Nutanix Community Edition Primer TechUG Labs Q2 2015

Nutanix
Community
Edition
Primer
Updated Q2 2015
Jason Meers
NPSR, NPSE, NPP
In association with:
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Contents
Introduction and legal information ............................................................... 5
About this guide .......................................................................................... 6
Intended use............................................................................................... 6
About Nutanix CE ....................................................................................... 7
Hardware compatibility ............................................................................... 8
Downloading Nutanix CE ............................................................................ 9
Preparing the local media ......................................................................... 10
Write the image to USB, SD or SATA-DOM.............................................. 10
DD under Linux ........................................................................................ 10
DD under MacOS ..................................................................................... 10
Win32 Disk Imager ................................................................................... 10
Installing Nutanix CE ................................................................................ 11
Configuring a Nutanix CE cluster .............................................................. 12
SSH under Linux ...................................................................................... 12
SSH under MacOS ................................................................................... 13
Putty - Windows........................................................................................ 13
Create a single-node cluster ..................................................................... 14
Create a multi-node cluster ....................................................................... 15
The main PRISM interface ........................................................................ 16
Create a storage pool ............................................................................... 20
Create a storage container ....................................................................... 23
Create a File system Whitelist .................................................................. 27
Create ISO store....................................................................................... 28
Create a network ...................................................................................... 30
Acropolis KVM .......................................................................................... 34
Create a VM ............................................................................................. 35
Install a VM............................................................................................... 42
Starting and stopping services .................................................................. 46
Powering off a whole cluster ..................................................................... 47
Technology User Group............................................................................ 48
Bargain Hardware..................................................................................... 49
Introduction and legal information

This guide is intended primarily at IT professionals and virtualisation
consultants with an interest in learning and deploying Nutanix Community
Edition in a home-lab, test/dev or non-production environment.
The information found in this guide should not be used or followed in a
production environment or live business environment, it is provided for the
sole purpose of helping individuals learn Nutanix Community Edition in a
small training environment.
Legal Information
The author assumes no liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect

damage, loss, inconvenience or other unintended consequences
caused by using, or following the information presented in this
guide.
Whilst great care and attention has been taken whilst producing this
guide the author cannot guarantee the accuracy of any of the
information provided in this guide.
The guide and the information presented in this guide is based on

the beta version of the product which will be subject to unspecified
changes and modifications over time, outside of the authors control.
Nutanix, Nutanix Community Edition, Nutanix CE and other

associated trademarks, logos and devices remain the sole property
of their respective owners and are only used in this guide to explain
a concept or illustrate a procedure.
This guide is not officially endorsed, recognised or affiliated with

Nutanix or any of its subsidiarys.
At the time of writing this guide the author is not employed by

Nutanix, and has never been employed by Nutanix.
Unless clearly stated, no other contributing authors of this guide are

employees of Nutanix.
The author is not officially recognised or certified by Nutanix for

providing information or training on Nutanix products and services
other than having passed the following Nutanix Partner
Accreditations.
o NPSR Nutanix Platform Sales Representative
o NPSE Nutanix Platform Sales Engineer
o NPP Nutanix Platform Professional
The only official source of product information and product support

for Nutanix Community Edition is from the Nutanix NEXT
community.
IF YOU DO NOT CLEARLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ACCEPT

THE LEGAL INFORMATION AND LEGAL DISCLAIMERS IN THIS
SECTION PLEASE STOP READING THE GUIDE AT THIS POINT AND
DESTROY ALL PHSYICAL OR ELECTRONIC COPIES OF THIS GUIDE
IN YOUR PERSONAL POSSESSION
About this guide

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Intended use
This primary focus of this guide is to provide the user with enough
information to:
Download and install Nutanix Community Edition

Perform initial configuration of a 1, 3 or 4 node cluster
Configure Storage
Configure Networking
Build a VM on the Acropolis KVM hypervisor
Provide a basic overview of the PRISM dashboard and
management interface
Start, Stop and Shutdown the cluster in a controlled manner
This guide was created to provide Nutanix CE training in the hands-on-labs

at the Technology User Group across the UK: www.technologyug.co.uk
About Nutanix CE
NOTE: Most of this information in this section has been taken directly
from the Nutanix website and Nutanix Community Edition
documentation and NEXT forums.
Community Edition is a 100% software solution

