Certified Data Center Specialist (CDCS) Training with Exam

Module 1: Data center design/life cycle overview

• Overview of the phases of a data center life cycle

• Planning, re-alignment and continuous improvement

 

Module 2: Standards and rating level definitions

• Rating level history

• Difference between Uptime and TIA-942

• Rating level definitions

• Redundancy options (N+1), 2N, 2(N+1)

• Concurrent Maintainability/Compartmentalization

• Example configurations

• Substation and feed requirements

• Maintenance options

• Operational processes guidelines/Standards

• Skill development

 

Module 3: Building considerations

• Building location considerations

• Floor and hanging load requirements

• Fire rating for walls and glass

• Blast protection

• Bullet proofing

• Forced entry protection

 

Module 4: Advanced raised floor and 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

 

Module 5: Advanced power

• Power infrastructure layout

• Generators

• UPS systems

• Harmonic filters

• Battery banks

 

Module 6: Advanced electromagnetic fields

• Sources of EMF

• Differences between single, three phase and bus-bar EMF sources

• 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

 

Module 7: Advanced cooling

• Important definitions; dry-bulb, wet-bulb, dew-point, RH, sensible and latent heat

• Psychometric diagram 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 their airflow performance impact

• Rack door construction and the flow performance impact

• Equipment Delta-T and its impact

• Optimizing airflow 

• Thermal units conversions

• Calculations for air volume displacement (CFM/CMH)

• Cooling capacity calculations

• Air-conditioning selection

• De-humidifying/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 economizers)

• 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)

 

Module 8: Advanced fire protection

• 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, halocarbon systems and how to select the correct system for your data center

• How to calculate the gas content ensuring the appropriate level is installed to suppress the fire including safety considerations

• Other requirements for gas systems (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

 

Module 9: Design and install scalable networking cabling system

• ANSI/TIA-942 cabling structure topology

• 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

 

Module 10: Environmental specifications and contamination control

• Acoustic noise effects, regulations, specifications, and limits

• Data center contaminations and classifications

• Measurements, standards, and limits

• Preventive measures and avoidance

 

Module 11: Data center efficiency

• Business drivers to go Green

• High-availability or Green?

• Green guidelines and standards

• How to measure it and what are acceptable numbers compare to the general industry

• PUE classes defined by Green Grid and issues with PUE

• Techniques for saving energy in all parts of the data center i.e., application/system level, cooling, power distribution

Prerequisites

Participants must hold a valid CDCP certificate (HK258S) in order to be able to register for the CDCS class.