Management Interfaces Flashcards
How do you access Prism Element
Enter the IP / name of any controller VM into browser
What is the full name of the web GUI
Prism Element
What browsers are supported for using Prism Element
IE9 or later, Chrome, Safari, Firefox 3 or higher
What is the secure port for Prism Element
9440
What username format is used for LDAP Auth
UPN (user@domain)
How do you disable the background video on Prism Element login page
novideo=true argument at end of URL
What are the five UI areas of Prism Element
Main Menu bar, Entity Views, Screen Menu bar, Usage and Performance, Alerts and Events
What are the 8 entity views available from the Main menu bar
Home, Health, VM, Hardware, Analysis, Alerts, Data Protection, Storage
From which two machines can you run nCLI commands
Local computer, CVM
What runtime language is required for the local nCLI
Java
From where can you install the nCLI?
What is the path to retrieve it?
Prism Element
From the user dropdown, select download nCLI
How can you run the nCLI without downloading and installing it
Connect directly to a controller VM via Putty or other console client
What is the preferred method of accessing the nCLI?
Why?
Using local install package.
Local access to controller VM can be risky
How do you start the nCLI in interactive mode
Type “ncli” and press enter
What are the default admin credentials
Admin/admin
What is the basic syntax of nCLI commands
Entity Action Parameters
What information will not be returned using tab completion
User defined values (names, etc)
How do you use nCLI in non-interactive mode
From the shell, type “ncli “ where is in the “Entity Action Parameters” syntax
What is a drawback to nCLI non-interactive mode
No tab completion
What is the multi-cluster management UI called
Prism Central
What infrastructure is required for Prism Central?
A Prism Central VM
How can you get the Prism Central VM
Through the Nutanix support portal. Also from the user drop down menu in Prism Element, which takes you to the download
Which hypervisors can Prism Central run on
ESXi and Hyper-V
What must be done before using Prism Central to manage a cluster?
What are the 5 steps on each cluster?
Register the cluster with Prism Central.
- Login to Prism Element
- Go to the gear icon
- Select “Prism central registration”
- Enter Prism Central VM address and credentials
- Click Save
