Brocade Education Learning Paths: Fundamentals

OPEN SYSTEMS
Intro to Brocade Brocade Associate SAN Administrator (BASA-200) BNA for SAN (BNA-200)
Network Advisor
OR OR
(BNA-101)
Brocade 16G Fibre Channel Product Training (SAN-140) BNA Overview (BNAOV-220)
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Intro to Brocade Gen 5 Hardware (HWG5-120) BNA Installation (BNAIN-220)
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Fibre Channel Fundamentals (FC-120) BNA Server Configuration (BNASE-220)
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Installation & Configuration (INST-120) BNA Discovery (BNADI-220)
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Firmware (FW-120) BNA Zoning (BNAZO-220)
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Zoning (ZONE-120) BNA Switch Configuration File (BNACF-220)
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Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF-120) BNA Firmware (BNAFW-220)
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Trunking (TRUNK-120) BNA Virtual Fabrics (BNAVF-220)
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Long Distance (LD-120) BNA Monitoring Tools (BNAMT-220)
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BNA Logs & Reports (BNALR-220)
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BNA Troubleshooting Tools (BNATR-220)
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FICON
COMPLETE THE FUNDAMENTALS/OPEN SYSTEMS PATH Intro to FICON (FICON-101)
Brocade Education Learning Paths: Core
OPEN SYSTEMS

COMPLETE Brocade Fabric Vision Technologies (FV-200) Brocade Professional SAN Administrator (BPSA-300)
FUNDAMENTALS PATH
OR OR

Monitoring Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS-220) Fibre Channel Routing (FCR-220)

Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) (FPI-220) Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP-220)

COMPASS (COMP-220) Virtual Fabrics (VF-220)

Dashboards (DASH-220) Access Gateway (AG-220)

Flow Vision (FLVIS-220)

VM Insight (VMI-220)

ClearLink Diagnostics (D_Port) (DPORT-220)

FICON

COMPLETE FUNDAMENTALS/FICON PATH Brocade Professional Mainframe Storage Network Architect (BPMSNA-300)

IP EXTENSION

Brocade 7840/SX6 IP Extension (IPEX-300)

Brocade Education Learning Paths: Advanced
OPEN SYSTEMS & FICON

COMPLETE FUNDAMENTALS & CORE PATHS SAN Troubleshooting (SAN-TS 300)

OR

Troubleshooting Fundamentals (TSOVER-320)

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Data Gathering for Troubleshooting (TSDATA-320)
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Troubleshooting Device Connectivity (TSDEV-320)
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Troubleshooting Switch Connectivity (TSSW-320)
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Performance Troubleshooting (TSPERF-320)
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Troubleshooting Using PortLog (TSPLOG-320)
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ANALYTICS MONITORING

COMPLETE FUNDAMENTALS, CORE & ADVANCED PATHS Introduction to Analytics Monitoring Platform (AMP-200)

AUTOMATION & MONITORING

COMPLETE FUNDAMENTALS & CORE PATHS Intro to Brocade RESTCONF API (API-220)
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Access Gateway (AG-220) Introduction to the Brocade RESTCONF API (API-220)

(1.5 hours) Enroll Now (1 hour) Enroll Now

This course provides students with the technical and
process information needed to configure and deploy the
Brocade Access Gateway (AG) feature in Brocade Fibre
Channel storage area networks including N_Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV).
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120
• Six months experience with storage area networks.
Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform (AMP-200)
(4 hours) Enroll Now
This course provides an overview of the Brocade REST API
for SAN automation and partner application management
integration.
Topics include binding REST API and PyFOS, allowing
easier implementation and adoption. The Ansible tool is
also introduced as a reference for DevOps using the PyFOS
infrastructure.
Recommended prerequisites:
• Six months experience with storage and storage area
networks

This course provides introductory training on Analytics
Monitoring Platform (AMP). Features and functions covered
in this course include hardware architecture, CLI setup
configuration, and Network Advisor administration and
monitoring support.
Lab demonstrations are included to support topics covered
in this course.
Recommended prerequisites:
• BASA 200
• BPSA 300
Brocade Associate SAN Administrator (BASA-200)
(8 hours) Enroll Now
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills
needed to help them become proficient with Brocade Gen 6
and Gen 5 Fibre Channel products and Fabric OS v8.0.1
features.
Topics include an introduction to Fibre Channel, switch
installation and configuration, zoning, MAPS, Inter-Switch
Links (ISLs), Long Distance ISLs, ISL Trunking, Inter-
Chassis Links (ICLs), Layer 2 routing, updating switch
firmware, backing up switch configurations, and basic
troubleshooting.

