NVIDIA-Certified Professional

AI Infrastructure

(NCP-AII)

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About This Certification

The NCP-AI Infrastructure certification is an intermediate-level credential that validates a candidate’s ability to deploy, configure, and validate advanced NVIDIA AI infrastructure. The exam is online and proctored remotely, includes approximately 70 questions, and has a 120-minute time limit.

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Certification Exam Details

Duration: 120 minutes  

Price: $400 

Certification level: Professional  

Subject: AI Infrastructure  

Number of questions: 70-75

Prerequisites: Two to three years of operational experience working in a data center with NVIDIA hardware solutions. The candidate should be able to deploy all the parts of a data center infrastructure in support of AI workloads.

Language: English 

Validity: This certification is valid for two years from issuance. Recertification may be achieved by retaking the exam.

Credentials: Upon passing the exam, participants will receive a digital badge and optional certificate indicating the certification level and topic.

Exam Preparation

Topics Covered in the Exam

Topics covered in the exam include:

  • Install and configure servers & networks
  • Physical layer management
  • Troubleshoot and optimize systems and networks

Candidate Audiences

  • Data center administrators
  • Infrastructure administrators
  • Network administrators
  • Network engineers
  • Storage administrators
  • System administrators
  • Solution architects

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Exam Blueprint

The table below provides an overview of the topic areas covered in the certification exam and how much of the exam is focused on that subject.

Topic Areas % of Exam Topics Covered
System and Server Bring-up 31%
  • Describe sequence of events for deployment and validation.
  • Describe network topologies for AI factories.
  • Perform initial configuration of BMC, OOB, and TPM. 
  • Perform firmware upgrades (including on HGX™) and fault detection.
  • Validate power and cooling parameters.
  • Install GPU-based servers (SMI).
  • Validate installed hardware.
  • Describe and validate cable types and transceivers.
  • Install physical GPUs.
  • Validate hardware operation for workloads.
  • Configure initial parameters for third-party storage.
Physical Layer Management 5%
  • Configure and manage a BlueField® network platform.
  • Configure MIG (AI and HPC).
Control Plane Installation and Configuration 19%
  • Install Base Command™ Manager (BCM), configure and verify HA.
  • Install OS.
  • Install Cluster (configure category, configure interfaces, install Slurm/Enroot/Pyxis).
  • Install/update/remove NVIDIA GPU and DOCA™ drivers.
  • Install the NVIDIA container toolkit.
  • Demonstrate how to use NVIDIA GPUs with Docker.
  • Install NGC™ CLI on hosts.
Cluster Test and Verification 33%
  • Perform a single-node stress test.
  • Execute HPL (High-Performance Linpack).
  • Perform single-node NCCL (including verifying NVLink™ Switch).
  • Validate cables by verifying signal quality.
  • Confirm cabling is correct.
  • Confirm FW/SW on switches.
  • Confirm FW/SW on BlueField-3.
  • Confirm FW on transceivers.
  • Run ClusterKit to perform a multifaceted node assessment.
  • Run NCCL to verify E/W fabric bandwidth.
  • Perform NCCL burn-in.
  • Perform HPL burn-in.
  • Perform NeMo™ burn-in.
  • Test storage.
Troubleshoot and Optimize 12%
  • Identify and troubleshoot hardware faults (e.g., GPU, fan, network card). 
  • Identify faulty cards, GPUs, and power supplies. 
  • Replace faulty cards, GPUs, and power supplies. 
  • Execute performance optimization for AMD and Intel servers. 
  • Optimize storage.

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