Lesson 1 - Data Centre Life Cycle

• Data center life cycle
• Planning, continuous improvement and re-alignment

Lesson 2 - Standards, Rating level Definitions and Requirements

• Rating level history
• ANSI/TIA-942    
• Uptime Institute"/ ANSI-TIA-942
• High level overview of rating levels  
• A few definitions; N+X
• 'N' Component redundancy levels
• N+l Implementations
• A few definitions; 2N+X
• ‘2N’ redundancy options
• Concurrent Maintainability {CM)
• Compartmentalization
• Example Topologies
• Example:  Rating level 1 (power only)
• Example:  Rating level 2 (power only)
• Example:  Rating level 3 (power only)
• Example: Rating level 4 (power only)
• Substation and feed requirements
• Which rating level to choose?
• New approaches to redundancy I Rating
• Redundancy level design do not take away all risks
• Maintenance
• Operational process
• Skills development

Lesson 3- Building Considerations

• Building location
• Building floor loading and conversion ratios
• Floor loading considerations
• Managing floor and hanging loads
• Data  center fires
• Fire rated walls
• A few dangers
• Data center fire rated walls
• Fire rated glass
• Blast protection
• Blast impulse
• Bullet (ballistics) protection
• Bullet proofing standard (UL-752)
• Forced entry protection
• Forced entry protection standards
• Forced entry protection

Lesson 4 - Advanced Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling

• Raised floor installation
• Starting point
• Setting up of the grid
• Installing the floor
• Pedestal an stringers, clip on
• Pedestal and stringers, bolted
• Raised floor problems
• Perforated and grill panels
• Floor plan setup for effective cooling
• Air conditioner area
• Seismic protected construction
• Testing and compliance
• Seismic mitigation, bracing
• Seismic racks
• Seismic mitigation, shock absorption
• Seismic mitigation; absorption platforms
• Best practices for seismic mitigation
• Suspended ceiling

Lesson 5 - Power

• Some electrical basics single/three phase
• Watt/VA/Voltage/Current
• Formula for VA/WATT/PF
• Power infrastructure layout
• Basic Single line Diagram
• Single line Diagram
• Protection devices in power systems
• Over-current protection devices   
• Some definitions
• Fuses
• Over current protection: MCB/MCCB/VCB/ACB
• VCB/ACB
• Indicators on over current devices
• Breaking curve
• Breaking curves
• Fuses versus Breakers 
• Residual current / Earth leakage protection
• Earth leakage protection
• Acceptable voltage levels
• Residual current device/breaker (rcd/rcb/gfci/alci) 
• Working of RCB and key indicators
• Sizing of breaking components  
• Proper configuration is key
• Surge protection
• Lightning strikes hit points and effects
• Origin of surge and transients
• Protection for surge: TVSS or SPD
• Technology used in surge protection
• Type of protection provided
• Standard mode surge protection
• Dedicated all-mode surge protection
• Cascading surge protection
• Cascading surge protection 
• Proper installation practices SPD 
• Power cabling
• Installation considerations
• POU/DB requirements
• Generators
• Importance Of generators
• Standby/prime/continuous Generators
• High power Generator
• Principle of power generation via alternator
• Basic components on a standby Generators
• Combustion engine
• Alternator
• Governor
• Fuel Calculation
• Fuel tanks
• Parallel of generator sets

• Generator room/area requirement
• UPS systems
• Recap: name the three classes of UPS (IEC-62040)
• The VFI class UPS
• UPS in normal mode
• UPS running on batteries
• UPS Running on Static Bypass
• Ups running on maintenance Bypass
• Synchronization of output to input
• UPS Specification to look out
• Requirement for parallel Configuration
• Harmonic filters
• Harmonics
• Harmonic filtering / reduction
• Passive harmonic filters
• Active harmonic filters
• Batteries
• Batteries for UPS systems
• Design battery banks
• Battery bank terminology
• A word to the wise
• Calculating battery banks - what info do you need?
• Battery calculation step by step
• Example battery calculation
• Selecting the battery 
• Battery block selection
• Battery Calculation Exercise
• Example
• Calculating the charger
• Charging current requirement
• Charging via rectifier
• Charging via DCDC converter
• Parallel strings in battery banks
• The guideline for Parallel battery banks
• Battery bank configuration and replacement
• Battery testing
• Battery case selection
• Flywheel UPS/ Energy storage
• Flywheel energy storage
• Hydrogen fuel storage
• Compressed Air UPS

Lesson 6 - Electromagnetic Fields

• The two norms/standards to consider
• Source of EMF to consider around the data center
• Difference between single/three phase radiation
• How to measure EMF
• Safe distance guidance
• Distance reduce shielding material requirements
• How to calculate attenuation factor for shielding
• Permeability and saturation point

