Users Guide
• For more information, see the Acropolis Virtualization Administration Guide.
VMware vSphere:
• Create storage pools through the Nutanix web console.
• Create and mount containers as NFS datastores on appropriate hosts through the Nutanix web console.
• Manually add and congure vSphere clusters by using the Nutanix guidelines. For more information, see the vSphere Administration
Guide.
Microsoft Hyper-V:
• Create storage pools and containers through the Nutanix web console.
• Run Hyper-V setup script from any CVM to join hosts to a domain, create a Hyper-V failover cluster, and register a storage cluster as an
SMB share.
• Optionally, add a cluster to System Center Virtual Machine Manager either with the Hyper-V setup script or manually.
Default cluster credentials
The default cluster credentials for the system dier from those stated at the beginning of all Nutanix documentation. See the following
table for default cluster credentials, which are specic to the appliance.
NOTE: The default password is not set for ESXi hosts.
Table 1. Default Cluster Credentials
Interface Target Username Password
Web management console
iDRAC root calvin
Remote desktop or console Hyper-V host
Administrator
nutanix/4u
SSH client or console AHV host
root
nutanix/4u
SSH client or console ESXi host
root
SSH client Nutanix Controller VM
nutanix
nutanix/4u
Nutanix Web Console PRISM Interface (after cluster
conguration)
admin admin
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