This certification and its associated training help the technical pre-sales consultant understand the positioning of the Superdome 2 servers in the HP server product line and become familiar with the features, capabilities, tools and resources. The consultant will be able to plan and design a solution based on a set of customer requirements.

HP Superdome 2 pioneers a new category of modular, mission-critical systems that scale up, out, and within to consolidate all tiers of critical applications on a common platform. Engineered with trusted Superdome reliability, Superdome 2 includes a modular, bladed design, common components, and standard racks. This also includes a common server management framework, supported now from x86 to Superdome. This new Superdome server extends the resiliency of the multiple generations of HP high-end servers with 100+ new mission-critical innovatio With breakthrough innovations such as the Superdome 2 Crossbar Fabric and Power-on-once technology couple with rich virtualization capabilities, Superdome 2 sets the standard for the next decade of mission-critical computing.

This certification and its associated training prepare the technical pre-sales consultant to work with a set of customer requirements to plan and design a Superdome 2 solution. HP partners who are authorized to sell such solutions must have adequately trained consultants on staff. This will help ensure a faster time to solution for the customer.

Channel partner and HP pre-sales consultants who plan and design solutions based on the HP Superdome 2 serve platform.

The candidate for this certification must hold 1 prerequisite certification and complete 1 core requirement exam.

Prerequisite:
APP – HP Enterprise Solutions [2010]

Core Requirement: 
Exam HP0-P15: Planning & Designing HP Superdome 2 Solutions

Superseded Certification and Upgrade Path:
APC – HP Superdome 2 Solutions [2011] supersedes APC – HP Superdome Server Solutions [2005], which cannot be attained after 1 March 2011. Due to the extensive changes in the product line over the years, and the new content in the training, there is no “delta” training or exam to upgrade from [2005] to [2011].  All candidates for the [2011] certification must complete the new prerequisite and core requirement exam.