Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI)

Knowledge Objectives

Section 1 – Understand Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Concepts

• Describe and differentiate features present in Acropolis, Prism (Element and Central), and AHV

Section 2 – Manage a Nutanix Cluster

• Manage node operations in a Nutanix cluster
• Given a scenario, deploy ROBO sites
  

Section 3 – Secure a Nutanix Cluster

• Given a scenario, configure RBAC
• Install SSL certificates
  
• Explain authentication and password management
• Explain Data-at-Rest Encryption (DARE) functionality

Section 4 – Configure and Manage Networking 

• Given a scenario, configure networking
• Describe AHV networking components and configuration settings
• Describe AHV Managed vs Unmanaged networks
• Describe AHV Bond modes
  

Section 5 – Create and Manage Virtual Machines (VMs)

• Identify tools and methods for migrating a VM
• Create and Deploy VMs
• Given a scenario, modify a VM configuration
• Given a scenario, configure Affinity Rules
• Explain Live Migration
  

Section 6 – Monitor Cluster Health and Alerts

• Given a scenario, analyze the performance and health of a Nutanix cluster and VMs
• Configure Cluster Monitoring
  

Section 7 – Understand the Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric 

• Recognize components of storage constructs and the data path of snapshots, clones, etc.
• Identify methods for creating a Storage Container and how to configure Deduplication, Compression, and Erasure Coding on Nutanix Containers

Section 8 – Describe Acropolis Storage Services

• Define and configure Nutanix Volumes
• Define Nutanix Files use cases
  

Section 9 – Understand Data Resiliency

• Given a scenario, configure VM High Availability
• Given a scenario, differentiate failover processes, including disk failure, CVM failure, and node failure related to Replication Factor
• Describe Data Path Redundancy
  

Section 10 – Implement Data Protection

• Given a scenario, configure Protection Domains
• Describe Leap Availability Zones
  

Section 11 – Understand Prism Central

• Describe and differentiate Prism Element and Prism Central. Identify methods for viewing information about VMs, clusters, hosts, disks, and Storage Containers, as well as creating and monitoring performance graphs, alerts, and statistics

Section 12 – Conduct Lifecycle Operations

• Given a scenario, recognize processes to start, stop, and expand a cluster. Additionally, demonstrate how to start and shutdown a node within a cluster and how to eject a node from a cluster
• Perform upgrades on a Nutanix cluster
• Install, upgrade, and reclaim licenses