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Brocade Education Curriculum Paths
Whether it’s Fibre Channel Brocade Learning Paths The Brocade Learning Portal contains every
switches and directors, guide users efficiently Brocade course including on-demand videos,
automation and analytics, SAN through a series of featured training, popular and newly-released
management software, IP topic-based courses, courses, historical transcripts, and printable
extension, troubleshooting, providing a comprehensive course completion certificates.
service and maintenance, or training plan designed in a
product features and functions, convenient and intuitive
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Fibre Channel Intro to Brocade Gen Intro to Brocade Gen BNA Overview
Fundamentals 6 Hardware 5 Hardware (BNAOV-220)
(FC-120) 45min (HWG6-120) 1hr (HWG5-120) 44min 30min
7 6 5
Installation &
Firmware (FW-120) Zoning (ZONE-120)
Configuration
30min 1.5hr
(INST-120) 1hr
8 9 10
Fabric Shortest Path
Trunking Long Distance
First (FSPF-120)
(TRUNK-120) 25min (LD-120) 35min
30min
13 12 11
NVMe Over Fibre Fabric OS Security Monitoring Alerting
Channel (FC-NVMe-101) Configuration Policy Suite
45min (FSEC-120) 1hr (MAPS-220) 2hrs
Additional Learning from Brocade Education
A La Carte Training
These courses may be taken in any order however, Product Updates
some sections do have a suggested order designed Fabric OS Update 1 Product Update 2
to guide the learner through a series of topics. Training (FOS-110) Training (PUT-227)
PDF-only PDF-only
FICON IP Extension
Introduction to 1 Brocade Mainframe 2 Brocade 7840/SX6 IP
FICON (FICON-101) Storage Architect Extension (IPEX-300)
2hrs (BPMSNA-300) 16hrs 3.5hrs
Additional Learning from Brocade Education
Automation and Analytics Monitoring Automation & Analytics Monitoring
Courses here offer an introductory look at the
Introduction to Analytics Introduction to Fabric
Brocade RESTCONF API and the Brocade Analytics OS Automation
Monitoring Platform
and Monitoring Platform (AMP). Both courses are (AMP-200) 4hrs (API-220) 4hrs
longer in duration due to the comprehensive nature
of the curriculum.
Troubleshooting
These advanced-level courses provide valuable
Troubleshooting
Brocade troubleshooting tools and procedures for
experienced professionals. Data Gathering for Switch Connectivity Portlog Analysis
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting
(TSDATA-320) 1hr (TSSW-320) 45mins (TSPLOG-320) 2.3hrs
Advanced Fabric OS Features and Tools
This section provides experienced SAN
Troubleshooting Device Connectivity Performance
professionals with training on features and tools Fundamentals Troubleshooting Troubleshooting
available in the Brocade Fabric Operating System (TSOVER-320) 45mins (TSDEV-320) 2hrs (TSPERF-320) 2.75hrs
(Fabric OS).
This course provides students with the technical and process This course provides an overview of the Brocade REST API for SAN
information needed to configure and deploy the Brocade Access automation and partner application management integration. Topics
Gateway (AG) feature in Brocade Fibre Channel storage area include binding REST API and PyFOS, allowing easier implementation
networks including N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). and adoption. The Ansible tool is also introduced as a reference for
DevOps using the PyFOS infrastructure.
Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120 Recommended prerequisites:
• Six months experience with storage area networks. • Six months experience with storage and storage area networks
Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform (AMP-200) Brocade Network Advisor Switch Configuration File (BNACF-220)
(4 hours) Enroll Now (17 minutes) Enroll Now
This course provides introductory training on Analytics Monitoring This course explains how to use Brocade Network Advisor to capture,
Platform (AMP). Features and functions covered in this course include view and compare switch configuration files.
hardware architecture, CLI setup configuration, and Network Advisor
administration and monitoring support. Lab demonstrations are Recommended prerequisites:
included to support topics covered in this course. • Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Working knowledge of storage area networks
Recommended prerequisites: • Brocade Switch Administration
• Prior experience with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 Fibre Channel • Basic knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor
products
• Working knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor Brocade Network Advisor User Accounts (BNAAC-220)
(23 minutes) Enroll Now
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• Working knowledge of storage area networks • Brocade switch administration concepts including switch
• Brocade Switch Administration configuration and monitoring, RASLogs, fabric monitoring and
• Basic knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor zoning
This course provides a high-level overview of Brocade Network This course explains how to use Brocade Network Advisor tools to help
Advisor (BNA). After completing this course, students should be able to troubleshooting issues with Brocade Fibre Channel switches and
explain the role of Brocade Network Advisor in monitoring and capture supportsave for case escalation.
managing a Brocade Fibre Channel SAN.
Recommended prerequisites:
Recommended prerequisites: • Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Familiarity with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products • Working knowledge of storage area networks
• SAN fundamentals including fabrics, port types, device types and • Brocade Switch Administration
ISLs • Basic knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor
• Brocade switch administration concepts including switch
configuration and monitoring, RASLogs, fabric monitoring and BNA Virtual Fabrics (BNAVF-220)
zoning (14 minutes) Enroll Now
Brocade Network Advisor Server Configuration (BNASE-220) This course explains how to use Brocade Network Advisor to upgrade
(32 minutes) Enroll Now firmware on Brocade Fibre Channel switches.
