Q: WHAT ARE THE SERVICE TERMS FOR THE NUTANIX NON-RETURNABLE HARD DISK DRIVE (NRDK) SUPPORT OPTION?

Nutanix NRDK support option is available to customers who need to keep your defective hard drives (HDDs or SSDs) that require replacement, in order to comply with data security compliance regulations. The NRDK program is an optional add-on to existing support packages. The program applies to all existing models of the Nutanix product. Customers are responsible for disposing of the replaced hard disk drives in agreement with their own data security compliance requirements and other applicable laws. Service terms: NRDK option is only available for purchase in conjunction with one of Nutanix’s support programs NRDK can be purchased as an optional add-on to one of Nutanix Support programs, and is available for all Nutanix product models. NRDK must be purchased on all disks (SSD, HDD, NVMe) in the block configuration. NRDK must be purchased at the time of the asset purchase. NRDK must be purchased for the same term as the asset purchase. Please note that both NRDK and NRNODE options are required for customers who want to maintain possession of their disks and nodes.

Q: HOW IS SUPPORT PROVIDED DURING TECHNICAL PREVIEWS?

From time to time, we may add features and request feedback on their utility and design. Designating them as “Technical Previews” in product documentation indicates that we may modify or remove them without official deprecation notices. You can use them at your own risk. You may provide feedback through your account team representative if you use them successfully or otherwise. Support for these features is delivered through Account and Product Management teams with the following caveat: Experimental features of a release should not be deployed in a production environment. Nutanix is not responsible for loss of any data or instability of the system caused by using these features in a production environment. All support requests against experimental features will be treated as normal or low priority, and treated as such.

Q: WHAT IS INSIGHTS AND SMART SUPPORT AND HOW DOES IT HELP?

The Summary dashboards for both Insights and Smart Support is a personalized view within the award-winning Nutanix Support Portal, available to customers with active Mission Critical or Production Support agreements. It provides an at-a-glance summary of your installed Nutanix assets and support requests, bringing improved Insights and convenience to your Nutanix experience. Insights (requires Nutanix Pulse enabled on one or more clusters) Summary view of your entire install base. Single pane-of-glass metrics across your install base Actionable Discoveries and Remote Diagnostics Smart Support Open cases and escalations overview. Locations of all installed Nutanix assets and status of contracts Current status and past history of component parts dispatches And more To access Insights, log in to the Support Portal , click on your profile menu in the top right corner, and select Smart Support or Assets in the list.

Question 1

END OF LIFE (EOL) POLICY, NUTANIX VERSIONING & COMPATIBILITY MATRIX

Accepted Answer

We are committed to providing high quality, supportable products to our customers. Rapidly changing technologies drive the need to introduce new products and integrations, and to retire older products. To this end, we provide an End of Life (EOL) Policy so that our customers and partners understand our product release and support cycles and how these relate to hardware compatibility for hardware platforms on our Hardware Compatibility List. This EOL Policy only pertains to customers with an active Software Support contract (“Support”). All capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Exhibit A, “Policy Definitions”.

1. Software Version Number. Software versions are designated, in Nutanix’s sole discretion, using the following format: “X.Y.Z.n (LTS)”

“X” defines the Major Release version number
“Y” defines the Minor Release version number
“Z” defines the Maintenance Release version number
“n” defines the Patch Release version number
The (optional) abbreviation “LTS” designates whether the version release is a Long Term Support (LTS) Release. If there is no LTS designation, then the release is a Short Term Support (STS) Release.

2. Software EOL Policy

2.1 AOS

Overview. Nutanix develops AOS using two separate tracks, Long Term Support Releases (LTS) and Short Term Support Releases (STS). AOS Releases and the associated EOL Policy are generally inclusive of software such as AHV, Foundation and Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC).
LTS Release EOL and release cycle.
- Each LTS Release is Maintained for three (3) months after the Release Date for the next LTS Release that is an Upgrade.
- At the end of the Maintenance period, each LTS Release will then receive Troubleshooting for the subsequent nine (9) months.
- For example, if Nutanix releases AOS 5.10 (LTS) on Nov 1, 2018 and AOS 5.15 (LTS) on February 1, 2020 then AOS 5.10 will be Maintained until May 31, 2020 and Troubleshooting for AOS 5.10 will be available until Feb 28, 2021.
STS Release EOL and release cycle. Each STS Release shall receive Troubleshooting for three (3) months from the Release Date of the next Release that is an Upgrade.
When an Update is made available, the previous Update within the same Upgrade family shall cease to be Maintained.

