This course is for those whare new tNutanix and want a feature-focused introduction tAOS Storage, Nutanix’s scale-out storage technology, and Prism, Nutanix’s multicloud management interface.

NHCF explores the breadth and depth of Nutanix’s centralized management capabilities. Focused on getting you texplore and work with the Nutanix platform as quickly as possible, this introductory course starts by discussing key Nutanix products and cluster-related concepts.

Using the Prism Central and Prism Element unified control plane, you will learn how tmonitor cluster health and performance, manage software versions, create and manage VMs, and perform basic management tasks on hardware, storage, and networks.

In addition tthe associate-level NHCF course, Nutanix University alsoffers a professional-level course — Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA). ECA covers similar topics tNHCF, providing more in-depth content regarding key administrative tasks (deployment, configuration, migration, reporting, and son).

Audience

• Network and security operations center personnel whwant tlearn Nutanix fundamentals (Prism, AOS, AHV) virtualization and Cloudrelated concepts.
• Specific job roles that will benefit from the NHCF course:
  • Network Operations Center (NOC) operators
  • Security Operations Center (SOC) operators
  • Data Center Operations (DCO) Technician
  • IT project managers
  • IT staff new tNutanix
• Anyone seeking the Nutanix Certified Associated (NCA) certification.

Software Versions

• AOS 6.10
• Prism Central 2024.1.0.2

Course Outline

1: Introduction

• Understand three-tier and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)
• Understand Nutanix Cloud Solution Packages
• Get started with Prism Central and Prism Element
• Understand Nutanix Pulse
• Understand when tuse Prism Central and when tuse Prism Element
• Cluster setup fundamentals
• Understand cluster-level security settings

Hands-on Labs

• Accessing and Exploring Prism Element and Prism Central
• Deciding when tuse Prism Central versus Prism Element

2: Hardware and Storage Concepts

• Understand nodes, blocks, and clusters
• Understand types of physical storage
• Understand AOS Distributed Storage
• Understand key storage concepts such as storage pools, storage containers, redundancy factor, replication factor, capacity reservation, cluster resiliency, and snapshots
• Use different Prism Central dashboards tmonitor cluster hardware and storage

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the hardware and storage containers dashboards
• Creating a storage container

3: Networking

• Understand AHV networking terminology and key concepts such as managed and unmanaged networks
• Use Prism Central tmonitor cluster networks
• Use Prism Element texplore the Network Visualizer

Hands-On Labs

• Viewing network configuration in Prism Central
• Using the Network Visualizer

4: Image Management

• Understand the image service
• Use Prism Central tmonitor, upload, import, and manage images

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the images dashboard
• Uploading and importing an image tPrism Central
• Uploading an image using Prism Element

5: VM Management

• Use Prism Central tcreate and monitor VMs
• Perform basic VM management tasks such as updating, deleting, exporting, and cloning VMs; taking snapshots; and creating VM recovery points
• Understand categories and affinity policies

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the VMs dashboard
• Creating VMs
• Creating a VM recovery point
• Cloning a VM
• Exporting a VM as an OVA file

6: Backup and Disaster Recovery Fundamentals

• Understand data protection and data protection strategies
• Create snapshots and recovery points
• Use the Data Protection dashboard
• Create protection domains and remote sites
• Understand Nutanix Disaster Recovery terms and concepts

Hands-on Labs

• Creating protection domains and local VM restore
• Configuring remote sites
• Creating protection domains using remote sites
• Performing VM migration

7: Monitoring Cluster Performance and Health

• Use Prism Central tcreate sessions, charts, and reports
• Understand and explore alerts and events
• Configure alert emails
• oCollect logs
• oUse the Nutanix Support Portal tcreate a support case

Hands-On Labs

• Adding built-in charts tthe Analysis Dashboard
• Creating a custom chart
• Creating a new report
• Viewing, downloading, and scheduling reports
• Monitoring cluster health
• Collecting logs

8: Understanding Licensing and Performing Upgrades

• Understand License Manager
• View license details in Prism and on the Nutanix Support & Insights Portal
• License a cluster
• Understand Life Cycle Manager (LCM) and the LCM workflow
• Use the LCM dashboard in Prism Central and Prism Element
• Use LCM tperform an inventory

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the LCM dashboard
• Performing inventory at a Connected Site and at a Dark Site