enabling technology enthusiasts to easily
evaluate the latest hyper-convergence
technology at zero cost. Users can now
experience the same Nutanix technology that
powers the datacenters of thousands of leading
enterprises around the world.
Feature Rich Software
Broad Hardware Support
Zero Cost
Sign Up
Sign up to access and download Community Edition software.
http://www.nutanix.com/products/community-edition/register
Deploy
Deploy Community Edition on up to four servers using a broad
variety of hardware.
http://www.nutanix.com/cwm/ce-hardware-table.html
Play
Evaluate with any workload. Explore and share your experience on
the Nutanix NEXT Community.
http://next.nutanix.com/
NOTE: Nutanix CE use an embedded, customised version of the KVM

hypervisor and does not support Hyper-V, vSphere ESXi or the Disaster
Recovery features present in the commercial Nutanix offerings.
Hardware compatibility
Minimum System Requirements for Community

Edition
Servers
1, 3 & 4 servers
CPU
Intel CPUs, 4 cores minimum, with

VT-x support
Memory
16GB minimum
Storage Subsystem
RAID 0 (LSI HBAs) or AHCI storage

sub-systems
Hot Tier (SSD)
One SSD per server minimum,

200GB per server
Cold Tier (HDD)
One HDD per server minimum,

500GB per server
Networking
Intel NICs
A community updated HCL (Hardware

Compatibility List) is also being maintained here
(registration required):
http://next.nutanix.com/t5/Nutanix-Community-Edition/ct-p/NutanixCommunity-Edition
NOTE: CPU cores need to be real physical processor cores, not virtual
processor cores provided by Hyper-Threading technology.
NOTE: Work is still in progress to make Nutanix CE work seamlessly in a
nested hypervisor environment. It is highly recommended that you deploy
Nutanix CE on physical hardware in the current version.
Downloading Nutanix CE
To register you will need to sign-up at the link

below:
http://www.nutanix.com/products/community-edition/register/
Register Now to Get Exclusive Access to Community

Edition
By signing up today you will:
Secure your place in line for early access
Join the premier hyper-convergence community
Get unfettered access to the latest product news
If you have a special access code, enter under "Invite Code."
Once signed up, the link to download the

software can be found in this forum (registration
required):
http://next.nutanix.com/t5/Nutanix-Community-Edition/ct-p/NutanixCommunity-Edition
The file download will have a name similar to the

following (depending on the version and date
downloaded):
ce-2015.06.08-beta.img.gz
Preparing the local media

An archive utility such as 7-ZIP or gzip/gunzip on Linux and MacOS can
be used to un-compress the g-zipped file:
ce-2015.06.08-beta.img.gz
To an image file such as:
ce-2015.06.08-beta.img
7-Zip can be downloaded for various operating systems at:
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Write the image to USB, SD or SATA-DOM

The image can be written to a USB, SD or SATA-DOM (Disk-On-Module)
with one of the following tools:
DD Under Linux
DD Under MacOS
Win32 Disk Imager Windows
DD under Linux
dd if=ce-2015.06.08-beta.img of=/dev/sdX
(Where X is the USB drive letter)
DD under MacOS
dd if=ce-2015.06.08-beta.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1m
(Where X is the USB drive letter)
Win32 Disk Imager

http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
Installing Nutanix CE
Boot from the removable media
Install the removable media into your server (USB, SD or SATA-DOM) and
enter the server BIOS to set this device as the first boot device and reboot
the server.
NOTES:
Install Nutanix CE
To begin the Nutanix CE installation log in as the following user with no
password:
User: install
After logging in you will need to provide the following details:

For the physical host:
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
For the Nutanix

Controller Virtual
Machine (CVM) that will
run on the physical
host:
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
At this point do not

tick/check the Create
single-node cluster
option (we will do this
manually from the
command line later).
Scroll down the licence
agreement and accept it
if you wish to continue,
then Start the
installation.
Once the install has
completed press ENTER
to exit and make a note
of the CVM IP Address
shown on screen.
Now, repeat this process for each Nutanix CE host you wish to install
Configuring a Nutanix CE cluster

Although it is possible to configure a cluster form the main cluster_init
page:
http://CVM-IP-ADDRESS:2100/cluster_init.html
Some operations cannot be completed through this cluster_init interface,

or from the Create single-node cluster option during the install, namely
creating a cluster where the host IP Address and CVM IP Address are on
the same subnet (such as 192.168.x.x):
Although we will use the command-line method to configure the cluster in
this guide, an example of the cluster_init interface is shown below:
Install an SSH client:

