AIS - HP ProLiant ML/DL/SL Servers

This certification validates that the technical professional is able to fully prepare a ProLiant expandable tower (ML), rack mount (DL) or scalable (SL) server for the customer so that it can be placed into a test environment or into production, or be ready for the customer to install his applications. This includes all aspects of installation and startup tasks (hardware configuration, operating system installation, HP driver installation, and full management instrumentation). The candidate should have knowledge of how HP ProLiant ML/DL/SL solutions address real problems customers are facing today.

The training that leads to this certification provides the perfect foundation for understanding the 6th generation of this family of server products.

Why Earn This Certification

Businesses around the world rely on HP ProLiant ML expandable tower servers, HP ProLiant DL rack mount servers, and HP ProLiant SL scalable system servers for the highest level of efficiency, insight and control. The "ProLiant" brand is synonymous with "industry standard server." This certification provides a foundation for acquiring certifications that support more advanced ProLiant solutions capabilities.

Ideal Candidate

HP partner, employee or customer technical professionals who design and implement SMB or enterprise computing solutions based on the ProLiant server family.

AIS - HP BladeSystem Solutions

This certification validates that the professional is able to fully prepare a BladeSystem solution for the customer so that it can be placed into a test environment or into production, or be ready for the customer to install his applications. This individual performs all aspects of Installation and Startup Services, including hardware configuration, operating system installation, HP driver installation, and full management instrumentation. This individual also should have knowledge of performance enhancement tools like the Essentials Suite of products. This is a foundational certification for understanding the technical aspects of a converged infrastructure environment. The certification and its associated training include content pertaining to both HP Integrity blades and HP ProLiant blades.

Ideal Candidate

HP partner, employee or customer technical professionals who design, implement or support solutions based on the HP BladeSystem platform.

The required exam

• Exam PRA-S27: Practice exam for "Implementing HP BladeSystem Solutions"

HP Master ASE - Storage Solutions

This master-level certification validates the technical expert's ability to drive storage strategy at the overall infrastructure level rather than the product level. Master ASE certified professionals shift the storage infrastructure to deliver cloud services and mission-critical applications from a cloud data center, leveraging CloudSystem Matrix and using Storage Provisioning Manager to auto-provision multi-tiered storage in a federated data center.

Why Earn this Certification?

The data center is undergoing its most dramatic shift since the move to client server computing 20 years ago. HP sees two major tectonic shifts happening in IT: the move to secure multi-tenant computing, and the shift to cloud delivery models. HP Storage is best positioned to capitalize on these trends and deliver leading solutions to the challenge of today's unpredictable workloads and explosive data growth that legacy storage architectures are unable to meet.

The Master ASE has the broad knowledge and skills necessary to architect a customer's enterprise-wide storage solution that will drive business enablement. This professional ensures that the storage architecture is:

Virtualized to allow dynamic provisioning of resources to support applications when capacity is needed most

Capacity optimized to lower the cost and reduce management complexities when responding to explosive data growth

Application integrated to enable smooth orchestration across the network and allow massive data sets to bypass network limitations

Standardized on common platforms and components to lower costs and enable scale-out architectures

Ideal Candidate

HP partner, employee or customer technical professional who defines business requirements, designs multi-site complex solutions and manages the deployment of sophisticated enterprise storage solutions.