Data Center

If you or your team is involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis.  The Data Center Infrastructure Management course series is a great way to quickly learn the ins and outs of data centers.  It is geared for everyone from the data center novice to the most experienced IT and facilities technicians and managers.  The Data Center Infrastructure courses cover the primary resources in the data center – space, power and cooling.  

Students who have taken this course are the proof of the effectiveness.  A significant number of people who have taken this course had the course recommended to them by a previous student, a testament to the value of the information they learned during the course.  Here what students are saying about the course below.

Course recommendations:

• “Excellent knowledge - the instructor tied just about every subject to an illustrative real-world situation he had encountered.”
• “Wanted to say a big thank you for the course this week. It will truly help me at my job going forward.”
• "Superb! Where there are a lot of courses and trainings on data center maintenance and operations, it's much harder to find something related directly to data center and IT infrastructure management. This is very important to support DCIM concept today - not only with tools, including software and hardware solutions, but also with dedicated trainings.”
• “Great job Dave, the industry needs more training like this in order for DCIM to rise to its full potential as a must have operational imperative.”

Once you have completed Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 1 the next course in this series is Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 2.  The Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 2 course will enhance your skills further by discussing data center industry topics such as energy efficiency, floor plans, data center management tools and IT service management.  Click here to learn more about Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 2.

Module 00: Course Introduction

Module 01: Overview of Data Centers Part 1
•    What is a data center?
•    Current trends shaping data center design
•    Data Center Tiers

Module 02: Overview of Data Centers Part 2
•    Data center cost drivers
•    Virtualization
•    Cloud computing
•    Containerized data centers
•    Quiz

Module 03: Fundamentals of Power
•    Power basics and key terms
•    Power calculations
•    Grounding

Module 04: Power Problems
•    Power problems
•    Power protection system equipment

Module 05: Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
•    UPS basics
•    UPS topologies
•    UPS redundancy and efficiency
•    Modular UPS

Module 06: UPS Batteries
•    UPS batteries
•    Flywheel UPS
•    Quiz

Module 07: Generators and Other Power Devices
•    Generators
•    Automatic and static transfer switches
•    Power distribution units

Module 08: Circuit breakers
•    Circuit Breakers
•    Circuit Breaker Coordination
•    Circuit Breaker Protection
•    Circuit Breaker Sizing

Module 09: Power Distribution in the Rack
•    Rack power redundancy
•    Server power calculations
•    Power cabling

Module 10: Power Calculations
•    Calculating power requirements
•    Power consumption in the data center

Module 11: Reducing Wasted Power in the Data Center
•    Reducing “wasted power”
•    Reducing server power
•    Quiz

Module 12: Data Center Physical Security Part 1
•    What is physical security
•    Perimeter protection
•    Security cameras
•    Door controls
•    Identification methods and devices

Module 13: Data Center Physical Security Part 2
•    Designing for physical security
•    Defining the problem
•    Applying the technology
•    Quiz

Module 14: Data Center Cooling Strategies
•    Comfort versus precision cooling
•    Data center cooling issues
•    Cooling calculations

Module 15: The Refrigeration Cycle
•    The refrigeration cycle
•    Cooling devices in the data center

Module 16: Humidity in the Data Center
•    Importance of humidity
•    Relationship between temperature and humidity
•    Humidity control and demand fighting

Module 17: Cooling Systems
•    Temperature measurement
•    Types of cooling devices

Module 18: Air Distribution in the Data Center
•    Importance of air distribution in heat transfer
•    Air distribution schemes

Module 19: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
•    CFD analysis
•    Quiz

Module 20: Data Center Cooling Best Practices Part 1
•    Calculating cooling requirements
•    High density cooling problem

Module 21: Data Center Cooling Best Practices Part 2
•    Reducing hot air/cool air mixing
•    Hot aisle/cold aisle containment

Module 22: Data Center Cooling Strategies
•    Room, row and rack-based cooling
•    Cooling wiring closets

Module 23: High Density Cooling
•    High density zones
•    Raising the data center temperature
•    Free cooling using economizers
•    Quiz
 

While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis. It is recommended that you be involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity.

If you or your team is involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis.  The Data Center Infrastructure Management course series is a great way to quickly learn the ins and outs of data centers.  It is geared for everyone from the data center novice to the most experienced IT and facilities technicians and managers.  The Data Center Infrastructure courses cover the primary resources in the data center – space, power and cooling. 

