COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Apply relevant design processes and techniques when producing an effective cloud infrastructure design.
• Create a cloud infrastructure design that addresses business requirements and constraints that were identified during an assessment.
• Communicate the benefits, challenges, and considerations of various cloud-enabling technologies as well as their relevance in meeting a business requirement or constraint.
• Develop a cloud infrastructure design that includes components such as cloud management, application platform, consumer resources, hybrid and multicloud capabilities, and disaster recovery.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is intended for architects, designers, and consultants who are involved in the planning and design of cloud infrastructure components.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Students are expected to be technical professionals with three or more years of design experience in storage, operating systems, virtualization, networking, business continuity, or disaster recovery.
Recommended prerequisites include: Dell EMC Information Storage and Management, Dell EMC Cloud Infrastructure and Services, VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
COURSE CONTENT:
The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.
• Module: Introduction to Cloud Design
– Driving digital transformation through cloud
– Cloud infrastructure design approach, goals, and scope
– Cloud solution design project lifecycle
• Module: Design Parameters
– Cloud reference architecture
– General design considerations for cloud infrastructure
• Module: Data Collection and Analysis
– Data collection process and metrics
– Data collection tools
– Business value analysis
– TCO and ROI
• Module: Architecting a Do-It-Yourself Solution
– Selection criteria
– Compute considerations
– Storage considerations
– Network considerations
• Module: Architecting a CI/HCI Solution
– CI/HCI selection criteria
– Strategies and design considerations
• Module: Cloud Management Platform (CMP)
– CMP reference architecture
– CMP infrastructure
– Selection criteria for CMP
– CMP design considerations
• Module: Hybrid and Multicloud
– Hybrid and multicloud use cases
– Design considerations for hybrid and multicloud
– Disaster recovery considerations
• Module: Application Development and Deployment Platform
– Key requirements for application platform
– Options to build an application platform
– Design considerations for Do-It-Yourself
– Design considerations for using PaaS solution
In addition to lecture, this course includes case studies, exercises and labs
designed to allow practical experience for the participant.
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
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