To access the CVM host over SSH you will need an SSH client:
SSH Under Linux

SSH Under MacOS
Putty Windows
SSH under Linux

ssh CVM-IP-ADDRESS
(Where CVM-IP-ADDRESS is the IP Address of the CVM)
SSH under MacOS

ssh CVM-IP-ADDRESS
(Where CVM-IP-ADDRESS is the IP Address of the CVM)
Putty - Windows
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Single-node and Multi-node clusters

Due to the way Nutanix CE protects and distributes data across hosts, only
the following cluster sizes are available:
Single-node cluster
1 Host
no data redundancy
Multi-node cluster
2 hosts
not available
Multi-node cluster
3 hosts
with data redundancy
Multi-node cluster
4 hosts
with data redundancy
Create a single-node cluster

To create a single-node cluster, SSH into the host and provide the following
user information:
User:
nutanix
Password:
nutanix/4u
Then run the following commands:

cluster -s CVM-IP -f create
ncli cluster add-to-name-servers servers="DNS-SERVER"
ncli cluster get-name-servers
(Where CVM-IP is the IP Address of the CVM, and DNS-SERVER is a

single IP Address or comma separated list of IP Addresses of DNS
Servers)
NOTE: If DNS servers are not configured correctly at this stage registering
the installation against your NEXT account in the next section will fail.
Create a multi-node cluster

To create a multi-node cluster, SSH into the host and provide the following
user information:
User:
nutanix
Password:
nutanix/4u
Then run the following commands:

cluster -s CVM-IP -f create
ncli cluster add-to-name-servers servers="DNS-SERVER"
ncli cluster get-name-servers
(Where CVM-IP is comma separated list of IP Addresses of the CVMs on

each of the host you wish to include in the cluster, and DNS-SERVER is a
single IP Address or comma separated list of IP Addresses of DNS
Servers)
NOTE: If DNS servers are not configured correctly at this stage registering
the installation against your NEXT account in the next section will fail.
The main PRISM interface

Open a web browser and
connect to the PRISM
management interface
using any of the CVM IP
Addresses present in
the cluster.
User:
Password:
admin
admin
You will be prompted to

create a new admin
password which should
be used in PRISM for all
future logins.
At the next screen you

will need to enter your
NEXT username and
password to register the
installation against your
NEXT account.
The main PRISM

interface will now load
and we will briefly cover
each section in turn.
Note: In the examples

shown here Z600 refers
the HP Z600 workstation
used to create these
screenshots.
Z600 has no other
special meaning here
and just identifies the
host for management
purposes.
An overall summary is
shown for:
Hypervisor
Version
Storage Used
Storage Capacity
The number of VMs

(Virtual Machines) is also
shown. The CVM itself is
the first VM running on
the system.
A hardware summary is
also shown showing how
many individual hosts
and blocks of hosts are
available.
NOTE: Blocks are more
relevant to the
commercial Nutanix form
factors.
Metrics are also provided

for:
Controller IOPS
Controller
bandwidth
NOTE: IOPS are I/O

Operations Per Second.
Metrics are also provided

for:
Controller
Latency
CPU Usage
Memory Usage
Overall health is also

broken down by:
Disks
Hosts
VMs
Critical alerts are shown

by:
Alert description
Minutes elapsed
since alert was
generated
The current Data

Resilience Status is
also shown along with
rebuild information.
In this screenshot the

cluster only consists of a
single-node, therefore
the resilience is
undefined (we have no
resilience)
In this screenshot the

cluster consists of a
multiple nodes, therefore
the cluster can tolerate
the failure of one host.
Block Awareness is a
feature more commonly
used with commercial
Nutanix offerings to
distribute metadata and
data across different
hardware blocks for
better redundancy
Statistics are also

provided for:
Warning Alerts
Info Alerts
Events
Create a storage pool

From the main PRISM
interface select the
Storage page.
From the Storage page,

select add Storage Pool
from the top-right menu.
A Storage Pool allows

us to aggregate all
available SSD and HDD
drives in a single host, or
across multiple hosts.
The default option is to

Use all unallocated
capacity, but if your disk
configuration is not
detected correctly, does
not meet the minimum
requirements or another
Storage Pool has
already been created
and used all available
capacity you may see a
screen like the one
shown below.
If disks are not

recognised correctly you
can try setting/moving an
SSD to be the first
device detected by the
BIOS
Ensure the minimum
requirements have been
met.
One SSD per

server minimum,
200GB per
server
One HDD per
server minimum,
500GB per
server
No more than
four drives in total
Once the Storage Pool

has been created it
should be visible from
the Storage > Table
view.
Create a storage container

