Program Overview

Designing Data Center Infrastructure equips the student with the knowledge and skills needed to prepare for entry-level network data center careers. This course is a hands-on, career-oriented e-learning solution that emphasizes practical experience. It is a blended curriculum with both online and classroom learning. Designing Data Center Infrastructure aims to develop an in-depth understanding of network data center principles as well as the tools and configurations required to design a data center network. Various types of hands-on labs provide practical experience, including procedural and troubleshooting labs, skills integration challenges, and model building. All hands-on labs in the course can be completed via PacketTracer. Most chapters include Packet Tracer-based skills integration challenges that are cumulative throughout the course.

Prerequisite: CCNP Implementing Data Center Core Technologies and Cisco CCNA Core or Cisco CCNA Routing & Switching 4 Course Series

At a Glance

Extended Education
Approximately 30 hours
2 PDUs
Undergraduate Professional Development Units
$1,850
EdAssist discounted rate: $1,665
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Live Online Format

This course is also taught with UMass Global’s LIVE ONLINE training format using a video communications software. Students receive the same high-quality training as found in a traditional classroom setting. Join us from anywhere with an internet connection.

LIVE ONLINE training includes:
  • Delivered in real time by an instructor
  • Full access to course presentations and documents
  • Live interaction with classmates and instructor using a collaborative learning platform
  • Play back recording of any class for later review
Upon successful mastery of this course, you will be able to:
  • Design enterprise wired and wireless data center networks
  • Design security principles within a data center network
  • Provide an experience-oriented course that employs industry-relevant instructional approaches to prepare students for entry-level jobs in the industry
  • Enable students to have significant hands-on interaction with IT equipment to prepare them for certification exams and career opportunities

Tuition covers only the cost of the course. Nothing else is provided to the student.

This course is part of the 2-course Cisco CCNP Data Center Program