Certified Data Centre Professional - CDCP® (exam included) - Course Language: English

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 efficiency in mind. However, the fact is most data centres do not meet the full availability, capacity, safety or efficiency requirements that are often demanded. The ever-changing technologies put even more pressure on data centre managers along with the faster pace at which these changes are required.
This 2-day course is designed to expose participants to the key components of the data centre. CDCP® training will address how to setup and improve key aspects such as power, cooling, security, cabling, safety, etc, to ensure a high-available data centre. CDCP® training will also address key operations and maintenance aspects.

Agenda

The Data Centre, it’s Importance and Causes for Downtime

Data Centre Standards and Best Practices

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

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 requirements

Light

• Standards
• Light fixture types and placement
• Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply (EPS)

Power Infrastructure

• Power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level
• ATS (automatic transfer switch ) and STS (static transfer switch) 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
• Batteriy types, correct selection and testing
• Thermo-graphics

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

Equipment Racks

• Rack standards, properties and selection criteria
• Security considerationes
• Power rail/strip options

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

Water Supply

• Importance of water supply and application areas
• Backup water supply techniques

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 standards
• Testing and verification
• SAN storage cabling
• Network redundancy
• Building-to-building connectivity
• Network monitoring system requirements

Fire Suppression

• 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

Physical Security and Safety

• Physical security considerations
• Physical safety considerations

Auxiliary Systems

• Data centre monitoring requirements
• EMS, BMS and DCIM
• Water leak detection systems
• Alarm notification

Operational Considerations

• Service Level Management
• Organization
• Safety
• Security
• Facilities Maintenance
• Data Centre Operations
• Monitoring
• Governance / documentation

EXAM: Certified Data Center Professional