From the main PRISM
interface select the
Storage page.
From the Storage page,

select add Container
from the top-right menu.
To create a Container
we need to specify:
Name
Storage Pool
In this example we have
used:
Z600-CONTAINER-01
As this guide is being
written using a HP Z600
workstation, however
you should replace the
prefix with your own such
as:
LAB01-CONTAINER-01
(If you are LAB student
01 for example)
In this guide we are not

going to enable any of
the Advanced Settings
for Storage Containers
as they require additional
compute and memory
resources to function
correctly.
In order to follow the Technology User Group lab that this guide was
written for, you will need to create the following two Storage
Containers:
We will however discuss

what these features are
in the next few pages,
should your own lab
environment have
enough resources
available to enable them
on each host.
If you are not following the TechUG lab feel free to substitute and of
these values/settings to your own environment.
LABxx-CONTAINER-01
LABxx-ISOS
(Where xx is your student/lab number)
To add a Storage
Container:
Enter a
descriptive name
Select a Storage
Pool to back it
Click Save
Repeat for any
other Storage
Containers you
may require.
The following Advanced

Settings are not
required in our lab
environment, however
we will cover them briefly
here as they are likely to
be encountered on larger
multi-host clusters and
commercial Nutanix
environments.
Replication Factor
On a single host the only
option available to us is a
Replication Factor or RP
of one. That means we
only have one copy of
the data at any one time
(as there are no other
hosts in our cluster
available to hold a
second copy)
Multi-node clusters can
leverage RP-2 or RP-3
for resilience (two or
three copies of each
block of data held on
different nodes in the
cluster).
Other options include:
Reserved
Capacity
Advertised
Capacity
Enable
Compression
Compression
Delay
Compression Delay
0 minutes
equates to inline
compression
Greater than 0
minutes equates
to offline
compression
The following Advanced

Settings are not
required in our lab
environment, however
we will cover them briefly
here as they are likely to
be encountered on larger
multi-host clusters and
commercial Nutanix
environments.
Performance Tier
Deduplication
(on/off)
De-duplicates data in
RAM/SSD tier but is not
recommended for:
VAAI Clones
Linked clones
CVMS with less
than 24GB RAM
Capacity Tier
Deduplication
(on-post-process/off)
De-duplicates data on
HDD tier but is not
recommended for:
VAAI Clones
Linked clones
CVMS with less
than 32GB RAM
CVMS with less
than 300GB
SSDs
Create a File system Whitelist

In order to add an ISO
image to the Storage
Container we just
created for holding the
ISOs we need to allow
NFS access to the
Storage Containers
through a Filesystem
Whitelist.
To allow our workstation

to mount the NFS
container we need to add
the Whitelist, and a
range of IP Addresses to
be included in it.
In this example we have
allowed the subnet:
192.168.0.0
With a subnet mask of:
255.255.255.0
(Which is also known as
a /24 subnet mask)
In the Technology User Group Lab we need to whitelist:

172.16.2.0/255.255.255.0
Create ISO store

SSH onto the CVM as
the nutanix user and
type the following to list
all NFS containers:
nfs_ls
Mount the volume in

the standard way on a
Linux or MacOS
operating System
Windows 7 users may

need to install the Client
for NFS component:
Control Panel >
Programs and Features
> Windows Features >
Services for NFS > NFS
Client
NOTE: Windows 8 and
later users may already
have the mount
command available
without having to install
the NFS Client.
Mount the drive to an
available drive letter then
copy the ISO files over:
For example:
mount \\CVM-IPADDRESS\STORAGECONTAINER DRIVELETTER:
mount
\\192.168.0.115\Z600
-ISOS Q:
(These commands and

volume names are casesensitive)
After copying the ISO file

over, we can run the
following command
again:
nfs_ls
To make sure that the

new files have
successfully been copied
over.
In addition to the
Windows installation
ISO, we also need to
download the KVM VirtIO
drivers so that the KVM
virtual hardware can be
recognised and
configured correctly.
The KVM VirtIO drivers ISO can be found here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers#Direct_
download
In the Technology User Group Lab we need copy the following ISOs:
Windows7 x86 ISO
KVM VirtIO Drivers ISO
We then need to
download the KVM VirtIO
drivers ISO and repeat
the process until we
have the following ISOS
on the ISOs Storage
Container:
Windows 7 ISO
KVM VirtIO ISO
Create a network
In order to connect a VM
to the outside world we
need to configure one or
more networks.
From the main PRISM
interface select the VM
page.
From the VM page,

select Network Config
from the top-right menu
Click on Create Network
We will create a new

