Is there a brocade equivalent to cisco ccent?

jahaziel

Hello all,My company only really uses brocade routers and switches so i rather take brocade exams since it would help me in the field so what are the brocade equivalent to cisco exams?Thanks in advance

spiderjericho

BCNE and BCNP are your only options besides all of the specialization certifications.
BCNE is equal to CCNA.

boobobobobob

BCNE = CCNA
BCNP = CCNP

They don't have an equivalent for the CCIE but they do have the BC Architect, but it requires you to study multiple different products not just R/S. Also the BNCP/BCNE test mostly on VDX hardware I don't believe ICX switches are covered at all. You can jump straight into the BNCP exam there are no prerequisites.

it_consultant

boobobobobob wrote: »

BCNE = CCNA
BCNP = CCNP

They don't have an equivalent for the CCIE but they do have the BC Architect, but it requires you to study multiple different products not just R/S. Also the BNCP/BCNE test mostly on VDX hardware I don't believe ICX switches are covered at all. You can jump straight into the BNCP exam there are no prerequisites.

This is categorically untrue. The VDX is covered almost not at all on either of those tracks. Brocade has a separate Ethernet Fabric Certification which covers the VDX. The BCNE and BCNP is based mostly on the Fastiron and Netiron products which are traditional switches and routers.

http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/certification_study_tools/certification_central.pdf

pert

BCNE and BCNP are much easier than their Cisco counterparts.

epcg

I think the closet thing they have to the CCENT is the Brocade Accredited Internetworking Specialist. Its $20 and then you can go and do the BCNE. At one time if you paid for the online training they gave you a voucher for the BCNE.

boobobobobob

it_consultant wrote: »

This is categorically untrue. The VDX is covered almost not at all on either of those tracks. Brocade has a separate Ethernet Fabric Certification which covers the VDX. The BCNE and BCNP is based mostly on the Fastiron and Netiron products which are traditional switches and routers.

http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/certification_study_tools/certification_central.pdf

Yes BigIron, FastIron not VDX

slinuxuzer

Hope this isn't too far off topic, but I just got done configuring a couple of brocade silkworm 500's and I'm interested in learning more about brocades fibre channel devices.

Thinking of brocade web based stuff.

What's a good jumping off point?

Wanting to learn more of the basics as they relate specifically to brocade entry level stuff.

it_consultant

@ SLINXUZER - "Storage Networks Explained" is where I would start. Brocade does have a lot of training stuff on FC since that was their main business before they bought Foundry.

@ OP - If you are going to be using the netiron and fastiron products then the BNCE and BCNP tracks will help you greatly. The tests are not as challenging as Cisco but in my experience, you learn more useful things in those tacks than you do in CCNA/CCNP. Besides things like MCT (multi chassis trunking - which is wicked cool) Brocade covers networking at the standards level, which makes it easy to transition to other switches like HP or even Cisco (if you aren't using their suite of proprietary protocols).

Eventually you will have to bite the Cisco bullet just for name recognition. I work almost exclusively with Brocade and HP and I am taking CCNP Switch this coming Friday.

chanakyajupudi

I did the fist paper today. Accredit Internetworking Specialist. I failed though ! Sheesh didnt know I was that bad with networks in general !

Anyone know the pass marks required ? I got a 65.16% !

NinjaBoy

chanakyajupudi wrote: »

...Anyone know the pass marks required ? I got a 65.16% !

Brocade Accredited Internetworking Specialist (Exam # 160-120)
- The BAIS exam consists of 35 questions and lasts 60 minutes
- To pass this exam you must get a score of 75% or better

You can check out the pass marks for the Accredited series of exams here.