2.2 Prism Central

Overview. Prism Central is a management/control plane software and does not follow the Long Term Support Release (LTS) and Short Term Support Release (STS) tracks used for AOS. When an Update is made available to Prism Central, the previous Update within the same Upgrade family shall cease to be Maintained.
- Prism Central will target to have an Upgrades Release available every four to six weeks.
- Each Upgrade Release is Maintained for two (2) months from the Release Date of the next Release that is an Upgrade and shall receive Troubleshooting for the three (3) months subsequent to such Upgrade.
- For example, if Nutanix releases PC.2020.8 on Aug 1, 2020 and releases PC.2020.9 on Sep 1, 2020 then PC.2020.8 will be Maintained until Nov 30, 2020 and Troubleshooting for PC.2020.8 will be available until Feb 28, 2021.

2.3 Nutanix Files

Overview. Nutanix Files currently does not follow the Long Term Support Release (LTS) and Short Term Support Release (STS) tracks. When an Update is made available, the previous Update within the same Upgrade family shall cease to be Maintained.
- Each Release is Maintained for three (3) months after the Release Date for the next Release that is an Upgrade.
- Each Release will receive Troubleshooting for 12 months after the Release Date for the next Release that is an Upgrade.
- For example, if Nutanix releases Files 3.1.0 on September 1, 2018 and Files 3.2.0 on November 1, 2018 then Files 3.1.0 will be Maintained until February 1, 2019 and Troubleshooting for Files 3.1.0 will be available until November 1, 2019.

2.4 Nutanix Objects

Overview. Nutanix Objects currently will not follow the Long Term Support Release (LTS) and Short Term Support Release (STS) tracks. When an Update is made available, the previous Update within the same Upgrade family shall cease to be Maintained.
- Each Release is Maintained for three (3) months after the Release Date for the next Release that is an Upgrade.
- Each Release will receive Troubleshooting for 12 months after the Release Date for the next Release that is an Upgrade.
- For example, if Nutanix releases Objects 1.1.0 on August 1, 2019 and Objects 1.2.0 on November 1, 2019 then Objects 1.1.0 will be Maintained until February 1, 2020 and Troubleshooting for Objects 1.1.0 will be available until November 1, 2020.

2.5 Nutanix Karbon

Overview. Nutanix Karbon follows a lifecycle support policy designed to keep up with and provide enterprise level support for the fast-moving Kubernetes project open source releases. Nutanix Karbon currently does not follow the Long Term Support Release (LTS) and Short Term Support Release (STS) tracks.
- Each release shall receive Troubleshooting for twelve (12) months from the release date of the next release that is an Upgrade.
- When an Update is made available, the previous Update within the same Upgrade family shall cease to be Maintained.

3. Anticipated Software Release Cadence

3.1 AOS

Upgrades are typically made available every three (3) to six (6) months for STS Releases and every twelve (12) to fifteen (15) months for LTS Releases.
Updates are typically made available every four to six weeks.
In addition, Updates that only consist of Patch Releases are made available on an as-needed basis.

3.2 Prism Central

Upgrades are typically made available every every four to six weeks.
Updates that only consist of Patch Releases are made available on an as-needed basis.

3.3 Nutanix Files

Upgrades are typically made available every three (3) to six (6) months.
Updates are typically made available every four to six weeks.
In addition, Updates that only consist of Patch Releases are made available on an as-needed basis.

3.4 Nutanix Objects

Upgrades are typically made available every three (3) to six (6) months.
Updates are typically made available every four to six weeks.
In addition, Updates that only consist of Patch Releases are made available on an as-needed basis.