Network on VLAN 0.
In the VLAN ID field
enter zero:
0
To add the new network

connection to VLAN 0
Click Save.
At this point we are done
creating the network
connection and we can
move onHowever
some optional settings
are shown next just for
completeness.
(These next steps are

optional)
If you wish to have more
control over IP
Addresses, DNS
Settings and Domain
Names you can select
the Enable IP Address
Management box.
This allows you to

provide information
about the IP Subnet and
Prefix Length the
connection is on and the
Gateway IP Address.
(Optional) DNS servers.

Domain Search lists and
a local Domain Name
can also be specified
(Optional) A local IP
Address Pool can also
be specified.
The IP Address Pool is

used to issue IP
Addresses to VMs on
that network, and
performs the same role
as a traditional DHCP
server,
(Optional) If you wish to

specific an alternate IP
Address for the DHCP
service you can select
the Override DHCP
Server option and enter
an alternate IP Address
to use.
Once you have made

any necessary changes
the new network and its
UUID unique identifier
will be displayed on the
Network Configuration
page.
In the Technology User Group Labs we do not need to specify any of

these optional IP Address management settings.
A single network connection on VLAN 0 is sufficient as we already
have DHCP services available to us.
Acropolis KVM
Under the hood Nutanix
CE uses a modified
version of the KVM
hypervisor called
Acropolis.
Information about each

VM can be found by
selecting the VM option
from the main PRISM
menu.
Selecting a VM from the

TABLE view will
enable/disable various
VM hypervisor
operations
Create a VM
In order to build a new
Virtual machine (VM) we
need to setup the virtual
hardware resources it
will use.
From the main PRISM
interface select the VM
page.
From the VM page,

select Create VM from
the top-right menu
Enter the following

information:
Name
Compute (vCPU)
Memory (MB)
Then click New Disk.
In the Technology User Group Labs we will use the following settings:
2 vCPUs
2048 Mb RAM (2 GB)
Then Select the following

information:
Disk
Allocate on
Container
SCSI
Container to use
Size in GB
Then click Add.
DIsk
Allocate on Container
SCSI
LABxx-CONTAINER-01
40 GB
(Where xx is your student/lab number)
(This screenshot is
provided for information
only to show the various
Bus Type options)
In the labs we are going
to use the SCSI disk type
to demonstrate the
process for adding the
KVM drivers required to
recognise certain
devices during the install
and subsequent
configuration.
Bus Types currently
available for VM Disks
are:
SCSI
PCI
IDE
We now need to load

one of our ISO images
into the first virtual
CDROM drive.
Click on the pencil icon

on the right hand side of
the CDROM entry to
edit the CDROM
settings.
Then Select the following

information:
Clone from NDFS

file
Start typing a forward

slash / to select the ISO
container.
Then type another
forward slash / to select
the ISO image until the
full path has been builtup.
Once the full path has

been specified click
Update.
Hard Drive
SCSI
40GB
CDROM 1
CDROM
Windows ISO
CDROM 2
CDROM
VirtIO driver ISO
Now add another New

Disk and create a
second CDROM drive
that contains the VirtIO
ISO image.
Although we can swap

CDROM images
between one drive, it is
much easier to have two
CDROM drives, as long
as the Windows ISO is
loaded in the first drive
(Otherwise the VM will
not be able to boot into
the Windows installer)
Now click New NIC to

add a network card to
the VM.
Select the network
connection we created
for VLAN 0, then click
Add.
With the VM selected in

the VM Table:
Click Power On
Click Launch
Console (opens a
new browser
tab/window)
Install a VM
The console should
appear in a new browser
tab/window
Once the Windows install

has started we will need
to provide a driver for the
virtual SCSI disk we just
created on the VM.
Click Load Driver and
browse the VirtIO disk on
the second CDROM
Drive
The Windows installation

should now continue as
normal
Once the installation has

completed you may have
noticed that the Network
Card has not been
recognised properly and
no driver has been
loaded for it.
This can be fixed from

the Computer
Management snap-in
Select:
Control Panel >
Administrative Tools >
Computer management
> Device Manager
Right-Click on the
unknown Ethernet
Controller and select
Update Driver >
Browse my computer
for driver software
Browse to the VirtIO

