Nutanix documentation
The following table introduces Nutanix documents that you might find useful for the installation and administration.
To obtain the document you need, go to https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs. From the filter-by drop-down list boxes, select the correct software type, version (4.5 or later), and platform, and then locate the document by its name.
| Documentation | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Field Installation Guide | Setup | Instructions on how to use the Foundation tool to do a field installation, including installing a different hypervisor and creating a cluster |
| Acropolis Advanced Setup Guide | Setup | Instructions on how to set up in advanced situations not covered by the Foundation tool |
| Hardware Replacement Documentation | Administration | Instructions on how to replace failed hardware components used by Lenovo customers |
| Prism Web Console Guide | Administration | Instructions on how to manage your clusters through the Prism Web console (You can monitor and configure entities within a Nutanix cluster through a Prism Web console or a Nutanix command line interface (nCLI).) |
| Acropolis Advanced Administration Guide | Administration | Instructions on how to administer the Nutanix software outside of Prism GUI |
| Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administration Guide | Administration | Instructions on how to use the Nutanix AHV (Lenovo installs the AHV and the Nutanix Controller Virtual Machines (CVM) at the factory before shipping a node to a customer.) |
| Acropolis App Mobility Fabric Guide | Administration | Instructions on how to manage Virtual Machines (VM), including Acropolis command line interface (ACLI) and VM management API reference |
| vSphere Administration Guide for Acropolis | Administration | Instructions on how to manage Nutanix nodes by the VMware ESXi hypervisor |
| Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) Guide | Administration | A framework of scripts that can help diagnose cluster health |
| Acropolis API Reference | Reference | Reference for the Acropolis REST API, including Powershell cmdlets |
| Acropolis Command Reference | Reference | Reference for the nCLI (The nCLI enables you to run system administration commands against the Nutanix cluster and CVM utilities.) |