3.5 Nutanix Karbon

Upgrades will typically be made available every six (6) to twelve (12) months.
Updates will typically be made available every three (3) to six (6) months.
In addition, Updates that only consist of Patch Releases will be made available on an as-needed basis.

4. Prism Central - AOS Compatibility

Each Prism Central release will be compatible with the following AOS releases
- Current and previous two (2) active STS Upgrade releases
- Current and previous active LTS Upgrade releases
For example, PC.2020.8 which was released in Aug 2020 will be compatible with the AOS releases, 5.10 (LTS), 5.15 (LTS), 5.16 (STS), 5.17 (STS) and 5.18 (STS) Upgrade releases.

5. Hardware Compatibility Guidelines. Compatible hardware platforms (“Approved Platforms”) are listed on Nutanix’s Hardware Compatibility List (“HCL”) which can be found here. Approved Platforms listed on the HCL are specific with regard to the version of such platform as well as for the components included therein. For Approved Platforms the following guidance applies:

Nutanix will periodically place platforms on the HCL to be “Approved Platforms”
As of the date that a platform becomes an Approved Platform, Nutanix agrees that it shall provide LTS Releases that are compatible with that Approved Platform (including backward compatibility) prior to EOL, unless otherwise stated. The preceding sentence assumes that the customer has installed all LTS Releases that are Upgrades during the term of Support.
Notwithstanding the commitment above, Nutanix has no obligation to provide LTS Releases for Approved Platforms if such Approved Platforms subsequently are ‘end of life’ or are no longer supported by the manufacturer.
Nutanix strongly recommends that customers deploy Nutanix software on a hardware platform that is under a maintenance contract.

6. Mixed Support Level Guidelines. When a Nutanix cluster has a Mixed Support Level, the Software Support provided by Nutanix will be at the lowest active Support contract within that cluster. Hardware Support will not change based on the Software Support level applied to a cluster with a Mixed Support level and will continue to be the actual hardware Support contract entitlement for the specific asset with the issue.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT SUMMARY

FEATURES	GENERAL SUPPORT	END OF SUPPORT LIFE (EOSL)
Upgrades and Maintenance Updates
Support Contract renewal
New features and enhancements
New Hardware support
New security patches
New bug fixes
Existing security patches
Existing bug fixes
Root Cause Analysis
Problem reproduction in Nutanix Support Labs
Create a Support request	Web and Phone	Web and Phone
Workarounds for issues
Access to Knowledge Base

EXHIBIT A
POLICY DEFINITIONS

Documentation means any on-line read me, help files, manuals or other explanatory materials describing the features, functionalities and the specifications of the Software as provided by Nutanix.

End of Life (EOL) or End of Support Life (EOSL) is the last date that the product is entitled to receive applicable Support. After this date, all Support for the product will cease unless entitled by an active Extended Support contract.

End of Maintenance is the date after which Nutanix will only provide critical security patches and workarounds if necessary. Any Software released after a hardware end of maintenance date will not be qualified on that hardware, with the exception of AOS. For AOS, Nutanix will qualify all Short Term Support (STS) releases of AOS leading up to and including the first Long Term Support (LTS) release that is made after the hardware end of maintenance date.

Error means any reproducible failure of the Software to perform any material function as set forth in the Documentation.

Long Term Support (LTS) Release means a Software release that Nutanix commits to maintain and support for longer than other releases, to provide greater stability to customers who have longer new feature adoption cycles. In general, an LTS Release is a Maintenance Release and will contain very few (if any) new features and builds upon a mature and proven AOS codebase which customers have been successfully running in their production environments. An LTS release will be designated “LTS” as part of the Software version number. Any release that is not designated as LTS will be deemed to be an STS Release.

Maintenance means the provision of LTS Releases and STS Releases by Nutanix.

Maintenance Release. The number in the “Z” position in the Software version number indicates a Nutanix Software release as a Maintenance Release. A new Maintenance Release has a number of bug fixes and generally does not include new features.

Maintained means that Nutanix will provide Updates that have workarounds and bug fixes for Errors but will not provide Upgrades.

