Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization
Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization
With the Data Center Architecture Specialization, you can take advantage of the $67.9 billion market opportunity and contribute to your profitability. This specialization provides an advanced level of knowledge and skill, allowing you to meet customers’ diverse data center needs, including consolidation and virtualization, private cloud computing, application- or infrastructure-as-a-service, and big data.
With this specialization you can:
- Acquire expertise in unified management, unified fabric, and unified computing technologies
- Increase profitability with unique incentives and trade-in programs and promotions
- Open new streams of revenue by offering Cisco Professional Services
- Use the Cisco Design Zone
- Get recognized as a Data Center Architecture Partner in the Cisco Partner Locator
Requirements:
| Specialization Requirements | Recommended Training |
| Data Center Architecture Account Manager Representative | Selling Business Outcomes e-Learning |
| Selling Business Outcomes (#810-401) (or CSE until July, 31 2015)
#650-987 PSDCUCAM |
Quickstart for Data Center/Virtualization Architecture e-Learning |
| #646-985 DCNSS | Cisco Data Center Unified Computing for Account Managers (DCUCAM v1.1) Data Center Networking Solution Sales (DCNSS v3.0) e-Learning |
| Specialization Requirements | Recommended Training |
| Data Center Architecture Systems Engineer Representative
#650-987 PSDCUCAM |
Quickstart for Data Center/Virtualization Architecture
e-Learning |
| 642-996 DCUFD v5
642-998 DCUCD v5 |
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing for Account Managers (DCUCAM) v1.1
e-Learning Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD) v5.0 |
Field Engineer 1 Unified Computing (FE)
| Specialization Requirements | Recommended Training |
| Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist #642-999 DCUCIv5 #642-035 DCUCT |
Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) v5.0
Instructor Led Training (ILT) Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Computing (DCUCT) v5.0 |
Field Engineer 2 Unified Fabric (FE)
Or
CCNP-Routing and Switching (aka CCNP), CCIE Service Provider, CCIE Design, CCIE ISP Dial, CCIE Routing & Switching, CCIE Security, CCIE SNA/IP Integration, CCIE Service Provider Comprehensive, CCIE Storage Networking, CCIE Voice, CCIE WAN Switching, CCIE Wireless, or CCIE SP Operations
| Specialization Requirements | Recommended Training |
| Data Center Unified Fabric Support Specialist #642-997 DCUFI v5 #642-980 DCUFT |
Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI) v5.0
Instructor Led Training (ILT) Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Fabric (DCUFT) v5.0 |