By attending the Data Centers Design Planning and Implementation workshop, participants will be equipped with skills to help plan for, design, setup, manage, monitor, secure and troubleshoot Data Centers in a production environment.

CONTENT

Data Center Design

• Site surveys
• User needs analysis
• Development of design plans for data center systems and integration
• Management of stakeholder requirements
• Work drawings
• Specifications
• RFP creation
• Project coordination with P.E.’s, Architects, etc.

Data Center Construction

• Installation
• Testing
• Project site supervision
• Quality assurance
• Systems implementation and commissioning

Network Design

• Evaluate options for Layer 2 connectivity
• Evaluate options for Layer 3 connectivity
• Evaluate data center technologies such as vPC/vPC+
• Evaluate options for interconnecting data centers such as VXLAN EVPN and OTV
• Evaluate options for device and routing virtualization
• Evaluate in-band and out-of-band options for management
• Evaluate redundancy options such as active/active and disaster recovery site

Compute Design

• Evaluate options for Ethernet connectivity
• Evaluate options for storage connectivity
• Evaluate options for network device virtualization in a data center
• Evaluate options for hyperconverged infrastructure

Storage Network Design

• Plan for iSCSI deployment in a data center (Multipathing and addressing schemes)
• Evaluate QoS requirements in a data center
• Determine FCoE/ Fiber Channel interface
• Evaluate SAN topology options

Automation Design

• Evaluate options for network orchestration and automation
• Evaluate options for compute orchestration and automation

Data Center Operations

• Data center facilities management
• Operational support and maintenance

FOR WHOM:

Auditors, Computer Executives, Internal Control Officers, CIOs, IT Development Managers, Heads of Department, System Administrators/Engineers, IT Professionals, and Security department managers who form part of the contingency planning or review team.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

This course is available in the following locations:
Nigeria - $3000
Ghana    - $6500
Rwanda - $7500
UK - $8500
USA - $8500