Major Release. The number in the “X” position in the Software version number identifies a Nutanix Software release as a Major Release. A new Major Release has a large feature payload and a number of bug fixes.

Minor Release. The number in the “Y” position in the Software version number identifies a Nutanix Software release as a Minor Release. A new Minor Release has a nominal feature payload and a number of bug fixes.

Mixed Support Level means that the product is covered by different levels of Support contracts in the same cluster.

Short Term Support (STS) Release means a Software release that shall receive Troubleshooting for three (3) months from the Release Date of the next Release that is an Upgrade. The intent of an STS is to allow rapid feature adoption.

Patch Release. The “n” position in the Software version number identifies a Software release as Patch Release. A Patch Release typically has a smaller number of bug fixes than a Maintenance Release. Nutanix may limit the distribution of some Patch Releases.

Release means either an LTS Release or an STS Release.

Release Date means the date a new Upgrade or Update is generally made available.

Software means any Nutanix software licensed to customers as for commercial purposes.

Support means Nutanix support as described at www.jhbzcj.com/support-services/product-support.

Troubleshooting refers to Nutanix Support consisting of phone support and if necessary, the provision of Patch Releases primarily for security purposes.

Update means either a Maintenance Release or a Patch Release.

Upgrade means either a Minor Release or a Major Release.

Log in to the Nutanix Support Portal to view the Hardware and Software Versioning Compatibility Matrix.

Log in to the Nutanix Support Portal to view End of Life Information

Question 2

EXTENDED SUPPORT POLICY

Accepted Answer

Extended Support is an extraordinary product which extends the standard Support term by a maximum of 2 years after the End of Life (EOL) of the hardware platform. When Extended Support is purchased by a customer, Nutanix will provide the services outlined in the Support Program Guide and Support Policies. During an Extended Support term, the customer should keep the following in mind:

Any Software released after a hardware End of Maintenance date will not be qualified on that hardware, please see the End of Maintenance definition in the EOL Policy for further details. The Nutanix Compatibility Matrix should be checked for supportability prior to any Software Upgrades;
New versions of a hypervisor may not work with older versions of Nutanix Software. The Nutanix Compatibility Matrix should be checked for supportability prior to any hypervisor Upgrades; and
Where possible, critical security patches and workarounds will be provided after End of Maintenance of a hardware platform.

Extended Support offering is available on Nutanix hardware platforms only.

Question 3

THIRD PARTY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE POLICY

Accepted Answer

Nutanix has the following policy regarding the use of third party components within its devices:

If a customer uses a third-party component in a Nutanix device, and a fault is traced to the use of this third-party component, then at the discretion of Nutanix, support and warranty service may be withheld.
If a product fault is determined to not be related to the use of third-party components, then Nutanix will continue to support the customer per our standard support policies.
At no time will hardware RMA support be provided on third-party components. If hardware is replaced, and the fault is determined to have been caused by the installation of a third-party component, Nutanix reserves the right to charge reasonable time and material rates for the service provided.

Nutanix Worldwide Support will assist customers in problem analysis to determine whether or not a technical issue is related to third-party hardware or software. In order to isolate the issue, Nutanix may ask that the third-party hardware or software be removed.

Nutanix is a Premium member of an umbrella organization of a multi-vendor support community called TSANet. In case of an issue lying in the gray area between Nutanix and another vendor, Nutanix can leverage TSANet to bring the vendors together for complex troubleshooting. In these cases, Nutanix will need to utilize the customer’s current support contract with the other vendor(s) to open a case with the vendor. For customers that may be running on an unsupported configuration, or if the other vendor is not part of TSANet, Nutanix may ask the customer to open a case with the other vendor directly.

