Course data sheet

Certified Data Center

Professional (CDCP)
HK258S
Course ID HK258S
Duration 2 days
The Certified Data Center Professional (CDCP®) course is designed
to expose participants to the key components of a typical data
Format ILT/VILT
center. It addresses how to set up and improve key aspects such
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as set up and improve key aspects such as power, cooling, security,
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Audience • Review the electrical distribution system to

This course is ideal for any IT, facilities or data avoid costly downtime
center professional who works in and around • Enhance cooling capabilities and efficiency
data centers and who has a responsibility to in the data center by using existing and
maintain the availability and manageability new techniques and technologies for
of the data center. This course is also ideal increased cooling requirements of the
for professionals who have 1-2 years of future
5 reasons to choose HPE as your experience in a data center or facilities
training partner • Design a highly reliable and scalable
environment. network architecture and learn how to
1. Learn HPE and in-demand IT industry ensure installers apply proper testing
technologies from expert instructors. Prerequisites techniques
2. Build career-advancing power skills.
There is no specific prerequisite for the
• Set up effective data center monitoring
CDCP ® course. However, participants who
3. Enjoy personalized learning journeys aligned already have at least one or two years’ • Ensure proper procedural and technical
to your company’s needs. experience in a data centre or facilities security measures are established to
4. Choose how you learn: in person, virtually, or environment may be best suited. Those with safeguard your company’s valuable
no experience just yet are most welcome to information in the data center
on demand—anytime, anywhere.
participate. • Select equipment racks and components
5. Sharpen your skills with access to real suitable for ICT equipment and cooling
environments in virtual labs. Course objectives requirements
Explore our simplified purchase options, After completing this course, you should be • Select the correct light levels for the various
including HPE Education Learning Credits. able to: areas of the data center
• Choose an optimum site for mission-critical • Select appropriate re safety/protection
data center based on current and future controls to detect and suppress potential
needs fire
• Describe all components that are important
for high availability in a data center and Certifications and related exams
how to effectively set up the data center • This course prepares you for the Certified
Data Center Professional exam.
• Name and apply various industry standards
• Describe the various technologies for UPS,
such as re-suppression, cooling, monitoring
systems, cabling, and standards, to select
and apply them effectively to cost-
efficiently enhance the high-availability of
the data center
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Detailed course outline

Module 1: The Data Center, Its Importance, and
Causes for Downtime

Module 2: Data Center Standards and Best

Practices

Module 3: Data Center Location, Building, and • Selecting appropriate sites and buildings and • Various components of an effective data center
Construction how to avoid pitfalls and supporting facilities setup

Module 4: Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling • Uniform, concentrated, and rolling load definition • Signal Reference Grid, grounding of racks
• Applicable standards • Disability act and regulations
• Raised floor guidelines • Suspended ceiling usage and requirements

Module 5: Light • Standards • Emergency lighting and Emergency Power

• Light fixture types and placement Supply (EPS)

Module 6: Power Infrastructure • Power infrastructure layout from generation to • Power quality guidelines
rack level • Real power versus apparent power
• ATS and STS systems • How to size and calculate load in the data center
• Redundancy levels and techniques Generators
• Three-phase and single-phase usage • Static and dynamic UPS systems, selection
• Power distribution options within the computer criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency
room option
• Power cabling versus bus bar trunking • Battery types, correct selection and testing
• Bonding versus grounding • Thermo-graphics
• Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers • Renewable Energy Factor (REF)
• Distribution boards, form factors and IP-
protection grades

Module 7: Electromagnetic Fields • Electrical field and magnetic field definitions and • (H)EMP
units of measurement • Standards
• Sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF) • EMF shielding solutions
• Effects of EMF on human health and equipment

Module 8: Equipment Racks • Rack standards, properties and selection criteria • Power rail/strip options
• Security considerations

Module 9: Cooling Infrastructure • Temperature and humidity recommendations • Placement of air conditioner units and
• Cooling measurement units and conversion limitations to be observed
rates • Supplemental cooling options
• Sensible and latent heat definition • Cold aisle/hot aisle containment
• Difference between comfort and precision • Liquid immersion cooling
cooling • Cooling concepts: Seasonal Thermal Energy
• Overview of different air conditioner Storage (STER)
technologies
• Raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling

Module 10: Water Supply • Importance of water supply and application • Backup water supply techniques
areas
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Lab 0: HPE vLabs Access

Lab 1: Getting Started with UIs • Exercise 1: Accessing and browsing hardware • Exercise 2: Accessing and browsing hardware
information in Data Services Cloud Console Data information in HPE Alletra UI
Ops Manager • Exercise 3: Accessing and browsing hardware
information in HPE Alletra CLI

Lab 2: Array Preparation Tools • Exercise 1: Working with Welcome Center

Module 11: Designing a Scalable Network • The importance of a Structured Cabling System • Testing and verification
Infrastructure • Planning considerations • Network redundancy
• Copper and Fiber cable technology and • Building-to-building connectivity
standards • Network monitoring system requirements
• ANSI/TIA-942 Cabling hierarchy and
recommendations

Module 12: Fire Safety and Protection • Standards for re-suppression • Handheld extinguishers
• Detection systems • Signage and safety
• Various total flooding re suppression techniques • Regulatory requirements and best practices
and systems, their benefits and disadvantages

Module 13: Physical Security and Safety • Physical security considerations • Physical safety considerations

Module 14: Auxiliary Systems • Data center monitoring requirements • Water leak detection systems
• EMS, BMS and DCIM • Alarm notification

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HK258S A.02, November 2024