Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator 16 Gbps

Practice Questions
For Exam 143-420














Section 1

1) You have been asked by your co-worker to configure the Domain ID on a new Brocade 6510 switch. The
Domain ID is 0xEF.

What is the decimal value you would use to configure your switch with this domain?
A) 1
B) 101
C) 239
D) 255

2)
B300: admi n> nsal l show
{
010900
1 Nx_Por t i n t he Fabr i c }

In the command output displayed, on which physical port is the end device attached?

A) 00
B) 01
C) 09
D) 10

3) Which two switch port types are expected upon successful completion of port initialization? (Choose two.)

A) G_Port
B) F_Port
C) E_Port
D) U_Port

4) Connecting two switches with the intention of merging them into the same fabric is accomplished through
which type of port?

A) F_Port
B) E_Port
C) EX_Port
D) N_Port

5)
swi t ch: admi n> f abr i cshow
Swi t ch I D Wor l dwi de Name Enet I P Addr FC I P Addr Name
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2: f f f c02 10: 00: 00: 60: 69: e0: 01: 46 10. 3. 220. 1 0. 0. 0. 0 " r as001"
3: f f f c03 10: 00: 00: 60: 69: e0: 01: 47 10. 3. 220. 2 0. 0. 0. 0 " r as002"
5: f f f c05 10: 00: 00: 05: 1e: 34: 01: bd 10. 3. 220. 5 0. 0. 0. 0 " r as005"
6: f f f c06 10: 00: 00: 05: 1e: 34: 02: 3e 10. 3. 220. 6 0. 0. 0. 0 " r as006"
<out put t r uncat ed>

Given the f abr i cshowoutput displayed, with all f abr i cpr i nci pal settings the same, which device would
become the Principal switch in the event of an election?

A) r as001
B) r as002
C) r as005
D) r as006

6) Which fabric generic service will send the time set on the principal or primary Fabric Configuration Server
(FCS) switch to other member switches in the fabric?

A) FFFFFB
B) FFFFF6
C) FFFFFD
D) FFFFFF

7) What are two characteristics of the Name Server? (Choose two.)

A) The service is maintained on each Brocade switch.
B) The service is maintained solely on the Principal switch.
C) It maintains the only the address of fabric connected devices.
D) It maintains the name and address information of fabric connected devices.

8) What are three attributes of buffer-to-buffer credit allocation? (Choose three.)

A) average frame size
B) distance
C) cable optical clarity
D) link speed
E) fill word parameters
Section 2

9) You have a DCX 8510-8 and want to ensure that the standby CP blade is synchronized and available for
failover in the event of a failure or planned switchover.

Which command would you use?

A) swi t chshow
B) conf i gshow
C) swi t chst at usshow
D) hashow

10) What is the maximum number of ports that the Brocade 6510 switch supports with 16 Gbps optics
installed?

A) 12
B) 24
C) 40
D) 48

11) Which three statements about the compression feature of Fabric OS v7.0 are true? (Choose three.)

A) A business benefit of compression is improved bandwidth usage on ISLs, especially over long distance.
B) A business benefit of compression is increased bandwidth usage from initiator to storage target.
C) Compression is mutually exclusive of in-flight encryption.
D) Compression is supported on E_Ports only.
E) When compression is enabled, it is a Brocade best practice to configure the long distance ports with double
the number of buffers.

12) On the non-port side of the Brocade 6510, if the LED flashes green, which condition does this represent?

A) A power supply or fan is not receiving power, or is off.
B) A power supply or fan is faulty.
C) A power supply or fan is operating normally.
D) An environmental range is exceeded.
Section 3

13) Which document describes the acceptable environmental ranges for both operating and non-operating
(such as during transportation or storage) conditions for the Brocade 6510?

A) 6510 Hardware Reference Manual
B) 6510 Quickstart Guide
C) 6510 Combined Power Supply and Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure Guide
D) Fabric OS v7.0 Administrators Guide

14) How can you enable a Brocade-branded USB memory stick that has been plugged into a USB port on a
switch?

A) Use the f i r mwar edownl oad command.
B) Use the chassi scf g command.
C) Detection and mounting of the inserted USB device is automatic.
D) Use the usbst or age - e command.

15) An administrator has a Universal Time Based License that has expired.

What are two ways that the administrator can extend the features included in this Universal Time Based
License? (Choose two.)

A) Remove then re-install the Universal Time Based License.
B) Add a temporary license with an expiration date after the Universal Time Based License expired date.
C) Add a permanent license key.
D) Backdate the date on the switch.

16) Which three statements about the switch audit log are true? (Choose three.)

A) By default, all event classes are configured for audit.
B) Audited events have no negative impact on performance.
C) Audited events are streamed to the fabric Management Server.
D) If too many events are generated by the switch, audit events are dropped by Fabric OS.
E) Audit events are lossless if the system message log and IP network facilities fail.

17) Which two Fabric OS rules apply for password changes? (Choose two.)

A) The user of the Administrator group needs to be logged in using SCP.
B) The user of the Administrator group can change the User group password.
C) To change a users password, at least one character must be changed.
D) The user of the Operator group can change the User group password.
Section 4

18) You want to implement trunking on a 40-port Brocade 5100 switch.

What is the maximum number of ISL trunks possible?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 19
D) 20

19) You need to form a trunk between a Brocade 6510 and a Brocade 5100.

What are two ways that this trunk can form? (Choose two.)

A) The ports must be in the same trunk group.
B) The ports must be in different trunk groups.
C) The ports must auto-negotiate down to a speed of 4 Gbps.
D) The ports are set to the same speed.

20) When viewing t r unkshow output, what does a deskew value of 30 using represent?

A) The associated ISL is 30 meters longer than the trunk master.
B) The associated ISL is 30 meters longer than the shortest ISL of the trunk.
C) The associated ISL is 300 meters longer than the trunk master.
D) The associated ISL is 300 meters longer than the shortest ISL of the trunk.

21) You run the following Fabric OS v7.0 command: dl sset - - enabl e - l ossl ess

Which affect will this have on the fabric?

A) Path selection will now be determined by the last port used algorithm.
B) You may now configure static routes with an exchanged-based routing policy.
C) All firmware downloads will fail.
D) Frame loss is reduced while the path is rerouted.

22) You must display fabric topology information to evaluate your fully populated fabric.

Which two commands will display this information? (Choose two.)

A) t opol ogyshow
B) dl sshow
C) i odshow
D) f abr i cshow

23) What information will be obtained running the pat hi nf o command on a Brocade switch with one path?

A) routing information from a source port on the local switch to a destination port on the local switch
B) routing information from a fabric topology as it appears to the local switch
C) routing information from a fabric topology as it appears to the remote switch
D) routing information from a source port on the local switch to a destination port on another switch
Section 5

24) In a Brocade 16 Gbps fabric, how many zone configurations can be active at one time?

A) 1
B) 16
C) 32
D) 128

25) Which two are considered Brocade's recommended best practice for creating zones? (Choose two.)

A) Place a single initiator in a zone.
B) Define a zone as multiple initiators to many targets per zone.
C) Always implement zoning even if LUN masking is used.
D) Never implement zoning when LUN masking is used.

26) You created a new zoning configuration, REDzone, to replace BLUEzone, enabled it, and it failed.

What is the state of your effective zoning configuration for your fabric?

A) There is no effective zoning configuration because the REDzone configuration failed.
B) The effective zoning configuration is REDzone.
C) The effective zoning configuration is still BLUEzone because the REDzone configuration failed.
D) The effective zoning configuration is set to all access because the REDzone configuration failed.
Section 6

27) Which three management methods can be blocked using the i pf i l t er command? (Choose three.)

A) telnet
B) FTP
C) console serial port
D) HTTP
E) USB

28) Which two statements are true about implementing HTTPS on Brocade switches? (Choose two.)

A) Fabric OS uses secure socket layer (SSL) to support HTTPS.
B) HTTPS uses public-key cryptography to authenticate the remote computer.
C) A certificate must be generated and installed on each switch to enable SSL.
D) A public key needs to be generated and placed on the switch and client.
29) Your manager wants you to provide a detailed report of your fabric including a spreadsheet breakdown of
devices as well as a Visio diagram.

Which Brocade tool would complete this task for you?

A) Brocade Network Advisor
B) Fabric Watch
C) SAN Health
D) Web Tools

30) You need to generate a topology of your fabric with historical performance data.

Which two tools will provide this? (Choose two.)

A) Web Tools
B) Brocade Network Advisor
C) Brocade SAN Health Professional
D) Brocade SAN Health Diagnostics Capture
Section 7

31) You need to collect suppor t save information from a Brocade 6510. The 6510 does not have an active
management connection due to a network outage.

What would you use to gather the suppor t save data required without an active management connection?

A) Brocade Network Advisor
B) in-band management
C) USB stick
D) SAN Health

32) What are two valid situations in which you would use a D_Port to test your fabric? (Choose two.)

A) Testing a new ISL before adding it to the fabric.
B) Testing SFPs.
C) Testing a zone for an orphaned zone member.
D) Testing connectivity to a host.

33) You run nszonemember to validate if all the tape drives are zoned with a specific server port.

Which statement about the command is true?

A) It displays local NS information about all devices connected to a switch.
B) It displays information on all online devices zoned with the specific device.
C) It displays information on all devices zoned with the specific device.
D) It displays remote NS information about the online devices connected to a switch.

34)
sw1: admi n> hashow
Local CP ( Sl ot 5, CP1) : Act i ve, Col d Recover ed
Remot e CP ( Sl ot 4, CP0) : Non- Redundant

At your customer's site, all of the servers and storage connected to sw1 lost their connection during the night.

Referring to the command output above, which statement about the hashow output is true?

A) The Brocade Director is on-line and the most recent CP failover was non-disruptive.
B) The Brocade Director is currently completing a non-disruptive failover.
C) The Brocade Director is on-line and the most recent CP failover was disruptive.
D) The Brocade Director is currently recovering from a disruptive failover.

35) You were asked to use por t t est on some of your storage ports due to possible physical layer issues.

Which two functions does this command provide? (Choose two.)

A) Detects congestion on this port.
B) Isolates problems in a single replaceable element.
C) Measures the throughput of the port.
D) Verifies the persistence of failures detected earlier.