CDCP - Certified Data Centre Professional

Course Content

CDCP - Certified Data Centre Professional

• Lesson 1: The Data Centre, it's Importance and Causes for Downtime
  • The Data Centre, it's Importance and Causes for Downtime
• Lesson 2: Data Centre Standards and Best Practices
  • Data Centre Standards and Best Practices
• Lesson 3: Data Centre Location, Building and Construction
  • Selecting appropriate sites and buildings and how to avoid pitfalls
  • Various components of an effective data centre and supporting facilities setup
• Lesson 4: Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling
  • Uniform, concentrated and rolling load definitions
  • Applicable standards
  • Raised floor guidelines
  • Signal Reference Grid, grounding of racks
  • Disability act and regulations
  • Suspended ceiling usage and requirement
• Lesson 5: Light
  • Standards
  • Light fixture types and placement
  • Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply (EPS)
• Lesson 6: Power Infrastructure
  • Power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level
  • ATS and STS systems
  • Redundancy levels and techniques
  • Three-phase and single-phase usage
  • Power distribution options within the computer room
  • Power cabling versus bus bar trunking
  • Bonding versus grounding
  • Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers
  • Distribution boards, form factors and IP-protection grades
  • Power quality guidelines
  • Real power versus apparent power
  • How to size and calculate load in the data centre
  • Generators
  • Static and dynamic UPS systems, selection criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency option
  • Battery types, correct selection and testing
  • Thermo-graphics
• Lesson 7: Electro Magnetic Fields
  • Electrical fields and magnetic fields definitions and units of measurements
  • Sources of EMF
  • Effects of EMF on human health and equipment
  • (H)EMP
  • Standards
  • EMF shielding solutions
• Lesson 8: Equipment Racks
  • Rack standards, properties and selection criteria
  • Security considerations
  • Power rail/strip options
• Lesson 9: Cooling Infrastructure
  • Temperature and humidity recommendations
  • Cooling measurement units and conversion rates
  • Sensible and latent heat definitions
  • Differences between comfort and precision cooling
  • Overview of different air conditioner technologies
  • Raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling
  • Placement of air conditioner units and limitations to be observed
  • Supplemental cooling options
  • Cold aisle/hot aisle containment
• Lesson 10: Water Supply
  • Importance of water supply and application areas
  • Backup water supply techniques
• Lesson 11: Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure
  • The importance of a Structured Cabling System
  • Planning considerations
  • Copper and Fiber cable technology and standards
  • ANSI/TIA-942 Cabling hierarchy and recommendations
  • Testing and verification
  • SAN storage cabling
  • Network redundancy
  • Building-to-building connectivity
  • Network monitoring system requirements
• Lesson 12: Fire Protection
  • Standards for fire suppression
  • Detection systems
  • Various total flooding fire suppression techniques and systems, their benefits and disadvantages
  • Handheld extinguishers
  • Signage and safety
  • Regulatory requirements and best practices
• Lesson 13: Physical Security and Safety
  • Physical security considerations
  • Physical safety considerations
• Lesson 14: Auxiliary Systems
  • Data centre monitoring requirements
  • EMS, BMS and DCIM
  • Water leak detection systems
  • Alarm notification
• Lesson 15: Operational Considerations
  • Service Level Management
  • Organisation
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Facilities maintenance
  • Monitoring
  • Governance

What certification does this course provide?

Exam: Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP®)

How do I pass the Exam?

Attendees will take a 1-hour CDCP® exam. The exam is 40 questions, multiple-choice, closed-book. The passing mark is 27 out of 40.

What is the benefit of this certification?

Attendees passing the exam will be awarded the internationally accredited and recognized 'Certified Data Centre Professional' (CDCP®) certificate. CDCP® is globally accredited by EXIN, a fully independent exam and certification institute. The CDCP® certificate is valid for 3 years, after which recertification is required.

FAQs

• Is this course for me?

  The primary audience for the CDCP® course is an IT, Facilities or Data Centre Operations professional working in and around the data centre (representing both end-customers and/or service provider/facilitators) and having responsibility to achieve and improve hi-availability and manageability of the Data Centre, such as: Data centre managers, Operations / Floor / Facility managers, data centre engineers, network/system engineers/data centre sales/consultants.

• Why study in the data centre sector?

  With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end consumer. It is therefore vital that the mission-critical data centre is designed, maintained and operated with high-availability and eciency in mind. However, the fact is most data centres do not meet the full availability, capacity, safety or eciency requirements that are often demanded. The ever-changing technologies places even greater pressure on data centre managers along with the faster pace at which these changes are required.

• How do I enrol in this training?

  You can enrol in this training on our website and make an online payment using any of the following option

  • Visa Credit or Debit Card
  • MasterCard
  • American Express
  • Diners Club
  • PayPal

  Once payment is received, you will automatically receive a payment receipt and access information via email.