Data Center Certification Comparison

Certification Name CCNA Data Center Years of Experience 1-3 Job Role Data Center Network Administrator Presales Engineer Design Engineer Implementation Engineer Support Engineer Business Services Architect Technology Architect Design Engineer Implementation Engineer Support Engineer Product/Technology Basic Cisco router and switch operations, Cisco Nexus 1000v, 2000 and 5000 Series switches, Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Blade Servers, Cisco ACE Appliance, and Cisco WAAS Cisco Nexus Switches (1000, 5000, and 7000 Series), Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Blade Servers, Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager, Cisco Virtual Network Management Center, and Cisco MDS Series Multilayer Switches Cisco Catalyst 3750 Switch, Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch, Cisco Nexus 7009 Switch, Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch, Cisco Nexus 2232 Fabric Extenders, Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches, Cisco UCS, and Cisco ACE Appliance Number of Exams 2 Prerequisites None

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CCNP Data Center

3-5

CCNA Data Center

CCIE Data Center

7+

None

Data Center Specialists Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Design Specialist Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Support Specialist Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure Design Specialist Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure Support Specialist Cisco Data Center Storage Networking Design Specialist Cisco Data Center Storage Networking Support Specialist Cisco Data Center Application Services Design Specialist Cisco Data Center Application Services Support Specialist ! 1-3 1-3 Server Virtualization Design/Presales Engineer Server Virtualization Implementation/Support/Field Engineer Network Virtualization and Unified I/O Design/Presales Engineer Network Virtualization and Unified I/O Implementation/ Support/Field Engineer Data Center Network Infrastructure Design/Presales Engineer Data Center Network Infrastructure Implementation/Support/Field Engineer Storage Networking Design/Presales Engineer Storage Networking Implementation/Support/Field Engineer Channel Partners Channel Partners Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Blade Servers, server virtualization software, and server operating systems Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Blade Servers, Cisco UCS in an enterprise data center routing and switching infrastructure, and next-generation Cisco Nexus product family Cisco Nexus Switches (1000, 5000, and 7000 Series), Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Switches, Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager, Cisco Virtual Network Management Center, and Cisco MDS Series Multilayer Switches Cisco Nexus Switches (1000, 5000, and 7000 Series), Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Blade Servers, Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager, Cisco Virtual Network Management Center, and Cisco MDS Series Multilayer Switches Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Service Modules and Cisco Nexus 2000, 4000, 5000, and 7000 Series Switches Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Service Modules and Cisco Nexus 2000, 4000, 5000, and 7000 Series Switches 2 2 None None

1-3

None

1-3

None

1-3

Valid Cisco CCDA or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite. Valid Cisco CCNP or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.

1-3

1-3 1-3

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director and Multilayer Fabric Switches, Cisco NX-OS, and a technology overview of Cisco Unified Fabric, Cisco Nexus, and Cisco UCS products Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Director and Multilayer Fabric Switches, Cisco NX-OS, and a technology overview of Cisco Unified Fabric, Cisco Nexus, and Cisco UCS products Cisco ACE Services Module and Appliance, Cisco Global Site Selector, and Cisco Application Network Manager Cisco ACE Services Module and Appliance, Cisco Global Site Selector, and Cisco Application Network Manager

1 1

None None

3-5 3-5

1 1

Valid CCDA or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite. Valid CCNA or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.

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