Question 4

RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION POLICY

Accepted Answer

To receive replacement parts for defective material it is necessary to contact Nutanix support. Replacement products and components are shipped to end users and valued added resellers (VARs) based on dispatch instructions generated by Nutanix support personnel. All replacement parts are supplied from field distribution centers. Nutanix products and components that are covered under the terms and conditions of Nutanix’s Limited Warranties (“Covered Products”) and returned to Nutanix must be pre‐authorized by Nutanix with an RMA number marked on the outside of the package, and sent prepaid, insured and packaged appropriately for safe shipment. Only packages with RMA numbers written on the outside of the shipping carton and/or the packing slips and shipping paperwork will be accepted by Nutanix’s receiving department, or its designated repair partner. All other packages will be rejected.

End User Support: Once Nutanix support personnel have determined a replacement part is needed, a replacement will be shipped. The end user will receive a dispatch number which also acts as the RMA number. Nutanix will be responsible for all freight charges for returned Covered Products or components provided Customer uses Nutanix designated carrier.

VAR Support: Once a VAR has determined there is a defective part at one of its customer sites a replacement is provided from its spare part inventory, if available. The VAR then contacts Nutanix support and request a replacement. A replacement product or component will be shipped to the VAR in advance of receiving the defective product. The VAR will receive a dispatch number which also acts as the RMA number. The VAR will be responsible to return the defective product within ten (10) business days and for all freight charges for returned Covered Products.

Non‐compliance: Parts not received by Nutanix, or its designated repair partner within fifteen (15) business days of dispatch will be invoiced to the appropriate party (either the end user or VAR) at Nutanix‘s then current list price.

Question 5

HOW IS ENTITLEMENT TO SUPPORT MANAGED WHEN CONTACTING NUTANIX?

Accepted Answer

Entitlement is based on the support offering (Production or Mission Critical) purchased by the customer and drives the SLA and hours of support (24/7 or 8/5). Nutanix will not provide support if the customer does not have a valid support contract for the hardware asset (NX appliances) and software asset (Software Only licenses).

Question 6

HOW DO I CLOSE A SUPPORT CASE?

Accepted Answer

A case is closed when you confirm that a resolution has been reached, or if we do not hear from you within two weeks of a request for information, and at least two attempts have been made to contact you during this period. A case may also be closed without final resolution, with acknowledgement and agreement from you.

Question 7

HOW DO I ESCALATE A SUPPORT CASE?

Accepted Answer

A case is escalated if your expectations of an issue resolution are not in line with the outlined action plan and timeframes that follow the normal resolution process. You may escalate a support case at any time by contacting your SRE, or asking to speak with the Head of Support for your region. The manager who takes on the escalation then creates a task force consisting of the necessary resources from Technical Services, Engineering, QA, and Product Management and formulates an action plan to address the issue. This action plan is then shared with you, the checkpoint schedule and the milestones determined, and agreement sought on the closure criteria of the escalation. Updates are provided on the progress as agreed upon.

Question 8

WHICH NON-ACROPOLIS HYPERVISORS ARE SUPPORTED?

Accepted Answer

For the purposes of this FAQ, “support” or “supported” means that Nutanix will attempt to resolve any issues with the third party technology not working correctly with Nutanix technology.

See the Nutanix Compatibility Matrix for AOS versions, models, and hypervisor versions supported. Nutanix does not support Free vSphere Hypervisor. Nutanix requires that customers deploy a supported hypervisor version on Nutanix systems.

For hypervisor releases:

For Major/Minor hypervisor releases (eg ESXi 6.5, Windows Server 2016 Build 14393) the goal is to qualify within 90 days of the software GA release date.
Nutanix may qualify the latest hypervisor Major/Minor release in conjunction with the latest (or upcoming) AOS release first.
Nutanix advises customers to wait until any Major/Minor release is qualified by Nutanix prior to deployment.
Nutanix qualified hypervisors will have a related JSON metadata upgrade file on the Nutanix Support Portal for one-click upgrade through the Prism web console Software Upgrade feature.
Nutanix may not qualify a hypervisor with newer software and firmware releases once a hypervisor vendor ceases to provide support (i.e. through that vendor's end of support policy or other similar end of life policy).