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Students will learn to perform switch management tasks Recommended prerequisites:

using the CLI and Brocade Network Advisor v14.0.1. • BASA 200
• BPSA 300
Recommended Prerequisites:
• FC 120 Brocade Professional Mainframe Storage Networking
• BNA 101 Administrator (BPMSNA-300)
• 6 months experience with storage technologies (17 hours) Enroll Now

Introduction to Brocade Network Advisor (BNA-101)
(1 hour) Enroll Now
This course provides an introduction to the features and
functions in Brocade Network Advisor.
Recommended prerequisites:
• A basic understanding of networking concepts and
principles may be helpful.
Brocade Network Advisor for SAN (BNA-200)
(6 hours) Enroll Now
This course explores the configuration, management, and
monitoring of Brocade Fibre Channel Storage Area
Networks (FC SANs), using the Brocade Network Advisor
management application.
This course provides the technical and process information
needed to design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot
Brocade products in a FICON environment.
Topics include IBM z Systems I/O concepts, FICON
Express, FICON cascading, Brocade FICON, and Brocade
Gen 5/Gen 6 hardware and software.
Recommended prerequisites:
• BASA 200
• BPSA 300
• Prior experience with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 Fibre
Channel products
• Six months work experience with FICON
Brocade Professional SAN Administrator (BPSA-300)
(9 hours) Enroll Now

Topics include discovering and configuring SAN devices, as This advanced online course provides students with the
well as configuring Monitoring Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) knowledge and skills needed to help them become
and Flow Vision. proficient with advanced Fabric OS v8.0.1 features.

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Topics include Fibre Channel-to-Fibre Channel Routing
(FC-FC Routing), Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol
(FCIP), Access Gateway, Virtual Fabrics (VF), Monitoring
and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS), Flow Vision and Brocade
management tools.
Switch management tasks are performed using Telnet and
Brocade Network Advisor v14.0.1.
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC 120
• BASA 200
• Six months experience with storage and storage area
networks.
Dashboard (DASH-220)
(1 hour) Enroll Now
This course provides an overview and explanation of the
Dashboard feature in Brocade Network Advisor.
Recommended prerequisites:
• Prior experience with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6
products
• Familiarity with common SAN topics such as fabrics, port
and device types, ISLs, etc.
• Brocade switch administration experience including
configuration, RASlogs, switch and fabric monitoring and
zoning.
• Basic familiarity with Brocade Network Advisor

COMPASS (COMP-220) ClearLink Diagnostics (DPORT-220)

(54 minutes) Enroll Now (40 minutes) Enroll Now

This course provides fundamental training on the role and
functionality of Fibre Channel in a Brocade Storage Area
Network (SAN).
This is a baseline course for all Fibre Channel-based
Brocade products and is designed to provide a solid Fibre
Channel base for everyone.
Recommended prerequisites: None
This course provides students with the process and
technical information needed to utilize the Brocade
ClearLink Diagnostics features in Brocade Fibre Channel
SANs, based on Brocade Fabric OS v8.1.0 with Brocade 16
& 32 Gbps Fibre Channel products.
Recommended prerequisites include knowledge of the
following:
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Fibre Channel protocol (port and WWN addressing, port
types, ISLs and frame flow)

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• Brocade switch administration using CLI and Network Introduction to Fibre Channel Routing (FCR-220)
Advisor (2 hours) Enroll Now