Students who have taken this course are the proof of the effectiveness.  A significant number of people who have taken this course had the course recommended to them by a previous student, a testament to the value of the information they learned during the course.  Here what students are saying about the course below.

Course recommendations:

• “Excellent knowledge - the instructor tied just about every subject to an illustrative real-world situation he had encountered.”
• “Wanted to say a big thank you for the course this week. It will truly help me at my job going forward.”
• “Superb! Where there are a lot of courses and trainings on data center maintenance and operations, it's much harder to find something related directly to data center and IT infrastructure management. This is very important to support DCIM concept today - not only with tools, including software and hardware solutions, but also with dedicated trainings.”
• “Great job Dave, the industry needs more training like this in order for DCIM to rise to its full potential as a must have operational imperative.”
   

In order to take this course you need to have taken Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 1 and have an understanding of a power and cooling infrastructure in a data center.

Module 00: Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 2-Course Introduction
 

Module 01: Fundamentals of Availability
•    Components of availability
•    Cost of system downtime
•    Maximizing system availability
•    Data center assessments

Module 02: Data Center Preventive Maintenance
•    Importance of preventive maintenance
•    Developing a maintenance plan
•    Managing preventive maintenance
•    Quiz

Module 03: Data Center Energy Efficiency
•    Data center power growth
•    Barriers to data center energy efficiency
•    Power consumption in the data center
•    Power usage effectiveness (PUE)

Module 04: Data Center Efficiency Metrics
•    Measuring PUE
•    Other data center efficiency metrics
•    Reducing the IT load

Module 05: Energy Efficiency Best Practices
•    Reducing the support infrastructure load
•    Systematic approach to improving energy efficiency
•    What can you expect to save with improved energy efficiency
•     Quiz

Module 06: Fundamentals of Data Center Floor Plan Design Part 1
•    Evaluating data center location
•    Data center and support areas
•    Designing for agility, reliability and cost effectiveness
•    Impact of floor plan on rack quantity

Module 07: Fundamentals of Data Center Floor Plan Design Part 2
•    Data center capacity
•    Common rack framework
•    Rack location units
•    Dealing with constraints

Module 08: Data Center Floor Planning Concepts
•    Choosing a pitch
•    Basic principles of equipment layout
•    Floor planning process
•    Quiz

Module 09: Introduction to ITIL
•    What is ITIL
•    Service strategy
•    Service design
•    Service transition
•    Service operation
•    Continual service improvement

Module 10: Practical Steps to Implement ITIL Part 1
•    Reduce the amount of unplanned work
•    Create and maintain an asset inventory

Module 11: Practical Steps to Implement ITIL Part 2
•    Create a repeatable build library
•    Implement continual improvement
•    Quiz

Module 12: Data Center Management
•    Data center management issues
•    IT/Facilities gap
•    Data center management goals

Module 13: Data Center Asset Management
•    Tracking data center assets
•    Asset management best practices

Module 14: Data Center Asset Management Tools
•    Asset management tool features
•    Overview of asset management tools
•    Automated asset tracking

Module 15: Data Center Real-Time Monitoring
•    Difference between building, network and data center management systems
•    Questions to ask before buying a data center monitoring system
•    SNMP fundamentals

Module 16: Data Center Real-Time Monitoring Tools
•    Overview of real-time monitoring tools
•    Quiz

Module 17: Data Center Management Tools Part 1
•    CFD modeling tools
•    Access management tools

Module 18: Data Center Management Tools Part 2
•    Connectivity management tools
•    Maintenance management tools

Module 19: Measuring ITSM in the Data Center
•    What is IT service management
•    ITSM metrics model
•    Implementing an ITSM metrics program
•    Quiz
 

While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis. It is recommended that you be involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity.

You need to have equivalent experience or taken the following GogoTraining courses:

• Data Center Infrastructure Management Part 1

If you or your team is involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis.  The Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management course series is a great way to quickly learn the ins and outs of data centers.  It is geared for everyone from the data center novice to the most experienced IT and facilities technicians and managers.  The Fundamentals of Infrastructure course provides an overview of data centers, data center physical security, availability and preventive maintenance, and data center floor planning.

