.brocade.com/message/14216#14216 Why is there an IP in ipaddrshow on FC …

OK, so now you've been studying for a while? Read the material once or twice, made notes. Have you read more details about a command in the command reference guide, or more details about a technique in the FCIP Admin Guide or the FOS guide? Or how do you do …

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 …