The Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) certification validates your skills and abilities to complete routine tasks, including deploying and managing virtual infrastructure components and VMs, performing operational maintenance tasks, and initiating disaster recovery. Additionally, the exam validates your ability to configure user roles and remediate infrastructure alerts and events. It was also ranked the No. 3 top-paying IT certification by Skillsoft!
Successful candidates have approximately 1-2 years of general IT infrastructure experience and 6-12 months of Nutanix virtualization experience. They are typically IT staff, NOC/SOC escalation engineers, and Tier 2 support personnel who are able to interpret documented standards and procedures to complete routine tasks, including deploying and managing virtual infrastructure components and VMs and performing operational maintenance tasks. Additionally, the successful exam candidate is expected to configure user roles and remediate infrastructure alerts and events.
Knowledge Objectives
Section 1 – Manage Cluster, Nodes, and Features
- Perform initial cluster configuration tasks
- Manage supporting infrastructure tasks
- Upgrade the platform using Life Cycle Manager (LCM)
- Maintain a Nutanix cluster
- Manage user roles and permissions
Section 2 – Manage Cluster Storage
- Manage node operations in a Nutanix cluster
- Describe Nutanix storage concepts
- Configure Nutanix storage optimization features
Section 3 – Configure Cluster Networking and Network Security
- Deploy and configure networking
- Describe Nutanix networking concepts
- Given a scenario, troubleshoot basic cluster networking
Section 4 – Analyze and Remediate Performance Issues
- Determine how to use reporting tools
- Given a scenario, determine which metrics and entities are relevant
- Given a scenario, interpret anomaly detection events
- Determine how to resolve a performance issue
- Identify VM inefficiencies
Section 5 – Configure, Analyze, and Remediate Alerts and Events
- Configure Remote Syslog Server settings
- Identify common Nutanix services
- Configure Nutanix alert policies
Section 6 – Manage VM Deployment and Configuration
- Create, modify, and optimize VMs and their components
- Manage the image service
- Describe VM storage policies
- Manage VM placement options
Benefits
Once you earn the NCP-MCI certification you join an exclusive community of Nutanix certified personnel, and earn more tangible benefits as well:
- Use of the NCP-MCI logo
- NCP-MCI Digital Badge from Credly
- Access to the Nutanix Certification store
- Discounts on Nutanix events
- Early access to educational programs
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