Duration
5 days
Introduction
The data centre sector is a fast growing part of the overall ICT industry. Driven by the ever growing need of integrated communication solutions, social media, online content and cloud enabled infrastructure, the industry keeps growing at a very fast pace and more data centres are being built to enable this growth.
Various industry reports indicate that there is a shortage of skilled data centre personnel. This shortage is created by the ever changing technology resulting in the current data centre personnel having “outdated” knowledge and skills as well as the expanding data centre market leading to a shortage of new data centre personnel. It is also often indicated by the industry that there is a gap between the skills of fresh graduates and the practical skills and knowledge required in today’s data centre industry.
The Certied Data Centre Associate (CDCA©) course is designed to deliver foundation knowledge about data centres, its components and management. It provides participants with global overview and knowledge on data centres which will be of advantage to the participants who are looking at joining the ranks of professionals working in the data centre, ICT, infrastructure or the mechanical and electrical (M&E) design industries. It will also form a solid foundation for participants who wish to pursue his/her studies either academically or to further his/her industry specialisation with professional certication courses on data centre design/build, operations/governance and/or standards/compliance. With the tremendous growth of data and the data centres to support it, the demand for data centre professionals will grow in tandem.
Audience
The audience for this course is any student in colleges, universities or polytechnics pursuing diploma/degree related to ICT, Architectural, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and Telecommunication fields of study. This programme is also a perfect fit for those switching industries and want to enter the exciting data centre industry.
Prerequisites
Students must be registered with a full time educational institution or be part of a government based programme for (industry) retraining.
Course Benefits
The CDCA© course will prepare students in higher education for entering the exciting and high growth data centre industry. It will ensure that students who enter the job market have the required basic knowledge to take on a wide variety of jobs in the data centre industry. It will also provide the required knowledge and skill level to attend professional data centre training certication programmes such as the CDCP® and others in the EPI Data Centre Training Framework®.
Course Syllabus
- History of Data Centres
- The Data Centre and Its Relation to Business
- Data Centre Standards
- Data Centre Site Selection
- Data Centre Facilities areas
- Listing of all areas and their functions
- Data Centre Support Systems
- Listing of all key components and their functions
- Topology Designs
- Denition of Ratings
- Components of the Architectural Infrastructure
- Walls
- Windows
- Doors
- Roof
- (Raised) Floor
- (Suspended) Ceiling
- Components of the Power Infrastructure
- Utility power
- Transformers
- Generators
- Fuel systems
- ATS
- UPS systems
- Batteries
- Electrical switch gear
- Components of the Cooling Infrastructure
- Chillers
- DX Systems
- Evaporators
- Make up water
- Chemical dosing
- CRAC/CRAU/HVAC
- Components of Security Infrastructure
- Perimeter security
- Physical protection
- Access control
- CCTV
- Components of Fire Suppression
- Detection systems
- Suppression systems
- Prevention systems
- Fire extinguishers
- Components of the ICT/Network Infrastructure
- Racks
- Equipment mounting
- Typical data centre equipment
- Servers, mainframes, high performance super computers
- Firewalls and security appliances
- Storage equipment (SAN, NAS, DLT, etc)
- Networking equipment (load balancers, routers, switches, gateways)
- Networking elements (MAN, WAN, LAN)
- Networking protocols
- Network cabling (bre, copper)
- Cable trays and pathways
- TIA 606B labelling
- Safety
- Safety requirements
- Signage
- (Emergency) Lights
- Data Centre Operations
- Operations team
- Duties of operations team
- Asset management
- Maintenance
- Floor management
- Monitoring and reporting
- Vendor management
- Security management
- Safety management
- Document management
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.