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The EPI Certified Data Center Professional (CDCP®) course is a 2-day training designed for IT, Facilities, or Data Centre Operations professionals to enhance their knowledge of data centre components and operations. Participants will learn about critical aspects such as power, cooling, security, and industry standards, culminating in a certification exam. Successful attendees receive an internationally recognized CDCP® certificate, valid for three years, covering essential topics like infrastructure, safety, and operational considerations.

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The EPI Certified Data Center Professional (CDCP®) course is a 2-day training designed for IT, Facilities, or Data Centre Operations professionals to enhance their knowledge of data centre components and operations. Participants will learn about critical aspects such as power, cooling, security, and industry standards, culminating in a certification exam. Successful attendees receive an internationally recognized CDCP® certificate, valid for three years, covering essential topics like infrastructure, safety, and operational considerations.

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EPI Certified Data Center Professional

Welcome
Hello! Student introductions

Let’s get acquainted:

• Your name
• Company affiliation
• Title/function
• Experience
• Your expectations for the course
Facilities

• Class hours
• Building hours
• Parking
• Restrooms
• Meals
• Phones
• Messages
• Internet access
• Recycling
• Emergency procedures
About EPI

EPI offers an extensive range of data centre expert


services which include accredited data centre and
IT training, audit and certification and – Data
Centre Operations Standard.
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Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

About the Course

Duration: 2 Days
• Language: English by EPI Certified Instructors
• Included:
• CDCP Manual
• CDCP Exam Tutorial
• CDCP Exam (Take exam on the last training day)
• Attendant Certificate
• Lunch&Coffee Breaks
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Overview
• The CDCP® (Certified Data Centre Professional) is
a 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.
• CDCP® is the first training in the EPI Design and
Build training track under the EPI Data Centre
Training Framework.
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Audiences

The primary audience for the CDCP® course is an IT,


Facilities or Data Centre Operations professional
having responsibility to achieve and improve hi-
availability and manageability of the Data
Centre.
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Prerequisites

There is no specific prerequisite for the


CDCP® course. However, participants who
already have at least one or two years’
experience in a data centre or facilities
environment may be best suited.
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Benefit
After completion of the course the participant will be
able to:
• Choose an optimum site for mission-critical
data centre based on current and future needs
• Describe all components that are important for high
availability in a data centre and how to effectively setup
the data centre
• Name and apply the various industry standards
• Describe the various technologies for UPS, fire suppression,
cooling, monitoring systems, cabling standards, etc, and to
select and apply them effectively to cost-efficiently
enhance the high-availability of the data centre.
• Review the electrical distribution system to avoid costly
downtime
• Enhance cooling capabilities and efficiency in the
data centre by using existing and new techniques and
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Benefit

• Design a highly reliable and scalable network architecture


• Describe (high-level) data centre operational
considerations supporting mission-critical environments
• How to Setup effective data centre monitoring ensuring
the right people get the right message
• Ensure proper security measures are established to
safeguard your company’s valuable information in the
data centre
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

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.
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Certification and Accreditation

• Attendees passing the exam will be awarded the


internationally accredited and recognized
‘Certified Data Centre Professional’ (CDCP®)
certificate.

• The CDCP® certificate is valid for 3 years, after


which recertification is required.
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus

• 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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus

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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus

Light

• Standards
• Light fixture types and placement
• Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply
(EPS)
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
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/Earthing
• Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
Power Infrastructure

• 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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus

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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus

Equipment Racks

• Rack standards, properties and selection


criteria
• Security considerations
• Power rail/strip options
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
Water Supply
• Importance of water supply and application
areas
• Backup water supply techniques
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
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
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)

Course Syllabus
Operational Considerations

• Service Level Management


• Organization
• Safety
• Security
• Facilities maintenance
• Monitoring
• Governance
Certified Data Centre Professional
(CDCP®)
“Known” business drivers and philosophies of a data center solution
include the following:

Agility: Ability to move quickly.


Resiliency: Ability to recover quickly from an equipment
failure or natural disaster.
Modularity and Scalability: “Step and repeat” for fast
and easy scaling of infrastructures.
Reliability and Availability: Reliability is the ability of
equipment to perform a given function.
Availability is the ability of an item to be in a state to
perform a required function.
Sustainability: Apply best practices in green design,
construction, and operations of data centers to
reduce environmental impacts.
Total cost of ownership: Total life cycle costs of CapEx and
OpEx in a data center.
Regulatory Compliance

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