This course explains the Server Management Console and the Recommended prerequisites:
configuration options for Brocade Network Advisor Server. • Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Working knowledge of storage area networks
Recommended prerequisites: • Brocade Switch Administration
• Familiarity with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products • Basic knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor
• SAN fundamentals including fabrics, port types, device types and
ISLs
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This course explains how to create and activate zoning using Brocade This course explains the COMPASS feature in Brocade Network
Network Advisor, covering topics such as aliases, zone databases, Advisor.
reports, active and peer zoning.
Recommended prerequisites:
Recommended prerequisites: • Familiarity with Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products • Working knowledge of SAN features and functions including
• Working knowledge of storage area networks fabrics, device and port types, ISLs
• Brocade Switch Administration • Experience with administration of Brocade Fibre Channel switches
• Basic knowledge of Brocade Network Advisor including configuration, RASLogs, switch and fabric monitoring and
zoning.
Brocade Professional Mainframe Storage Networking • Familiarity with Brocade Network Advisor
Administrator (BPMSNA-300)
(17 hours) Enroll Now Dashboard (DASH-220)
(1 hour) Enroll Now
This course provides the technical and process information needed to
design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Brocade products in a This course provides an overview and explanation of the Dashboard
FICON environment. Topics include IBM z Systems I/O concepts, feature in Brocade Network Advisor.
FICON Express, FICON cascading, Brocade FICON, and Brocade
Gen 5/Gen 6 hardware and software. Recommended prerequisites:
• Prior experience with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
Recommended prerequisites: • Familiarity with common SAN topics such as fabrics, port and
• Prior experience with Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 Fibre Channel device types, ISLs, etc.
products • Brocade switch administration experience including configuration,
• Six months work experience with FICON RASlogs, switch and fabric monitoring and zoning.
• Basic familiarity with Brocade Network Advisor
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ClearLink Diagnostics (DPORT-220) over IP (FCIP) feature in Brocade Fibre Channel storage area
(40 minutes) Enroll Now networks (SAN).
This course provides students with the process and technical Recommended prerequisites:
information needed to utilize the Brocade ClearLink Diagnostics • FC-120
features in Brocade Fibre Channel SANs, based on Brocade Fabric • Six months experience with storage and storage area networks
OS v8.1.0 with Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel products.
NVMe Over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe-101)
Recommended prerequisites include knowledge of the following: (3 hours) Enroll Now
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Fibre Channel protocol (port and WWN addressing, port types, This course explains the basics of the NVMe over Fibre Channel
ISLs and frame flow) solution including the advantages of and components necessary to
• Brocade switch administration using CLI and Network Advisor implement the solution.
This course provides fundamental training on the role and functionality Introduction to Fibre Channel Routing (FCR-220)
of Fibre Channel in a Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN). This is a (2 hours) Enroll Now
baseline course for all Fibre Channel-based Brocade products and is
designed to provide a solid Fibre Channel base for everyone. This course provides students with the technical and process
information needed to configure and deploy the Brocade Fibre Channel
Recommended prerequisites: None Routing (FCR) feature in Brocade Fibre Channel storage area
networks (SAN)
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP-220)
(2 hours) Enroll Now Recommended prerequisites:
• FC-120
This course provides students with the technical and process • Six months experience with storage and storage area networks
information needed to configure and deploy the Brocade Fibre Channel
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Introduction to FICON (FICON-101) • Basic fabric performance including latency and buffer-to-buffer
(2 hours) Enroll Now credit management
This course provides an introduction to FICON. Topics include Fabric OS Update Training (FOS-110)
mainframe terminology and architecture, Open Systems, FICON/FCP (PDF only) Enroll Now
intermixed environments, and an overview of the functions of FICON
CUP and RMF to manage FICON implementations. This course is an introduction to features and functions introduced in
Fabric OS v7.x and later.
Recommended prerequisites:
• Basic IT experience Recommended prerequisites:
• Working knowledge of Brocade Gen 5 SAN products
Flow Vision (FLVIS-220)
(3.75 hours) Enroll Now Fabric Performance Impact (FPI-220)
(1 hour) Enroll Now
This course provides students with the process and technical
information needed to utilize the Brocade Flow Vision features in This course provides students with the technical and process
Brocade Fibre Channel storage area networks (SAN), based on information needed to utilize the Fabric Performance Impact feature in
Brocade Fabric OS v8.1.0 with Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel Brocade Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN), based on
products. 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 Recommended prerequisites: Working knowledge of the following:
• Fibre Channel Protocol (Examples - frame format, port & WWN • Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
addressing, port types, FSPF, Fibre Channel services, ISLs, and • Storage Area Networking (fabrics, port types, device types and
frame flow through a fabric) ISLs)
• Brocade switch administration using the CLI and Network Advisor • Brocade switch administration (switch configuration, RASLogs,
(examples - switch installation & configuration, trunking, zoning switch monitoring, fabric monitoring, zoning and QoS)
and MAPS) • Fabric performance (latency, slow drain devices and buffer-to-
• Basic virtual machine (VM) host administration including VM buffer credit management),
identifiers (UUID) • Fabric OS MAPS features and Brocade Network Advisor
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This course provides students with the basic initial security steps Introduction to Brocade Gen6 Hardware (HWG6-120)
required to manage and secure a Fabric OS. (45 minutes) Enroll Now
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Recommended prerequisites: None Brocade Fabric OS v8.1.0 with Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel
products.