For hypervisor updates:

Update/patch Releases (eg. ESXi 6.5a, 6.5d, Windows Server 2016 Build 14393) are supported immediately with the goal to have the latest update qualified within 45 days of the update release date.
In the event of multiple hypervisor releases occurring rapidly in the same train, Nutanix will officially qualify the 'latest' update only (when released) and restart the qualification for the newest update and reset the 45-day clock.
Nutanix may qualify the latest update in conjunction with the latest (or upcoming) AOS release first.
One-click hypervisor upgrade JSON files only include the qualified versions.
Nutanix supports the ability to patch upgrade hosts with versions that are greater than or released after the Nutanix qualified version, but Nutanix may not have qualified those releases at that time.
For updates that are made available by the hypervisor vendor that do not have a Nutanix-provided JSON metadata upgrade file (ie. not officially qualified), obtain the offline bundle and md5sum checksum available from the hypervisor vendor, then use the Prism web console Software Upgrade feature to upgrade.
If the hypervisor vendor withdraws a release from their web site prior to the 45 days target for Nutanix qualification, Nutanix will stop the qualification process for that particular build and the clock restarts for the previous version listed by the hypervisor vendor (or until a newer release is provided).
If the hypervisor vendor releases a newer update within 45 days of the previous update for Nutanix qualification, Nutanix will stop the qualification process for that previous build and the clock restarts for the new version.

Please contact your hypervisor vendor for any questions regarding their support policies. Nutanix strongly recommends that customers deploy an “in-support” hypervisor version on Nutanix systems.

Question 9

WHICH BACKUP PARTNERS ARE CERTIFIED AND SUPPORTED BY NUTANIX?

Accepted Answer

Nutanix hyperconverged solutions integrate with popular offload capabilities, including VMware API for Array Integration (VAAI) and Microsoft Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) to create clones in a matter of seconds with minimal overhead.

Support for vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP) and application-level consistent snapshots through Volume Shadow Services (VSS) provide full integration with third-party tools such as Symantec NetBackup, Veeam, Commvault and VMware SRM.

Integration with Commvault IntelliSnap delivers Commvault backup capabilities with enterprise grade storage features from Nutanix for a highly efficient backup solution.

For a list of currently certified backup partners supported by, and certified with, Nutanix AHV and Nutanix Files, see Nutanix Technology Alliance Partners program.

Question 10

WHAT LOCAL LANGUAGES ARE SUPPORTED?

Accepted Answer

Nutanix product support is delivered primarily in English, and the target response times (see Priority Definitions and Response Times policy) are based on support being provided in English language.

Limited local language support for some Asian and European countries is available, during business hours of those countries. Some of the languages available are: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic.

Question 11

WHEN CAN I EXPECT A REPLACEMENT PART OR FIELD ENGINEER TO ARRIVE?

Accepted Answer

Definitions

Ordered Date/Time = Date/Time that the dispatch is created

Shipped Date = Date that the dispatched part will be shipped per the SLA

Promised Delivery Date = Date that the customer should expect the part to be received per the SLA

Ship/Delivery Table (AMER, EMEA, APAC, LATAM)

The table below represents the timing of when a part and or Field Engineer will ship and arrive at the customer site based on when the dispatch is submitted. In the case of a local holiday the shipment and delivery dates would defer to the next business day. See table below for additional detail.

Date Dispatch Submitted	Ship Date	Promised Delivery Date
Monday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Monday	Tuesday
Monday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Tuesday	Wednesday
Tuesday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Tuesday	Wednesday
Tuesday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Wednesday	Thursday
Wednesday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Wednesday	Thursday
Wednesday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Thursday	Friday
Thursday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Thursday	Friday
Thursday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Friday	Monday
Friday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Friday	Monday
Friday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Monday	Tuesday
Saturday	Monday	Tuesday
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday

Ship/Delivery Table (Select countries in the Middle East)

The table varies somewhat to account for the normal business week in some countries in the Middle East (Currently for Nutanix this includes Israel, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait).

