CERTIFIED DATA CENTRE SPECIALIST® training
Participants will sit for online examinations of the EPI-CDCS
EXAMINATION
Attendees will take a 1.5 hour CDCS® exam. The exam is 60 questions, multiple choice, closed-book. The passing mark is 45 out of 60.
CERTIFICATION
Candidates who successfully pass the exam will receive the official ‘Certified Data Centre Specialist’ certificate. The certication is valid for three (3) years.
2 DAYS | 14 HOURS TRAINING PROGRAMME
ONLINE OR FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The primary audience for this 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 high 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.
PREREQUISITES
Participants must hold a valid CDCP® certificate in order to be able to register for the CDCS® class.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Understand the design life cycle of data centres and the stages involved
Discuss the data centre requirements in great level of detail with vendors, suppliers and contractors to ensure that these requirements are met
Validate design plans, quotes and offers proposed by vendors/contractors
Understand redundancy levels for both the data centre design/setup and maintenance
Understand the various building considerations such as bullet proofing, mitigation of seismic activity, fire ratings and thermal stability
Understand how to install a raised floor that meets requirements, avoiding misalignment, level differences and leakage
Understand how to read a Single Line Electrical Diagram to identify and avoid the most common design issues
Choose the correct UPS and parallel configuration, learn and avoid classic parallel installation mistakes
Understand how to calculate battery banks, validate offered configurations to ensure they meet requirements
Understand what distance to keep to avoid EMF issues for human safety and equipment disturbances
Understand the fundamental cooling setup, CFM, Delta-T and other important factors
Understand contamination factors and limitations
Understand full details of fire suppression options, how to calculate gas content and verify installations
Understand how to measure data centre energy efficiency and how to improve it
COURSE OUTLINE
(THIS IS A 2 DAYS TRAINING PROGrAMME)
Data Centre Design/Life Cycle Overview
Overview of the phases of a data centre life cycle
Planning, re-alignment and continuous improvement
Standards and Rating Level Definitions
Rating level history
Standards and guidelines compared (TIA-942, ISO 22237, EN 50600, UTI)
Rating level definitions
Redundancy options (N+1), 2N, 2(N+1)
Concurrent Maintainability/Compartmentalisation
Example configurations
Substation and feed requirements
Maintenance options
Operational processes guidelines/standards
Skill development
Building Considerations
Building location considerations
Floor and hanging loads requirements
Fire rating for walls and glass
Blast protection
Bullet proofing
Forced entry protection
Advanced Raised Floor & Suspended Ceiling
Raised floor installation guidelines
Techniques to install a proper and leveled raised access floor
Common mistakes
Choosing the right tiles and their locations
Seismic-mitigating floor constructions
Choosing the correct suspended ceiling
Advanced Power
- Power infrastructure layout;
Formulas which you should know for the data centre
Single Line Electrical diagrams; how to read to ensure key components are present for protection
Over current protection devices (MCB/MCCB/VCB/ACB/Fuses) definitions and what to use where
Earth Leakage devices (RCB/RCD/ELCB/GFCI/ALCI/RCBO), definitions and what to use where
Sizing of protective components
Lightning strikes and surge protection devices (TVSS/SPD), how they operate, where to use and how to install
Power cabling and cable run considerations
PDU/DB setup and minimum requirements
- Generators;
Generator types: Standy/Prime/Continuous
Component make up and functions
Fuel storage and calculation
Paralleling of gen-sets
Generator room/area requirements
- UPS Systems;
Required specifications for UPS systems
How to read data sheets and select the correct UPS
Requirements for parallel configurations and avoid pitfalls such as single point of failures
How parallel installation should be done, classic mistakes made by installers and how to avoid these
- Harmonic Filters;
Active/Passive filters and their application
- Battery Banks;
Battery bank terminology
Designing battery banks, how to calculate, and double check the battery bank to be installed
Battery charging pitfalls and ensuring the right charger is being installed and used
Using parallel battery banks; how to properly install them, limitations and risks when using batteries in parallel
How to test batteries correctly and make decisions on cell/block or string replacement
Battery casing choices; ABS, V0, V1, V2
Alternative energy storage; flywheel, re-usable cell, compressed air UPS, etc.
Advanced Electro Magnetic Fields
Sources of EMF
Difference between single, three phase and bus-bar EMF
Options available to measure EMF and how to interpret the results from single-axes and composite measurements
Guidance on safe distance for equipment and humans
Calculation of EMF attenuation factor for shielding material permeability and saturation factors
Advanced Cooling
Important definitions; dry-bulb, wet-bulb, dew-point, RH, sensible and latent heat
Psychometric chart and ASHRAE recommendations
Environmental class definitions and thermal specifications
Temperature/humidity measurements guideline
Heat dissipation methods
Altitude impact on temperature intake to ICT equipment
Floor plan setup for effective cooling
Differences in tile surface and supporting structure and the air-flow performance impact
Rack door construction and the flow performance impact
Equipment Delta-T and its impact
Optimising airflow
Thermal units conversions
Calculations for air volume displacement (CFM/CMH)
Cooling capacity calculations
Air-conditioning selection
De- / humidifying options
Air conditioning efficiency
SHR impact on cost saving
Efficiency indicator
New cooling principle and techniques (Submerged, VSD/VRF/ECF/water- and air side economisers)
Redundancy guidelines for air-conditioners avoiding classic misconceptions and mistakes for meeting ANSI/TIA-942 compliant designs
Installation requirements
Connections to fire panel and EPO
Commissioning of air conditioners
Set points and calibration
CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Advanced Fire Protection
The fire triangle and elements to stop a fire
Detection systems in detail (VESDA, VIEW, smoke sensors)
Considerations for installation of sensors
Proper testing of smoke sensors
Water based systems i.e. deluge, wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action and why most of them don't work and how to detect this
Details on Inert and Halocarbon systems and how to select the correct system for your data centre
How to calculate the gas content ensuring the appropriate level is installed to suppress the fire including safety considerations
Other requirements for gas systems such as release times, hold times, pipe install requirements and other important factors
Requirements for the fire detection panel
Installation verification, methods, what to check and how
New advanced fire suppression technologies
Design and Install Scalable Networking Cabling System
ANSI/TIA942 cabling structure topology
Copper and fiber cabling
ToR, EoR Design
Intelligent patching systems
Installation best practice such as routing, bending radius, separation from power, containment fill ratio, fiber link loss calculator, bonding and grounding requirement
Standard for telecommunications labeling and administration
Environmental Specifications and Contamination Control
Acoustic noise effects, regulations, specifications and limits
Data centre contaminations and classifications
Measurements, standards and limits
Preventive measures and avoidance
Data Centre Efficiency
Business drivers to go Green
Sustainability versus high-availability
Green guidelines and standards
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), values, classes, considerations and improvements
Open Compute Project (OCP)
Savings on cooling infrastructure
Savings on light infrastructure
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