There are three other courses in this series:

• Fundamentals of Data Center Power – Covers data center power and energy efficiency
• Fundamentals of Data Center Cooling – Covers data center cooling and air distribution
• Fundamentals of Data Center Operations – Covers data center management, including data center management tools, ITIL, and IT Service Management

Module 01: Overview of Data Centers Part 1 

•    What is a data center?

•    Current trends shaping data center design

•    Data Center Tiers

Module 02: Overview of Data Centers Part 2 

•    Data center cost drivers

•    Virtualization

•    Cloud computing

•    Containerized data centers

•    Quiz

Module 03: Data Center Physical Security Part 1 

•    What is physical security?

•    Perimeter protection

•    Security cameras

•    Door controls

•    Identification methods and devices

Module 04: Data Center Physical Security Part 2

•    Designing for physical security

•    Defining the problem

•    Applying the technology

•    QuizModule

Module 05: Fundamentals of Availability 

•    Components of availability

•    Cost of system downtime

•    Maximizing system availability

•    Data center assessments

Module 06: Data Center Preventive Maintenance

•    Importance of preventive maintenance

•    Developing a maintenance plan

•    Managing preventive maintenance

•    Quiz

Module 07: Fundamentals of Data Center Floor Plan Design Part 1 

•    Evaluating data center location

•    Data center and support areas

•    Designing for agility, reliability and cost effectiveness

•    Impact of floor plan on rack quantity

Module 08: Fundamentals of Data Center Floor Plan Design Part 2 

•    Data center capacity

•    Common rack framework

•    Rack location units

•    Dealing with constraints

Module 09: Data Center Floor Planning Concepts 

•    Choosing a pitch

•    Basic principles of equipment layout

•    Floor planning process

•    Quiz

While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis. It is recommended that you be involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity.

If you or your team is involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis.  The Data Center Operations course series is a great way to improve management of your the data center.  It is geared for everyone from the data center novice to the most experienced IT and facilities technicians and managers.  The Data Center Operations course covers data center management, including issues facing data center managers, practical steps to implement ITIL, data center management tools, and the IT Service Management metrics which will help you to optimize your data center management.

There are three other courses in this series:

• Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management – Covers an overview of data centers, physical security, availability and preventive maintenance, and data center floor planning
• Fundamentals of Data Center Power Management – Covers data center power and energy efficiency
• Fundamentals of Data Center Cooling – Covers data center cooling and air distribution

Module 01: Introduction to ITIL 

•    What is ITIL?

•    Service strategy

•    Service design

•    Service transition

•    Service operation

•    Continual service improvement

Module 02: Practical Steps to Implement ITIL Part 1

•    Reduce the amount of unplanned work

•    Create and maintain an asset inventory

Module 03: Practical Steps to Implement ITIL Part 2 

•    Create a repeatable build library

•    Implement continual improvement

•    Quiz

Module 04: Data Center Management 

•    Data center management issues

•    IT/Facilities gap

•    Data center management goals

Module 05: Data Center Asset Management 

•    Tracking data center assets

•    Asset management best practices

Module 06: Data Center Asset Management Tools 

•    Asset management tool features

•    Overview of asset management tools

•    Automated asset tracking

Module 07: Data Center Real-Time Monitoring 

•    Difference between building, network and data center management systems

•    Questions to ask before buying a data center monitoring system

•    SNMP fundamentals

Module 08: Data Center Real-Time Monitoring Tools

•    Overview of real-time monitoring tools

•    Quiz

Module 09: Data Center Management Tools Part 1 

•    CFD modeling tools

•    Access management tools

Module 10: Data Center Management Tools Part 2 

•    Connectivity management tools

•    Maintenance management tools

Module 11: Measuring ITSM in the Data Center

•    What is IT service management?

•    ITSM metrics model

•    Implementing an ITSM metrics program

•    Quiz

While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis. It is recommended that you be involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity.

It is recommended that you first take the Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management course

If you or your team is involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis.  The Data Center Cooling course series is a great way to quickly learn the ins and outs of cooling in the data center.  It is geared for everyone from the data center novice to the most experienced IT and facilities technicians and managers.  The Data Center Cooling course covers an overview of cooling in the data center, including an introduction to the refrigeration cycle, calculating cooling requirements in the data center, an overview of the cooling equipment in the data center, the importance of air distribution, and the impact of your cooling design on overall data center energy efficiency. 

