This is a release notice for Huawei Certified HCIA-Datacom V1.0 (English version). It is scheduled for worldwide official release on April 18th, 2020.

1.     Overview   

Huawei Certification is an integral part of the company's "Platform + Ecosystem" strategy, and it supports the ICT infrastructure featuring "Cloud-Pipe-Device". It evolves to reflect the latest trends of ICT development. Huawei Certification consists of three categories: ICT Infrastructure Certification, Platform and Service Certification, and ICT Vertical Certification, making it the most extensive technical certification program in the industry.

Huawei offers three levels of certification: Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA), Huawei Certified ICT Professional (HCIP), and Huawei Certified ICT Expert (HCIE).

With its leading talent development system and certification standards, Huawei is committed to developing ICT professionals in the digital era, building a healthy ICT talent ecosystem.

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 certification aims to train and certificate engineers with basic knowledge and skills commonly used in datacom field.

Passing the HCIA-Datacom V1.0 certification will indicate that you:

will be qualified for the positions of small-sized enterprise network engineer.

are able to proceed basic network design, implementation, O&M and network automation by using Huawei datacom equipment.

2.     Product Overview

Following is the list of released materials for HCIA-Datacom V1.0:

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Training Outline

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Exam Outline

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Training Materials

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Lab Guides

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Mock Exam

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Timetable

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Equipment List

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Experiment Environment Setup Guide

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Online Course (to be released in June 2020)

3.     Training Description

3.1     Training Materials

The training materials of HCIA-Datacom V1.0 are as follows:

• Datacom Network Basics

• Constructing an Interconnected and Interoperable IP Network  

• Building an Ethernet switching network

• Network Security Basics and Network Access  

• Network service and application

• WLAN basics  

• WAN basics  

• Network management and O&M

• IPv6 basics

• Basics of SDN and Automation

3.2     Lab Guides

The lab guides of HCIA-Datacom V1.0 are as follows:

• Huawei VRP System Basic Operation and Experiment Manual.

• IP Network Experiment Manual for Building Interconnection.

• Building an Ethernet Switch Network Experiment Manual.

• Network security basics and network access experiment manual.

• Basic Network Service and Application Configuration Lab Manual.

• Building a Basic WLAN Network Experiment Manual.

• Building the IPv6 Network Experiment Manual.

• Building a Basic Automation Network Experiment Manual

• Campus Network Project Practice

3.3     Training Duration

The HCIA-Datacom V1.0 training is designed for 10 working days.

3.4     Lab Environment

Please refer to HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Equipment List and HCIA-Datacom V1.0 Experiment Environment Setup Guide in the training materials list for detailed equipment models and lab development guide.

4.     Trainers Enablement and Certification

5.     Exam Description

The HCIA-Datacom V1.0 certification exam can be taken at Pearson VUE on April 18, 2020. Reservation can be made at https://home.pearsonvue.com/huawei with exam code: H12-811.

6.     Release Scope and Target Customers

HCIA-Datacom V1.0 is scheduled for official release worldwide on April 18, 2020.

The certification targets ICT professionals, Huawei users, Huawei partner, ISV, Huawei engineers, as well as college students.

7.     Product Information and Documentation

The following describes how to obtain the electronic documents of the training product.

Please contact Certification@huawei.com for any comments or suggestions.

                                              Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
                                     April 18th, 2020