Cisco Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialisation
The Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialisation demonstrates that the Partner has an advanced skill set that will meet their customers’ diverse data center needs to support today’s highly mobile workforce. Attainment of this specialisation will provide expertise in converged infrastructure, multicloud hybrid computing, application or infrastructure as a service, and analytics.
Advanced Architecture Specialisations can be used as the specialisation requirements for Select and Premier partner. Gold partners require 4 Advanced Architecture Specialisations with the Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialisations as one of the options.
Advanced Architecture Specialisations can be used as the specialisation requirements for Select and Premier partner. Gold partners require 4 Advanced Architecture Specialisations with the Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialisations as one of the options.
Specialisation Requirements
The specialisation is made up of three distinct roles, Account Manager (AM), Architecture Systems Engineer (SE), Field Engineer (FE). An individual may only fulfil one Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialisation role.
The training not allocated to roles can be fulfilled by any individual(s) who holds the required specialist accreditations regardless of whether he or she is filling the required job role (account manager, systems engineer, or field engineer). The online application only checks that someone from the company holds these badges.
Role Sharing (3-2-1) rules:
AM: Account Managers may fulfil up to 3 Advanced Architecture Account Manager roles
SE: System Engineers may fulfil up to 2 Advanced Architecture System Engineer roles
FE: Field Engineers may fulfil 1 Advanced Architecture Field Engineer role.
Within each Advanced Architecture specialisation, one person may fill up to two FE roles in that specialisation.
Each person can only hold one role type (AM, SE or FE) at one time within Architecture specialisation
Required Exams and Recommended Training
| Required Exams | Recommended Training | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 700-150 (ICS) | Introduction to Cisco Sales (ICS) |
6 hours - ELT |
| OR |
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| 810-440 (DTBAA) | Adopting the Cisco Business Architecture Approach (DTBAA) |
1 day – ELT or ILT |
| Required Exams | Recommended Training | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 300-610 (DCID) | Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v7 (DCID) |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
| OR |
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| 300-160 (DCID) | Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v7 (DCID) - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 | 5 days – ILT or ELT |
| Required Exams | Recommended Training | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 350-601 (DCCOR) | Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) |
8 days - ILT or ELT |
| OR |
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| 300-175 (DCUCI) | Implementing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCUCI) | 5 days – ILT or ELT |
| OR | ||
| DCUD exam | Implementing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCUD) |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
| Plus one of these: | ||
| 300-615 (DCIT) | Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
| OR | ||
| 300-180 (DCIT) | Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
| Required Exams | Recommended Training | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| One of these eleven: |
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| CCNP- Data Center |
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| CCIE - Data Center CCNP - Enterprise CCIE - Enterprise Infrastructure |
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| CCIE - Enterprise Wireless |
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| CCIE - Service Provider |
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| CCIE - Security |
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| CCIE - Collaboration |
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| CCNP - Routing and Switching - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 |
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| CCIE - Routing and Switching - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 |
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| CCIE - Wireless - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 |
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| Plus one of these options: | ||
| 300-615 (DCIT) | Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
| OR | ||
| 300-180 (DCIT) | Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
| AND | ||
| 300-165 (DCII) | Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure exam - achieved before 23 Feb 2020 |
5 days – ILT or ELT |
Note: Global knowledge is able to provide this training in ILT/Virtual format and E-learning if required. Please discuss with your Global Knowledge Training Advisor.