There are three other courses in this series:

• Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management – Covers an overview of data centers, physical security, availability and preventive maintenance, and data center floor planning
• Fundamentals of Data Center Power Management – Covers data center power and energy efficiency
• Fundamentals of Data Center Operations – Covers data center management, including data center management tools, ITIL, and IT Service Management

Module 01: Data Center Cooling Strategies

•    Comfort versus precision cooling

•    Data center cooling issues

•    Cooling calculations

Module 02: The Refrigeration Cycle 

•    The refrigeration cycle

•    Cooling devices in the data center

Module 03: Humidity in the Data Center

•    Importance of humidity

•    Relationship between temperature and humidity

•    Humidity control and demand fighting

Module 04: Cooling Systems 

•    Temperature measurement

•    Types of cooling devices

Module 05: Air Distribution in the Data Center 

•    Importance of air distribution in heat transfer

•    Air distribution schemes

Module 06: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) 

•    CFD analysis

•    Quiz

Module 07: Data Center Cooling Best Practices Part 1

•    Calculating cooling requirements

•    High density cooling problem

Module 08: Data Center Cooling Best Practices Part 2 

•    Reducing hot air/cool air mixing

•    Hot aisle/cold aisle containment

Module 09: Data Center Cooling Strategies

•    Room, row and rack-based cooling

•    Cooling wiring closets

Module 10: High Density Cooling

•    High density zones

•    Raising the data center temperature

•    Free cooling using economizers

•    Quiz

While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis. It is recommended that you be involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity.

It is recommended that you first take the Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management course

If you or your team is involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis.  The Data Center Power Management course series is a great way to quickly learn the ins and outs of power in the data center.  It is geared for everyone from the data center novice to the most experienced IT and facilities technicians and managers.  The Data Center Power Management course covers an overview of power in the data center, including rack power management, power distribution units, transfer switches, UPSs, generators, and power cabling.  The course also covers energy efficiency in the data center, discussing the various metrics for measuring energy efficiency as well as some concrete suggestions for reducing the energy usage in the data center.

There are three other courses in this series:

• Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management – Covers an overview of data centers, physical security, availability and preventive maintenance, and data center floor planning
• Fundamentals of Data Center Cooling – Covers data center cooling and air distribution
• Fundamentals of Data Center Operations – Covers data center management, including data center management tools, ITIL, and IT Service Management

Module 01: Fundamentals of Power 

•    Power basics and key terms

•    Power calculations

•    Grounding

Module 02: Power Problems

•    Power problems

•    Power protection system equipment

Module 03: Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) 

•    UPS basics

•    UPS topologies

•    UPS redundancy and efficiency

•    Modular UPS

Module 04: UPS Batteries 

•    UPS batteries

•    Flywheel UPS

•    Quiz

Module 05: Generators and Other Power Devices 

•    Generators

•    Automatic and static transfer switches

•    Power distribution units

Module 06: Circuit breakers 

•    Circuit Breakers

•    Circuit Breaker Coordination

•    Circuit Breaker Protection

•    Circuit Breaker Sizing

Module 07: Power Distribution in the Rack 

•    Rack power redundancy

•    Server power calculations

•    Power cabling

Module 08: Power Calculations 

•    Calculating power requirements

•    Power consumption in the data center

Module 09: Reducing Wasted Power in the Data Center 

•    Reducing “wasted power”

•    Reducing server power

•    Quiz

Module 10: Data Center Energy Efficiency 

•    Data center power growth

•    Barriers to data center energy efficiency

•    Power consumption in the data center

•    Power usage effectiveness (PUE)

Module 11: Data Center Efficiency Metrics 

•    Measuring PUE

•    Other data center efficiency metrics

•    Reducing the IT load

Module 12: Energy Efficiency Best Practices 

•    Reducing the support infrastructure load

•    Systematic approach to improving energy efficiency

•    What can you expect to save with improved energy efficiency?

•     Quiz

While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is important to have a good understanding of the overall data center and the issues facing data center managers on a daily basis. It is recommended that you be involved in data center technology, whether it is in a sales, support or operations capacity.

It is recommended that you first take the Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management course