Lesson 7 - Cooling

• Dry Bulb / Wet Bulb temperature
• Psychometric Chart ASHRAE 2011
• Relative Humidity / Dew Point
• Sensible/Latent Heat
• Temperature / Humidity Standards & Measurements & Airflow
• Cooling Standards/Guidelines ICT Equipment
• ASHRAE 2008 / 2011 Classes
• ASHRAE 2011
• Why the limits?
• Rate of Change
• Temperature/Humidity Measurements
• Heat transfer (dissipation)
• Altitude based de-rating of temperature
• Equipment Airflow
• Airflow Pattern
• Floor plan setup for effective cooling
• Tile choice will impact performance
• 25% Surface Opening  Steel Tile
• 20% Surface Opening Steel Tile
• 35% Surface Opening Steel Tile
• 45% Surface Opening Steel Tile
• 55% Surface Opening Aluminum Tile
• Aluminum Grille Tile with Damper
• 55% Surface Opening Aluminum Tile with Damper
• Ensure all holes and cable entries are sealed
• Rack Air Flow
• Mesh Door Racks
• Placement of equipment in rack
• Blanking/ Blind Panels
• Cable Management
• Delta-T for JCT equipment
• Optimizing airflow (room)
• Guiding hot air out of the room
• Ducting into the suspended ceiling
• Formulae & Calculations
• Conversion Celsius/Fahrenheit
• Thermal Units Conversion
• Air volume displacement
• Some interesting notes
• Cooling capacity of Air (Fahrenheit)
• Cooling Capacity of Air (Celsius)     
• Total capacity required, rule of thumb
• Air-Conditioning Selection
• Air Conditioning Unit Selection
• Air Conditioning Capacity
• Example
• Humidity Control
• Humidity Control Options; Humidifying
• Humidity Control Options
• Humidity Control Options; De-Humidifying
• Additional Considerations
• Air Conditioning Efficiency
• SHR- Sensible Heat Ratio
• SHR and the impact on OPEX
• Efficiency indicators for air conditioners
• "New" cooling principles and techniques
• Submerged cooling system
• VSD/VFD: Variable Speed/Frequency Drives
• EC- Fans
• VRF- Variable Refrigerant Flow
• Economiser 
• Waterside Economiser
• Airside Economisers
• Air Conditioning Redundancy
• Air Conditioner Redundancy; Equipment Level
• Installation Requirements 
• Air conditioner positioning
• Air conditioner area
• Service corridor installation consideration
• Air conditioner to fire panel link / EPO
• Commissioning of air conditioners
• Set point & calibration
• Proper settings of air conditioners
• CFO (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
• Room construction modeling
• Cabinet modeling
• Simulation run for racks
• Simulation runs on facilities
• Continuous maintenance is required

Lesson 8- Fire Protection

• The fire triangle
• Recap of CDCP
• Detection System
• VESDA/HSSD
• Smoke sensor head installation
• Testing of smoke sensors
• Typical choices for fire suppression
• Types of water based systems
• Issues with dry-pipe I pre-actin systems
• Examples of corrosion
• Sprinkler system
• Gas based systems, how to choose the right one
• Halocarbon & Inner systems
• Comparison
• How to choose a right Gas system
• Fire suppression calculation kg/m3(FM200)
• Example calculation
• Fire suppression Calculation lbs/ft3 (FM200)
• Inner gas Calculation
• Flooding factors (X) based at x%
• Amount of Agent
• Example calculation Inert gas
• Example calculation for lnergen
• Example calculation Inert gas
• Example calculation cylinders
• Weight of the gas
• Example lngergen Calculation (Metric)
• Example calculation for lnergen
• Example calculation Inert gas
• Example calculation cylinders
• Weight of the gas
• Safety considerations for calculations
• System discharge times and hold I retention times
• Fire detection panel
• Pipe supports (hangers)
• Installation verification
• Ongoing maintenance
• Alternatives:  Water mist
• Hypoxic based fire prevention
• Alternatives: Oxygen depriving systems

Lesson 9- Designing and Installing Scalable Network Cabling Systems413

• TIA-942 network cable logical architecture
• TIA-942 network cable I Rating levels illustration
• Cabling recommendation byTIA-942 (2005)
• Cabling recommendation by TIA-942-A {2012)
• Physical cabling layout- TOR (Top of Rack) design
• TOR design
• Physical cabling layout – EOR (End of Row) design
• EOR design
• Non-RJ45 copper solutions
• Pre-terminated cabling
• Ready for future - MPO/pre-terminated fiber
• 40G or 100G networks
• High speed Ethernet
• Fiber storage (SAN}
• Intelligent patching
• Vendor documentation
• Installation best practices
• Telecommunications cable routing
• Bending radius/pulling force (ANSI/TIA-568-C)
• Data cabling separate from power
• Grounding and bounding standards
• Grounding and bounding for cabinets
• Cable fill calculator
• Fiber link loss calculator
• Administration/labeling
• Requirement for power cabling
• Labeling of UTP cables
• Labeling of Fiber cable
• Cabling administration standard: ANSI/TIA-606B
• ANSI/TIA-606b highlights
• Example of ANSI/TIA-606B applications
• ANSI/TIA-606B Examples
• Patch panel identifier example
• Grounding and bounding identifier example

Lesson 10 - Environmental Specifications I Contamination Control

• Definitions for noise
• General thresholds for humans
• Acoustical noise emissions
• Effects of (excessive) noise 464
• Exposure limitations for data center
• Acoustic avoidance and control
• Contamination category
• Standard for gas and air particulate
• Preventive measure for contaminate
• Preventive measure during construction
• Gasses: Common Causes
• Gasses: Resulting Risk
• Gasses: Contaminate measurement
• Gasses: Preventive measure and cleanup
• Solids: common Causes
• Solids: Resulting Risk
• IS0-14644 classes
• Solids: Contamination measurement
• Solids: Preventive measures and cleanup
• Solids:  Preventive measures and cleanup
• Usage of filters
• Positive pressure
• Raised floor