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 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

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 to monitor 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 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

4: Image Management

• 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

5: 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

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

o Use Prism Central to create sessions, charts, and reports

o Understand and explore alerts and events

o Configure alert emails

oCollect logs

oUse 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

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 to perform an inventory

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the LCM dashboard

• Performing inventory at a Connected Site and at a Dark Site

• 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.