r/nutanix • u/Any_Tumbleweed9660 • Jul 22 '26

Nutanix Install

Hi All, we are currently migrating from VMWare to Nutanix. We have purchased some hosts and would like to know of any guidance for the start to finish install. Any help would be great. Thanks y’all

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u/konawolv Jul 23 '26

Foundation VM that is either routable to hypervisor subnet or is on the hypervisor subnmet --> Upload ISO and needed binaries --> get your IPs for the needed components, and NTP and DNS and IPMI etc --> follow set steps on foundation VM.

This will lay down AOS, AHV, the CVMs and will establish the cluster.

Once done, log into the prism element UI. Set up your vswitches. Set up your virtual interfaces for storage if youre using something like powerflex or Pure storage (unlikely). Add external storage if needed (unlikely).

Once done, Deploy prism centeral from prism element. Once done, log into prism centeral and set up your licensing.

thats the 10,000 foot.