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 congure 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 dier from those stated at the beginning of all Nutanix documentation. See the following
table for default cluster credentials, which are specic 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
conguration)
admin admin
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