Cisco Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization

Cisco Data Center Architecture Specialization tests knowledge in selling, designing, installing, and supporting the Data Center Architecture.

Specialization Requirements

There are five required roles for the Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization: account manager, architecture systems engineer, and 3 field engineers.

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Cisco Career Certification	Recommended Training	Exam
Account Manager
Prerequisites: Cisco Sales Expert
Cisco Data Center Sales Specialist for Architecture	Quickstart for DC/Virtualization Architecture
	DCUCAM Cisco Data Center Unified Computing for Account Managers	PSDCUCAM Exam #650-987
	DCNSS Data Center Networking Solution Sales	DCNSS Exam #646-985
Role Sharing Guidelines: One qualified individual may fill only the account manager role in up to two architecture specializations.

Cisco Career Certification	Recommended Training	Exam
Architecure Systems Engineer
Prerequisites: none
Cisco Data Center Architecture Design Specialist	Quickstart for DC/Virtualization Architecture
		PSDCUCAM Exam #642-387
	Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFD)	DCUFD v4 Exam #642-991 or DCUFD v5 Exam #642-996
	Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (CI-DCUCD)	Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD) v4 Exam #642-993 or DCUCD v5 Exam #642-998
Role Sharing Guidelines: One qualified individual may fill only the Architecture Systems Engineer (ASE) role in up to two architecture specializations.

Cisco Career Certification	Recommended Training	Exam
Field Engineer 1 (Unified Computing)
Prerequisites: none
Cisco Data Center Support for Unified Computing Specialist	Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)	DCUCI v4 Exam #646-994 or DCUCI v5 Exam #646-999
Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist	Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)	DCUCI v4 Exam #646-994 or DCUCI v5 Exam #646-999
	Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCT)	DCUCT Exam #646-035
Role Sharing Guidelines: The field engineer cannot fill roles in other architecture specializations (Borderless Network or Collaboration); however, one field engineer can fulfill up to 1 additional field engineer role (2 FE roles total) within the Data Center Architecture Specialization. Role sharing in technology specialization(s) has no impact on architecture specialization(s).

Cisco Career Certification	Recommended Training	Exam
Field Engineer 2 (Unified Fabric)
Prerequisites: CCNP Routing & Switching
Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Support Specialist	Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI)	DCUFI v4 Exam #642-992 or DCUFI v5 Exam #642-997
Data Center Unified Fabric Support Specialist	Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI)	DCUFI v4 Exam #642-992 or DCUFI v5 Exam #642-997
	Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (CI-DCUFT)	DCUFT Exam #642-980
Role Sharing Guidelines: The field engineer cannot fill roles in other architecture specializations (Borderless Network or Collaboration); however, one field engineer can fulfill up to 1 additional field engineer role (2 FE roles total) within the Data Center Architecture Specialization. Role sharing in technology specialization(s) has no impact on architecture specialization(s).

Cisco Career Certification	Recommended Training	Exam
Field Engineer 3 (Application Services)
Prerequisites: CCNA
Cisco Data Center Application Services Support Specialist	Deploying Security in Cisco ACI (DSACI)	DCASI Exam #642-975
Role Sharing Guidelines: The field engineer cannot fill roles in other architecture specializations (Borderless Network or Collaboration); however, one field engineer can fulfill up to 1 additional field engineer role (2 FE roles total) within the Data Center Architecture Specialization. Role sharing in technology specialization(s) has no impact on architecture specialization(s).