LCM

In the Ultra Transcenders books

2V0-15.25

Each book explains LCM in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.

Terms in this definition

• SDDC Manager

  Per-instance VCF appliance that automates jobs such as workload domain deployment, lifecycle of ESX, NSX and vCenter, importing vCenter, stretching clusters, and handling passwords and certificates. VCF 9.0 positions it within VCF Operations, whose console is replacing its separate UI.

• ALL

  A DAX function that ignores any filters and gives back every row of a table or every value of the named columns. Used within CALCULATE, it works as a modifier that clears filters, although REMOVEFILTERS states that intent more clearly where it is available.

Related terms

• BIOS

  The firmware that starts up a motherboard and its runtime services. Nodes get BIOS updates through LCM, and VMs can use Legacy BIOS or UEFI as their firmware.

• BMC

  The microcontroller in charge of a server's motherboard. LCM handles its updates, and NX platforms update it ahead of the BIOS.

• Cisco UCS

  Servers from Cisco that can run Nutanix software. LCM handles firmware for models M6 to M8, and Foundation Central does not need DHCP for nodes under Intersight management.

• Cluster Maintenance Utilities

  Software on the cluster that LCM keeps up to date; the suggested sequence places it after AOS but ahead of AHV.

• Connected site

  Where LCM can go online, it downloads bundles of software and firmware straight from the Nutanix portal. Dark sites are the offline alternative.

• Dark site

  A location cut off from the internet, where LCM bundles and similar files have to be fetched on a machine that is online and then carried over.

• Dell XC

  Servers from Dell that run Nutanix software. LCM firmware updates include this platform.

• DUO

  Eases upgrades for dark sites within LCM, gathering versions on offer and what they rely on in a single compatibility package.