VCE Converged Infrastructure Solutions Foundations

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Overview

This course introduces the technologies and components that constitute VCE Converged and Hyper-Converged systems. It provides a basic understanding of what these technologies are and how they are engineered into VCE Converged and HyperConverged Systems.

The training consists of nine sections and each contains an assessment. To acquire the VCE Certified Professional Associate credential you must take and pass each of these nine assessments. You have a choice regarding how to complete the training and assessments. At the start of each section, you can choose to complete the training before attempting the assessment. Or, if you are confident in your knowledge of the topic, you can by-pass the training and go directly to the assessment.

Completion of the training portions of this course is not required. However, to achieve the VCE Certified Professional Associate credential you must pass each of the nine assessments with a minimum score of 80 percent (80%).

Audience

This course is intended for VCE employees, partners, and customers who need a foundation level understanding of the VCE Converged and Hyper-Converged technologies and systems, and how these products work.

Prerequisite Knowledge

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the advantages of VCE Converged and Hyper-Converged technologies and systems over other data center models
• Describe the purpose, function, and components of each of the VCE System core technologies:
  • Compute
  • Network
  • Storage
  • Virtualization
  • Management
• Describe and distinguish between the VCE Converged and Hyper-Converged technologies
• Identify each of the VCE Converged and Hyper-Converged product families  and the technologies they utilize
• Identify the business benefits customers gain from purchasing and implementing VCE Systems
• Distinguish between the target markets for each of the VCE Product Families
• Describe use cases, components, and connectivity of VCE Converged Infrastructure systems:
  • Vblock System 200 family
  • Vblock System 300 and VxBlock System 300 families
  • Vblock System 500 and VxBlock System 500 families
  • Vblock System 700 and VxBlock System 700 families
• Describe use cases, components, and connectivity of VCE Hyper-Converged Infrastructure systems:
  • VxRack System 1000 family
  • VSPEX BLUE appliance

Sections

• Section 1: Introduction to VCE Converged and Hyper Converged-Infrastructures

• Section 2: Introduction to Compute Technology

• Section 3: Introduction to Network Technology

• Section 4: Introduction to Storage Technology

• Section 5: Introduction to Virtualization Technology

• Section 6: Introduction to Management Technology

• Section 7: Introduction to VCE Products

• Section 8: Introduction to VCE Converged Infrastructure Product Families

• Section 9: Introduction to VCE Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Product Families

Assessments

As part of this training, participants must complete every section assessment to acquire the VCE Certified Professional Associate credential. This requires passing each assessment with a score of at least 80 percent (80%).

At the start of each section, participants can choose to bypass the training by attempting and passing the section assessment. Alternatively, participants can choose to complete part or all of the training before attempting each assessment.

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