Course Overview
The Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals 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.
This course is designed for those who are new to Nutanix and want a feature-focused introduction to AOS Storage, our scale-out storage technology, and Prism, our multicloud management interface.
In Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF), you’ll dive into Nutanix centralized management capabilities, with an emphasis on quickly getting hands-on with the Nutanix platform. 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.
What are the skills covered
- History of clouds
- Nutanix essential products
- Nutanix solutions for business challenges
- Fundamental operations of Nutanix Hybrid Cloud
Who should attend this course
- 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:
o Network Operations Center (NOC) operators
o Security Operations Center (SOC) operators
o Data Center Operations (DCO) Technician
o IT project managers
o IT staff new to Nutanix - Anyone seeking the Nutanix Certified Associated (NCA) certification.
Course Curriculum
What are the Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites required to attend this course.
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Course Modules
- 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 to use Prism Central and when to use Prism Element
- Cluster setup fundamentals
- Understand cluster-level security settings
Hands-on Labs
- Accessing and Exploring Prism Element and Prism Central
- Deciding when to use Prism Central versus Prism Element
- 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 to monitor cluster hardware and storage
Hands-On Labs
- Exploring the hardware and storage containers dashboards
- Creating a storage container
- Understand AHV networking terminology and key concepts such as managed and unmanaged networks
- Use Prism Central to monitor cluster networks
- Use Prism Element to explore the Network Visualizer
Hands-On Labs
- Viewing network configuration in Prism Central
- Using the Network Visualizer
- Understand the image service
- Use Prism Central to monitor, upload, import, and manage images
Hands-On Labs
- Exploring the images dashboard
- Uploading and importing an image to Prism Central
- Uploading an image using Prism Element
- VM Management
- Use Prism Central to create 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
- 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
- Use Prism Central to create sessions, charts, and reports
- Understand and explore alerts and events
- Configure alert emails
- Collect logs
- Use the Nutanix Support Portal to create a support case
Hands-On Labs
- Adding built-in charts to the Analysis Dashboard
- Creating a custom chart
- Creating a new report
- Viewing, downloading, and scheduling reports
- Monitoring cluster health
- Collecting logs
- 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 to perform an inventory
Hands-On Labs
- Exploring the LCM dashboard
- Performing inventory at a Connected Site and at a Dark Site
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Training Options
- ILT: Instructor-Led Training
- VILT: Virtual Instructor-Led Training
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Exam & Certification
Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA).
The Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) certification validates your skills and abilities to navigate the Prism UI, extrapolate information from the UI, and know how to use the UI for basic operational tasks.
Successful candidates have approximately 6-12 months of holistic IT infrastructure experience as well as 3-6 months of Nutanix virtualization experience. They are typically a systems administrator, junior engineer or IT operator and should be able to navigate and identify components within the Prism UI; perform life cycle management tasks of VMs and clusters; and monitor and report on performance, events, and alerts.
Training & Certification Guide
IT professionals with a Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) certification have demonstrated that they have the skills to navigate a Nutanix Cluster. Successful candidates ideally have 6-12 months of IT experience and can assist in operating and managing a Nutanix Enterprise Cloud.
- Number of Questions: 50
- Question Format: Multiple Choice
- Time Limit: 90 minutes
- Language: English
- Cost: USD99 per attempt
Once you earn NCA certification you join an exclusive community of Nutanix certified personnel, and earn more tangible benefits as well:
- Use of the NCA logo
- NCA Digital Badge from Credly/Acclaim
- Access to the Nutanix Certification store
- Discounts on Nutanix events
- Early access to educational programs
Frequently Asked Questions
Nutanix Technical Certifications have been designed from the ground up to recognize the real-world skills and knowledge needed to successfully deploy, manage, optimize, and scale a Hybrid Multicloud solution. Earning certifications in these areas validates that you have proven your abilities and are well-equipped to guide your organization along the next phase of their Cloud journey.
The exam cost for NCP and NCM exams is USD $199 per attempt. The NCA exam
costs USD $99 per attempt.
Visit the Nutanix University Learning Platform and choose which certification learning plan you would like to enroll in here. Follow the certification learning plan of your choice and you will find the Exam Blueprint Guide with instructions on how to register for an exam and more.
Yes, when you pass a certification exam, you will receive a digital badge within 7 days to share with your friends and colleagues.
Successful NCA candidates have 6-12 months of IT experience and can assist in operating and managing a Nutanix Enterprise Cloud, while successful NCP candidates have approximately 3-6 months experience working with an AOS implementation as well as additional general systems administration experience (typically 1-2 years).
The new Nutanix Certified Expert – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCX-MCI) Certification recognizes Multicloud infrastructure practioners who have mastered the skills and abilities contained in the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Solution Design (ECSD) Boot Camp to teach strategic, enterprise-class design and delivery skills to Multicloud Infrastructure Practitioners.
This course, and the solution design method it teaches, was developed for the NPX Program. It focuses on discovery of business requirements, as well as creating and delivering Cloud-Smart solutions that leverage both the Nutanix stack for Private Cloud and the best offerings from our Public Cloud partners.
The NCX-MCI certification is designed to provide an intermediate step between the NCM-MCI and NPX certifications. NCX-MCI allows ECSD boot camp graduates to validate their advanced design skills and product knowledge by successfully presenting a template-guided solution to a panel of experts. For those who want to go deeper into the core AOS product, and for those who will be engaged in post-sales implementation of G2000-scale solutions (and the documentation required for success) the NPX Program is the next step.
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ECA: Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Administration 6.5
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Master Level Training Courses:
AAPM: Advanced Administration & Performance Management 5.15
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Expert Level Training Courses:
ECSD: Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Solution Design Boot Camp
The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Solution Design vBoot Camp is a 3-day event that prepares you to engage with enterprise customers and design Nutanix Enterprise Cloud solutions that deliver real business value.
This event is for you, if you are an experienced and expert technologist, pre-sales engineer, post-sales consultant, or solution architect who supports the adoption of private and hybrid cloud in the enterprise.
