Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF)

This course is for those who are new to Nutanix and want a feature-focused introduction to AOS 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 to explore 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 to monitor cluster health and performance, manage software versions, create and manage VMs, and perform basic management tasks on hardware, storage, and networks.

In addition to the associate-level NHCF course, Tielen Consultancy B.V. also offers a professional course Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA). ECA covers similar topics to NHCF, providing more in-depth content regarding key administrative tasks (deployment, configuration, migration, reporting, and so on).

• Network and security operations center personnel who want to learn Nutanix fundamentals (Prism, AOS, AHV) virtualization and Cloud-related 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 to Nutanix
• Anyone seeking the Nutanix Certified Associated (NCA) certification.

Module 1: Introduction

• Understand hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and virtualization concepts
• Understand the Nutanix Cloud Platform and its core components: AOS Storage, AHV Virtualization, and Prism
• Understand the benefits of Nutanix HCI
• Get started with Prism Element and Prism Central, and understand when to use each
• Understand Nutanix Pulse and how to enable it
• Understand cluster fundamentals: nodes, blocks, and clusters, and view hardware in Prism Element
• Use the Nutanix Support and Insights Portal

Hands-on Labs

• Accessing and exploring Prism Element
• Accessing and exploring Prism Central
• Exploring the Hardware dashboard
• Deciding when to use Prism Central versus Prism Element

Module 2: Storage Concepts 

• Understand AOS Storage, intelligent tiering, and data locality
• Understand storage concepts: storage tiers, storage pools, storage containers, vDisks, and volume groups
• Understand storage resiliency: redundancy factor, replication factor, and cluster resiliency preference
• Understand capacity optimization: reserved/advertised capacity, compression, deduplication, and erasure coding
• Create and update storage containers in Prism Central

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the storage containers dashboard 
• Creating a storage container 

Module 3: Networking

• Understand AHV networking terminology
• Compare AHV networking terms to their ESXi/Hyper-V equivalents
• Understand VLANs and IP Address Management (IPAM)
• Monitor networks in Prism Element using the Network Visualizer
• Manage networks in Prism Central, including managed and unmanaged networks

Hands-On Labs

• Viewing network configuration in Prism Central 
• Using the Network Visualizer 
• Creating an unmanaged network

Module 4: Image Management 

• Understand the image service and why images are needed
• Add and manage images in Prism Element
• Explore the Images dashboard in Prism Central

Hands-On Labs 

• Exploring the Images dashboard
• Uploading an image to Prism Central
• Importing an image to Prism Central

Module 5: Categories 

• Understand categories and pre-built categories
• Assign categories to VMs in Prism Central
• Assign a VM to a storage policy

Hands-on Labs

• Assigning the default storage policy

Module 6: VM Management

• Understand what a VM is and explore the VMs dashboard
• Create, update, clone, and import VMs
• Create a VM recovery point
• Export a VM as an OVA file or QCOW2 file

Hands-On Labs 

• Exploring the VMs dashboard
• Creating a virtual machine
• Managing virtual machines:

Module 7: Monitoring Cluster Performance

• Work with charts
• Work with reports:

Hands-On Labs

• Working with charts
• Working with reports

Module 8: Monitoring Cluster Health

• Monitor cluster health in Prism Element and Prism Central
• Run Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) in Prism Element and Prism Central
• Collect logs

Hands-On Labs

• Monitoring cluster health
• Collecting logs

Module 9: Using LCM

• Understand Life Cycle Manager (LCM), the LCM workflow, and software update distribution
• Use the LCM dashboard in Prism Element and Prism Central
• Perform inventory on Prism Element and Prism Central clusters, and at a Dark Site

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the LCM dashboard
• Performing inventory from Prism Element
• Executing a cluster inventory from Prism Central

• Customer must purchase training seats in advance of scheduling course dates.
• Customer may not cancel purchased training seats and all amounts paid are non-refundable.
• Customer may reschedule courses with no less than 10 business days written notice to Tielen Consultancy B.V. Rescheduling fees may apply.
• Customer may substitute a student with no less than 5 business days written notice to Tielen Consultancy B.V. Rescheduling fees do not apply to substitutions.
• Tielen Consultancy B.V. has a 10-business-day (prior training start date) reschedule policy. If customer reschedules within those 10 business days, fees may apply up to the full price of the seat.
• Tielen Consultancy B.V. reserves the right to cancel any scheduled course due to minimum enrollment not being achieved, instructor illness, or other events outside of its control.
• Cancellation notices will be sent to enrolled students by email with rescheduling information and alternative training options.
• Any invoices must be paid 7 days prior training start date.