Fibre Channel Basics (FC-120) This course provides students with the technical and
(45 minutes) Enroll Now process information needed to configure and deploy the
Brocade Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) feature in Brocade
This course provides fundamental training on the role and Fibre Channel storage area networks (SAN)
functionality of Fibre Channel in a Brocade Storage Area
Network (SAN). Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120
This is a baseline course for all Fibre Channel-based • Six months experience with storage and storage area
Brocade products and is designed to provide a solid Fibre networks
Channel base for everyone.
Introduction to FICON (FICON-101)
Recommended prerequisites: None (2 hours) Enroll Now

Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP-220) This course provides an introduction to FICON. Topics
(2 hours) Enroll Now include mainframe terminology and architecture, Open
Systems, FICON/FCP intermixed environments, and an
This course provides students with the technical and overview of the functions of FICON CUP and RMF to
process information needed to configure and deploy the manage FICON implementations.
Brocade Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) feature in Brocade
Fibre Channel storage area networks (SAN). Recommended prerequisites:
• Basic IT experience
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120 Flow Vision (FLVIS-220)
• Six months experience with storage and storage area (3.75 hours) Enroll Now
networks
This course provides students with the process and
technical information needed to utilize the Brocade Flow

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Vision features in Brocade Fibre Channel storage area
networks (SAN), based on Brocade Fabric OS v8.1.0 with
Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel products.
Recommended prerequisites: Working knowledge of the
following:
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Fibre Channel Protocol (Examples - frame format, port
& WWN addressing, port types, FSPF, Fibre Channel
services, ISLs, and frame flow through a fabric)
• Brocade switch administration using the CLI and
Network Advisor (examples - switch installation &
configuration, trunking, zoning and MAPS)
• Basic virtual machine (VM) host administration including
VM identifiers (UUID)
• Basic fabric performance including latency and buffer-
to-buffer credit management
Fabric OS Update Training (FOS-110)
(3 hours) Enroll Now
This course is an introduction to features and functions
introduced in Fabric OS v7.x and later.
Recommended prerequisites:
• Working knowledge of Brocade Gen 5 SAN products
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Fabric Performance Impact (FPI-220)
(1 hour) Enroll Now
This course provides students with the technical and
process information needed to utilize the Fabric
Performance Impact feature in Brocade Fibre Channel
Storage Area Networks (SAN), based on Brocade Fabric
OS v8.1.0 with Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel
products.
Recommended prerequisites: Working knowledge of the
following:
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Storage Area Networking (fabrics, port types, device
types and ISLs)
• Brocade switch administration (switch configuration,
RASLogs, switch monitoring, fabric monitoring, zoning
and QoS)
• Fabric performance (latency, slow drain devices and
buffer-to-buffer credit management),
• Fabric OS MAPS features and Brocade Network Advisor
Introduction to Brocade SAN Fabric Resiliency (FR-100)
(3 hours) Enroll Now
This course provides a high-level overview of Fabric
Resiliency and the most commonly-experienced device
behaviors.
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Topics include an overview of, and best practices for • Fibre Channel concepts in Brocade products (such as
implementing advanced Brocade Fabric OS features which fabrics, zoning, ISLs, port types, port buffer credit
identify, monitor, and protect Fibre Channel SANs from management, link errors, etc.)
problematic device and media behavior. • Brocade Fabric OS commands, features and tools (CLI,
Webtools, switch configuration, trunking, long distance
Recommended prerequisites: ISLs, etc.)
• BASA-200 • Management of fabrics, switches and directors using
• BPSA-300 Brocade Network Advisor

Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF-120) Firmware Management (FW-120)

(30 minutes) Enroll Now (30 minutes) Enroll Now

This course explains how frame routing works in a Brocade This course explains how the firmware upgrade process
Fibre Channel SAN. works for Brocade switches and directors using both CLI
and Network Advisor.
Recommended prerequisites: None
Recommended prerequisites:
Brocade Fabric Vision Technologies (FV-200) • Basic knowledge of Brocade switches and Fabric OS
(7 hours) Enroll Now

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills

needed to become proficient with Brocade Fabric Vision
technologies in Brocade Fibre Channel SANs (FC-SANs),
based on Fabric OS v8.1.x and later, 16 & 32G Brocade
products and Brocade Network Advisor v14.2.x and later.