Brocade 7840/SX6 IP Extension (IPEX-300)
(3.5 hours) Enroll Now Recommended prerequisites:
• SAN-130
This course explains the Brocade IP Extension solution using the • SAN-140
Brocade 7840 switch and/or the SX6 blade. Topics include use cases, • Working experience with storage area networking, Brocade switch
components, configuration, and troubleshooting techniques. administration and Brocade Network Advisor
Long Distance (LD-120) This is a product update course which covers new Brocade Gen 6
(35 minutes) Enroll Now switch and director blade hardware as well as new features &
enhancements in Fabric OS v8.2.0 and Network Advisor v14.4.0
This course explains the functionality and configuration of Long
Distance ISLs in a Brocade Fibre Channel SAN environment. Recommended prerequisites include familiarity with the following:
• Fabric OS v8.1 features
Recommended prerequisites: • Previously released Gen 6 switches, directors and extension
• FC-120 products
• INST-120 • Brocade Network Advisor 14.2
• TRUNK-120
Trunking (TRUNK-120)
Monitoring Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS-220) (25 minutes) Enroll Now
(2 hours) Enroll Now
This course explains the concept of trunking, based on Brocade Fibre
This course provides students with the technical and process Channel SANs.
information needed to utilize the Brocade Monitoring Alerting Policy
Suite (MAPS) feature in Brocade Fibre Channel SANs based on Recommended prerequisites: None
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This course provides students with the basic data gathering steps This course provides students with the basic data gathering and
required to collect the necessary data to perform SAN troubleshooting. analysis steps required to perform SAN troubleshooting. Topics include
how to identify common problems, what data needs to be gathered, as
Recommended prerequisites: well as the troubleshooting process and tactics.
• Six months experience with storage and storage area networks
• FC-120 Fibre Channel Fundamentals Recommended prerequisites:
• Six months experience with storage and Storage Area Networks
Device Connectivity Troubleshooting (TSDEV-320) (SAN)
(1 hour) Enroll Now • Fibre Channel Basics (FC-120)
This course provides students with the process and technical Performance Troubleshooting (TSPERF-320)
information needed to identify and troubleshoot device connectivity (2.75 hours) Enroll Now
issues in Brocade Fibre Channel storage area networks (SAN), based
on 16 & 32 Gbps Brocade products and Fabric OS v8.1.0. This advanced course explains the Brocade ClearLink Diagnostics
features in Brocade Fibre Channel SANs based on Brocade Fabric OS
Recommended prerequisites include working knowledge of the v8.1.0 with Brocade 16 & 32 Gbps Fibre Channel products.
following:
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products Topics include FC fabric performance issues such as congestion,
• Fibre Channel Protocol (Examples - port & WWN addressing, port insufficient buffer credits, slow draining devices, marginal links, host
types, FSPF, Fibre Channel services, ISLs) and storage queue depth, FPI, SDDQ and Port Toggle, Flow Vision, IO
• Brocade switch administration using the CLI and Network Advisor Insight, CLI troubleshooting commands.
(examples - switch installation & configuration, trunking, zoning,
Flow Mirror and MAPS) Recommended prerequisites:
• Working knowledge of Gen 5 and Gen 6 products
• Familiarity with the Fibre Channel Protocol (Frame format, port and
WWN addressing, etc.)
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Portlog Analysis Troubleshooting (TSPLOG-320) • Brocade switch administration using the CLI and Network Advisor
(2.3 hours) Enroll Now (examples - switch installation & configuration, trunking, zoning,
and MAPS)
This course provides students with the process and technical
information needed to utilize the Fabric OS Portlog feature to Introduction to Virtual Fabrics (VF-220)
troubleshoot issues in Brocade Fibre Channel storage area networks (45 minutes) Enroll Now
(SAN), based on 16 & 32 Gbps Brocade products.
This course provides students with the technical and process
Recommended prerequisites: information needed to configure and deploy the Brocade Virtual Fabric
• Brocade Gen 5 and Gen 6 products (VF) feature in Brocade Fibre Channel SANs.
• Fibre Channel Protocol (Examples - Port & node WWN addressing,
port types, FSPF, Fibre Channel services, device login, Fibre Topics include user account management, FC-FC Routing,
Channel frame format and frame types) implementing VFs with FCIP, and utilizing both CLI and Brocade
• Brocade switch administration using the CLI and Network Advisor Network Advisor to configure VFs.
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Zoning (ZONE-120)
(1.5 hours) Enroll Now
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