Red Hat recommends that you earn both RHCSA and RHCSA in Red Hat OpenStack credentials before attempting this exam, but it is not required. Note that to earn the RHCE in Red Hat OpenStack credential, you must be an RHCSA in Red Hat OpenStack and also pass the RHCE in Red Hat OpenStack exam. While it is possible to take these exams out of sequence, Red Hat strongly recommends earning the RHCSA in Red Hat OpenStack credential first.
Study points for the exam:
To help you prepare, the exam objectives highlight the task areas you can expect to see covered in the exam. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove exam objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance.
Create and work with virtual devices
Implement and manage Linux bridges
Implement and manage OpenvSwitch bridges
Implement and manage libVirt bridges
Manage OpenStack networking agents
Provision tenant networks with DHCP agents
Enable the Load Balancer as a Service (LBAAS) and deploy instances using the LBAAS
Manage metadata agent
Manage metering agent
Deploy IPv6 networks in OpenStack
Create a tenant network with IPv4 and IPv6
Attach an IPv6 floating IP to an instance
Provision OpenStack networks
Implement network namespaces
Provision tenant networks using VXLAN, VLAN, and GRE
Implement distributed virtual routing (DVR)
Create a DVR router
Create instances that use the DVR router
Tune network functions virtualization (NFV) performance
Deploy EPA
Tune cloud applications
Implement NFV datapaths
Deploy OpenvSwitch Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK)
Configure Red Hat OpenStack Platform so that instances can use OVS-DPDK
Configure quality of service (QoS) limits
Build software-defined networks with OpenDaylight
Implement OpenDaylight
Manage networks with OpenDaylight
As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.