Recommended prerequisites: Prior experience with the

following:
• Brocade switch and director hardware

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Introduction to Brocade Gen5 Hardware (HWG5-120) Recommended prerequisites:

(45 minutes) Enroll Now • Working knowledge of basic IP features

This course provides a general overview of Brocade Long Distance (LD-120)

industry-leading Gen5, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel products. (35 minutes) Enroll Now
Topics include Gen5 directors, core blades, port blades,
extension blade and the Gen5 family of Fibre Channel This course explains the functionality and configuration of
switches. Long Distance ISLs in a Brocade Fibre Channel SAN
environment.
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120 Recommended prerequisites:
• Six months experience with storage and storage area • FC-120
networks • INST-120
• TRUNK-120
Installation & Configuration (INST-120)
(1 hour) Enroll Now Monitoring Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS-220)
(2.5 hours) Enroll Now
This course explains the basics of installing and initial
configuration of Brocade SAN switch. This course provides students with the technical and
process information needed to utilize the Brocade
Recommended prerequisites: None Monitoring Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) feature in Brocade
Fibre Channel SANs based on Brocade Fabric OS v8.1.0
Brocade 7840/SX6 IP Extension (IPEX-300) with Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel products.
(3.5 hours) Enroll Now
Recommended prerequisites:
This course explains the Brocade IP Extension solution • SAN-130
using the Brocade 7840 switch and/or the SX6 blade. • SAN-140
Topics include use cases, components, configuration, and • Working experience with storage area networking,
troubleshooting techniques. Brocade switch administration and Brocade Network
Advisor

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• BPSA 300 or equivalent advanced SAN knowledge

Brocade 16G Fibre Channel Products (SAN-140) (Flow Vision, advanced MAPS, Virtual Fabrics, FC-FC
(6 hours) Enroll Now routing, FCIP, etc.)

This course provides the technical and process information Trunking (TRUNK-120)
needed to provide on-site FRU maintenance and Level 1 (25 minutes) Enroll Now
Support of Brocade 16 Gbps Fibre Channel switches and
Directors, including basic troubleshooting and information This course explains the concept of trunking, based on
capturing to assist remote support personnel in the Brocade Fibre Channel SANs.
performance of problem determination activities.
Recommended prerequisites: None
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120 Introduction to Virtual Fabrics (VF-220)
• Familiarity with Brocade SAN features (45 minutes) Enroll Now

SAN Troubleshooting (SAN-TS-300)
(3 days) Enroll Now
This course provides students with the technical and
process information needed to perform troubleshooting and
data gathering tasks in Brocade Fibre Channel Storage
Area Networks (FC SAN), based on Fabric OS and 16 & 32
Gbps Brocade products. This course utilizes prerecorded
lab demonstrations.
Recommended prerequisites:
• BASA 200 or equivalent core SAN knowledge (fabrics,
zoning, MAPS, trunking, long distance ISL, etc.)
This course provides students with the technical and
process information needed to configure and deploy the
Brocade Virtual Fabric (VF) feature in Brocade Fibre
Channel SANs.
Topics include user account management, FC-FC Routing,
implementing VFs with FCIP, and utilizing both CLI and
Brocade Network Advisor to configure VFs.
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120
• Six months’ experience with storage and storage area
networks

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VM Insight (VMI-220)
(45 minutes) Enroll Now

This course provides students with information needed to

utilize the VM Insight feature in Brocade Fibre Channel
SANs, based on Brocade Fabric OS v8.1.0 with Brocade 32
Gbps Fibre Channel products.

Recommended prerequisites: Working knowledge of the

following:
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Fibre Channel Protocol
• Brocade switch administration
• Virtual machine (VM) host administration including VM
identifiers (UUID)
• Fabric performance (latency, slow drain devices and
buffer-to-buffer credit management)
• Fabric OS Flow Vision technologies including MAPS,
Flow Monitor and IO Insight (optional but recommended)

Zoning (ZONE-120)
(1.5 hours) Enroll Now

This course explains the concepts, tools and technologies

related to fabric zoning.

Recommended prerequisites: None

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