Nutanix NCP-CI-AWS study guide
Nutanix NCP-CI-AWS · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Integration - AWS (NCP-CI-AWS) is a professional-level credential for engineers who run Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Amazon Web Services. It targets administrators, cloud engineers, and consultants who deploy and operate Nutanix software on AWS infrastructure rather than on-premises hardware, and who need to connect the two environments. The exam tests six areas: NC2 on AWS architecture and deployment; AWS networking and connectivity for Nutanix workloads; identity, access, and security management; operations, monitoring, and lifecycle management; data protection, disaster recovery, and migration; and troubleshooting and support. Expect scenario-based multiple-choice and multiple-response items that ask you to reason about design trade-offs, not just recall menu paths. The Nutanix NCP-CI-AWS study guide has 6 sections and about 1,741 words.
01Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS Architecture and Deployment
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS runs the Nutanix Cloud Platform - AOS, AHV, Prism Element, and optionally Prism Central - on AWS bare-metal EC2 instances. The cluster lives inside your AWS account and VPC; you pay AWS for EC2 and networking, while Nutanix licenses and manages the software layer through the NC2 console.
343 words, about 2 min02AWS Networking and Connectivity for Nutanix Workloads
Each NC2 node is an EC2 bare-metal instance with an ENI. The node consumes multiple private IPs: AHV host, CVM, Prism, and service addresses.
278 words, about 1 min03Identity, Access, and Security Management
NC2 has two identity surfaces. AWS IAM controls who can deploy and manage the underlying AWS resources.
299 words, about 1 min04Operations, Monitoring, and Lifecycle Management
Prism Element manages one cluster; Prism Central manages many. NCC (Nutanix Cluster Check) runs health checks; LCM (Life Cycle Manager) plans and executes software and firmware updates.
262 words, about 1 min05Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, and Migration
Nutanix data protection uses protection domains, snapshots, and replication. A protection domain groups VMs and schedules local snapshots and remote replication.
281 words, about 1 min06Troubleshooting and Support
Split the problem by layer. AWS layer: CloudFormation stack events, EC2 status checks, VPC route tables, security groups, NACLs, VPN/Direct Connect metrics.
278 words, about 1 min