CDROM and update any
required drivers.
Reapeat for any other
devices that require
VirtIO drivers installing.
You may be prompted

when installing the
device drivers.
The Ethernet NIC Driver

has successfully been
installed.
The Memory Balloon

Driver has successfully
been installed (used by
the hypervisor for VM
virtual memory
management).
An optional QEMU
Guest Agent is also
available on the VirtIO
CDROM if required (can
improve performance
and add VSS snapshot
capabilities in some
cases)
Starting and stopping services

Starting
The correct Start order is HOST > CVM > VMs
To check the status of a Nutanix CE cluster, login to a CVM as user: nuatnix,

password: nutanix/4u and type the following:
cluster status
To start a Nutanix CE cluster, login to a CVM as user: nuatnix, password:
nutanix/4u and type the following:
cluster start
To start a Nutanix CE VM, go to the VM Table under the VM menu in PRISM and
select a Power option from the list.
Stopping
The correct Stop order is VMs > CVM > Host
To stop a Nutanix CE VM, go to the VM Table under the VM menu in PRISM and
select a Power option from the list.
To check the status of a Nutanix CE cluster, login to a CVM as user: nuatnix,

password: nutanix/4u and type the following:
cluster status
To stop a Nutanix CE cluster, login to a CVM as user: nuatnix, password:
cluster stop
To stop a Nutanix CE CVM, login to a CVM as user: nuatnix, password:
sudo shutdown h now
To stop a Nutanix CE Host, login to a CVM as user: root, password: nutanix/4u

and type the following:
shutdown h now
Powering off a whole cluster

Complete shutdown
The correct Shutdown order for a whole Nutanix CE cluster is as follows:
Shutdown and power off each individual VM through PRISM
Log into any CVM as nutanix and issue a cluster stop, followed by a
cluster status (just to check that everything did shutdown cleanly)
Log into each CVM individually as nutanix and issue a sudo shutdown
h now
Log into each Host individually as root and issue a sudo shutdown h
now
NOTE: Each Host has its own IP Address, plus an additional IP Address for the
CVM that runs on each node.
NOTE: If the commands do not work as expected be sure to check that you are
logging onto the correct IP Address and as the correct user (root for the physical
host and nutanix for the CVM virtual machine).
Technology User Group
Bargain Hardware
All of the hardware used to create this guide and used in the
Technology User Group labs was very kindly provided by Bargain
Hardware.
Bargain hardware is a leading online retailer of new, used and refurbished
business and enterprise class I.T hardware based in Preston, Lancashire.
From our 15,000 sq ft warehouse we specialise in new, used and
refurbished HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge and IBM servers, workstations
and desktop PCs. Our combination of low-prices, industry leading brands
and dedicated customer service provides a unique opportunity for
customers to economize their IT budgets without compromise.
This guide was

produced using the
following BH hardware:
HP Z600 Workstation
The Technology User

Group Nutanix CE
Hands-on-Labs are run
on the following BH
hardware:
Trading since 2004 weve become the largest PC and Server refurbisher on
eBay UK and a Top Rated Seller since the programme introduction.
Dell T5500 Workstation
Bargain Hardware
Bee Mill,
Preston Road,
Ribchester,
Preston.
PR3 3XL
Tel:
http://www.bargainhardware.co.uk
+44 (0)1254 878 801

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Community Edition is a 100% software solution

NOTE: Nutanix CE use an embedded, customised version of the KVM

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Minimum System Requirements for Community

Intel CPUs, 4 cores minimum, with

RAID 0 (LSI HBAs) or AHCI storage

Hot Tier (SSD)

One SSD per server minimum,

Cold Tier (HDD)

One HDD per server minimum,

A community updated HCL (Hardware

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Preparing the local media

Write the image to USB, SD or SATA-DOM

Win32 Disk Imager

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After logging in you will need to provide the following details:

For the Nutanix

At this point do not

Configuring a Nutanix CE cluster

Some operations cannot be completed through this cluster_init interface,

Install an SSH client:

SSH Under Linux

SSH under Linux

(Where CVM-IP-ADDRESS is the IP Address of the CVM)

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SSH under MacOS

(Where CVM-IP-ADDRESS is the IP Address of the CVM)

Single-node and Multi-node clusters

with data redundancy

with data redundancy

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Create a single-node cluster

Then run the following commands: