CTDC: Certified TIA-942 Design Consultant

Course Information

Course Name

CTDC: Certified TIA-942 Design Consultant

Exam code

CTDC

Duration

3 Days

Certification

Certified TIA-942 Design Consultant

Overview

In the three-day CTDC® course, the participant will learn how to design an ANSI/TIA-942 compliant data centre. It will provide a clear understanding of the requirements of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard and possible implementation variations. This course is well suited for all types of data centres, be it enterprise data centres or multi-tenant, third party data centres such as co-location, managed services and cloud service providers.

Exam: Certified TIA-942 Design Consultant (CTDC®)

The CTDC® exam is a 90 minutes closed-book certification exam consists of 60 multiple-choice questions. Candidates must achieve a minimum of 50 correct answers to pass the exam.

Candidates who successfully pass the exam will receive the official ‘Certi­fied TIA-942 Design Consultant’ certificate.  The CTDC® certificate is issued for the ANSI/TIA-942 version current at the time, which the candidate tested for.  The certificate itself does not expire and stays relevant only for the stated ANSI/TIA-942 version.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this course are professionals involved with designing, building, maintaining and operating mission critical data centres and those who wish to attend the CTIA® (Certified TIA-942 Internal Auditor) course.

Prerequisites

Participants must possess a valid data centre training certificate such as CDCP® or any other approved equivalent. Please submit a copy of your certificate for verification upon registration for the CTDC® course.

At Course Completion

After completion of the course the participant will be able to:

• Learn to properly comprehend and apply the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard requirements and guidelines

• Understand the proper intent of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard to avoid both over- and/or under-investment

• Align the selection of redundancy levels and infrastructure investments to the business requirements.

• Understand the criteria and requirements for a high-availability data centre design and how to effectively establish the data centre from the perspective of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard

• Understand how the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard relates to various worldwide standards

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Data Centre Facilities

Module 2: About the ANSI/TIA-942

• Life of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard

• Relation to other standards

• Architectural

• Electrical

• Mechanical

• Telecommunication

• Areas under scope

• High level redundancy definitions

• Redundancy options (N, N+1 etc.)

• Fault tolerant

• Concurrent maintainability

• Compartmentalisation

• Examples of redundancy levels

Module 3: Data Centre Space Planning

Module 4: Data Centre Topologies

Module 5: Recommendations for Energy Efficiency

Module 6: Architectural

• Site selection

• Parking

• Multi-tenant building

• Building construction

• Vapor barrier

• Roofing

• Floor loading

• Raised flooring

• Suspended/drop ceiling

• Hanging load

• Seismic

Module 7: Building Security & Safety

• Site selection

• Parking

• Multi-tenant building

• Building construction

• Vapor barrier

• Roofing

• Floor loading

• Raised flooring

• Suspended/drop ceiling

• Hanging load

• Seismic

Module 8: Building and Room Access

• Security checkpoints

• Entry lobby

• Doors and windows

• Exit corridors

• Shipping and receiving areas

Module 9: Room/Area Design Requirements

• Administrative offices

• Security offce

• Operations centre

• Restroom and break room

• UPS/Battery rooms

• Generator and fuel storage area

• Computer room

Module 10: Electrical

• Utility power
  – Substation
  – Feed requirements
  – Self-generation

• HT/HV switch gear

• Generator and fuel supply

• LT/LV switch gear
  – ATS
  – Alternatives to ATS

• UPS and batteries

• PDU

• STS

• Grounding

• Surge protection

• EPO

• Central power monitoring

• Load banks

• Testing

• Equipment maintenance
  – Preventive maintenance
  – Facility training programs

Module 11: Mechanical

• Environmental design
  – Temperature and humidity requirements
  – Contamination
  – Sources
  – Clean air
  – Pressurisation
  – Radio sources
  – Vibration
  – Water ingress

• Water cooled systems
  – Heat rejection
  – Chilled water system
  – Condenser water
  – Make up water

• Air cooled systems

• HVAC control systems

• Plumbing
  – Pipe routing

• Fire suppression

• Water leak detection

Module 12: Telecommunications

• Network topology

• Redundancy level design

• Media and connectors

• Cabling pathways

• Detailed cabling design considerations

• Administration and labeling

• Cable testing

• Data centre fabrics

Module 13: Micro Edge Data Center

• Type definitions

• Rating requirements

• Testing and maintenance

Module 14: Immersion Cooling

• Cabling considerations

• Rating requirements