143-425 · Question #110
Which three tools are available to configure a Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter with Gen 5 Fibre Channel? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is A. Host Connectivity Manager B. Brocade Command Utility E. Brocade Network Advisor. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Which three tools are available to configure a Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter with Gen 5 Fibre Channel? (Choose three.)
Options
- AHost Connectivity Manager
- BBrocade Command Utility
- CWeb Tools
- DSNMP
- EBrocade Network Advisor
How the community answered
(58 responses)- A71% (41)
- C19% (11)
- D10% (6)
Community Discussion
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Anjali D.May 27, 2026Good question to nail down before the exam. The correct answers are A, Host Connectivity Manager, B, Brocade Command Utility, and E, Brocade Network Advisor. HCM is Brocade's dedicated GUI tool built specifically for adapter management, so it handles the 1860 directly and gives you a full graphical view of configuration options. BCU is the command-line counterpart to HCM, and a lot of our group members found it shows up repeatedly in lab scenarios, so knowing both GUI and CLI paths matters here. BNA rounds out the three because it sits at the fabric-wide management level and can reach down to configure adapters as part of broader SAN administration. Web Tools and SNMP tripped up a few people in our last session. Web Tools manages Brocade switches and directors, not the adapter itself, so it is out of scope for the 1860. SNMP is primarily a monitoring and polling protocol rather than a direct configuration mechanism for the adapter, so it does not qualify as a configuration tool in this context. If anyone has seen this framed differently in a practice dump, drop it below so we can compare wording.
Goran A.Jun 3, 2026Took the 143-425 back in 2019 and this one tripped up half the room because people kept circling Web Tools out of habit, forgetting it is a switch-side tool and has nothing to do with adapter configuration. HCM, BCU, and BNA are your three, and if you have ever done a live adapter install you already know BCU from the command line alone is worth memorizing cold.
Yusuf A.Jun 6, 2026Good call on BCU being the one to drill first, and I would add that HCM threw me off early on too until my senior pointed out that the name literally says Host Connectivity, which snapped the adapter side versus switch side distinction into place for me pretty fast.
Brenda K.May 24, 2026This one is a quick win, knock it out in under 30 seconds and bank the time. HCM, BCU, and BNA are the three management tools Brocade ships specifically for the 1860 adapter, while Web Tools and SNMP are switch-side tools that do not apply to adapter configuration.
Yusuf A.Jun 15, 2026Web Tools and SNMP are for switches, not HBAs, so A, B, E.