From linux or systems administration to Data Centre Technician, Systems
A way in from outside the industry.
There’s a page for this pathway in , with its licences and local details.
What’s different
A year of Linux is enough to come in at this rung; learns the hall’s safety rules and how hardware is handled in a live data centre.
Skills to build
What a Data Centre Technician, Systems needs. Some of it will come with your background.
Systems and virtualisation
- Administer an operating system Independent
- Diagnose a fault to a field-replaceable unit in a rack-scale system Independent
- Diagnose server hardware Independent
- Install and patch a hypervisor host Independent
- Install or rebuild an operating system Independent
- Run burn-in and acceptance tests on new hardware Independent
- Run fleet runbooks and return hosts to service Independent
- Take a node out of service and return it Independent
- Update firmware and management controllers Independent
- Use the Linux and Windows command line Independent
- How rack-scale accelerator systems fail Independent, desirable
White space and IT hardware
- Decommission equipment and handle media Independent
- Rack and stack equipment Independent
- Take electrostatic discharge precautions Independent
Site safety
- Select and use protective equipment Independent
Procedures and documents
- Work within change management Independent
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Assisted
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)