Date Dispatch Submitted	Ship Date	Promised Delivery Date
Monday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Monday	Tuesday
Monday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Tuesday<	Wednesday
Tuesday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Tuesday	Wednesday
Tuesday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Wednesday	Thursday
Wednesday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Wednesday	Thursday
Wednesday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Thursday	Sunday
Thursday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Thursday	Sunday
Thursday (After 3 PM Local Time)	Sunday	Monday
Friday	Sunday	Monday
Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Sunday (Before 3 PM Local Time)	Sunday	Monday
Sunday (Afer 3 PM Local Time)	Monday	Tuesday

FE Service Level Agreement

FE availability is aligned to the parts delivery process and the entitled support level. Unless specifically requested, the target FE arrival time will be in parallel with the physical part.

Mission Critical Support (24x7, 4 hours). FEs can arrive onsite within four hours of when the dispatch is created. The FE will be coordinated with part delivery.

Production support – field engineer (FE) will work onsite between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, excluding local holidays. The FE needs to be scheduled no later than 3:00 PM on the day of service in order to complete the work by 5:00 PM. A dispatch must be created before 3:00 PM local time (i.e. where the asset is located) one business day before the maintenance in order to meet this service level. If multi-day FE events are required, they must be approved and scheduled prior to the initial part shipment.

After hours FE support is available for purchase as an add to Production Support. Once purchased, an FE can arrive after regular business hours. To meet this service level Dispatch requests must be made one day prior to onsite break-fix support.

Should a Field Engineer (FE) be leveraged as part of the support offering an FE will be dispatched to the customer site to perform hardware replacement only. The FE does not perform any hardware or software troubleshooting and relies on the remote SRE to perform any software activities.

Question 12

WHAT ARE THE SERVICE TERMS FOR THE NUTANIX NON-RETURNABLE HARD DISK DRIVE (NRDK) SUPPORT OPTION?

Accepted Answer

Nutanix NRDK support option is available to customers who need to keep your defective hard drives (HDDs or SSDs) that require replacement, in order to comply with data security compliance regulations.

The NRDK program is an optional add-on to existing support packages. The program applies to all existing models of the Nutanix product. Customers are responsible for disposing of the replaced hard disk drives in agreement with their own data security compliance requirements and other applicable laws.
Service terms:

NRDK option is only available for purchase in conjunction with one of Nutanix’s support programs
NRDK can be purchased as an optional add-on to one of Nutanix Support programs, and is available for all Nutanix product models.
NRDK must be purchased on all disks (SSD, HDD, NVMe) in the block configuration.
NRDK must be purchased at the time of the asset purchase.
NRDK must be purchased for the same term as the asset purchase.

Please note that both NRDK and NRNODE options are required for customers who want to maintain possession of their disks and nodes.

Question 13

WHAT ARE THE SUPPORT PRIORITY DEFINITIONS AND RESPONSE TIMES?

Accepted Answer

All issues reported to Nutanix are assigned a priority. The priority will establish a targeted initial response level. Customers should expect to receive an initial analysis of the problem from Nutanix within the indicated time. These targeted response levels are not a guarantee of service within the timeframe.

Definitions of Priority Level and Targeted Initial Response

Nutanix will use the following guidelines to assess issues and provide an initial response in a timely manner based on their priority level:

Priority Level	Description	Targeted Initial Response Level
P1	Emergency. Production System(s) are not available, are unusable in their current state, and no procedural workaround exists. Service down and/or a critical feature is unavailable. All or a substantial portion of your mission critical data is at a significant risk of loss or corruption. All data unavailability or data loss issues are assigned this priority level.	Within 1 hour (30 minutes for Mission Critical Support Program)
P2	Critical. Major inconvenience. Production System(s) are available but experiencing major functionality or performance degradation. Issues that have a direct impact to portions of business operations are affected. Important features of the Systems are unavailable with no acceptable workaround, but operations can continue in a restricted fashion.	Within 4 hours (2 hours for Mission Critical Support Program)
P3	Normal. Minor inconvenience. System(s) are having an occasional, non-critical issue that has been identified as needing to be resolved, but the issue has not greatly affected productivity. A non-critical loss of use with medium to low impact. A short-term workaround is available.	Within 8 hrs (4 hours for Mission Critical Support Program)*
P4	Low. Questions about documentation, processes, procedures, new account setups, or configuration. General requests about information.	By next two business days
RFE	NA	Within 5 days

*Cloud Support Services = NBD

Mixed Support Level Guidelines. When a Nutanix cluster has a Mixed Support Level, the Software Support provided by Nutanix will be at the lowest active Support contract within that cluster. Hardware Support will not change based on the Software Support level applied to a cluster with a Mixed Support level and will continue to be the actual hardware Support contract entitlement for the specific asset with the issue

Question 14

HOW IS SUPPORT PROVIDED DURING TECHNICAL PREVIEWS?

Accepted Answer

From time to time, we may add features and request feedback on their utility and design. Designating them as “Technical Previews” in product documentation indicates that we may modify or remove them without official deprecation notices. You can use them at your own risk. You may provide feedback through your account team representative if you use them successfully or otherwise.

Support for these features is delivered through Account and Product Management teams with the following caveat:

Experimental features of a release should not be deployed in a production environment. Nutanix is not responsible for loss of any data or instability of the system caused by using these features in a production environment.
All support requests against experimental features will be treated as normal or low priority, and treated as such.

Question 15

WHAT IS INSIGHTS AND SMART SUPPORT AND HOW DOES IT HELP?

Accepted Answer

The Summary dashboards for both Insights and Smart Support is a personalized view within the award-winning Nutanix Support Portal, available to customers with active Mission Critical or Production Support agreements. It provides an at-a-glance summary of your installed Nutanix assets and support requests, bringing improved Insights and convenience to your Nutanix experience.

Insights (requires Nutanix Pulse enabled on one or more clusters)

Summary view of your entire install base.
Single pane-of-glass metrics across your install base
Actionable Discoveries and Remote Diagnostics

Smart Support

Open cases and escalations overview.
Locations of all installed Nutanix assets and status of contracts
Current status and past history of component parts dispatches
And more

To access Insights, log in to the Support Portal, click on your profile menu in the top right corner, and select Smart Support or Assets in the list.

Question 16

I HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL (DOA). HOW CAN I ASK FOR A REPLACEMENT?

Accepted Answer

DOA is defined as a hardware product that fails at initial power-up or shows manufacturing errors
Physical damage as a result from shipping is not covered under DOA and needs to be raised to the carrier and supplier
The DOA process is separate from any warranty program
DOA must be claimed within 90 days of shipment
Customers must check the physical integrity of the shipment immediately after delivery
Products must have been purchased from Nutanix, directly or from one of the authorized channel partners and must have a valid support contract
Standard lead-time to receive the replacement product applies. Replacements are shipped directly from the contract manufacturer via the distributor
As part of the DOA process only the full block can be replaced, not individual parts

DOA request process

The customer must open a case with Nutanix Support and provide the serial number of the asset
Nutanix Support will determine if the product is DOA and eligible for replacement
Customer will be asked to work with their supplier to arrange the replacement with the distributor
The distributor will handle the replacement directly

Question 17

WE HAVE MISSING OR INCORRECT PARTS SHIPPED

Accepted Answer

Missing or incorrect parts are defined as parts which were ordered, however not, or incorrectly delivered
This process is separate from the DOA or any warranty program
Missing or incorrect parts must be claimed within 90 days of shipment
Customers are expected to check integrity of the shipment immediately after delivery
Products must have been purchased from Nutanix, directly or from one of the authorized channel partners and must have a valid support contract
Standard lead-time to receive the replacement product applies. Replacements are shipped directly from the contract manufacturer via the distributor

Missing or incorrect parts request process

Customers should work with their partner to arrange the replacement with the distributor. Nutanix Support involvement is not required for missing or incorrect part replacements
The distributor will handle the replacement directly

Question 18

WHICH KUBERNETES VERSIONS ARE SUPPORTED WITH KARBON?

Accepted Answer

For the purposes of the following FAQ, “support” or “supported” means support for the version(s) of the Nutanix Software that fall within our Upgrade/Update releases and Support obligations.

Commencing from Karbon version 2.3.0, Karbon will qualify and support Kubernetes version N up to and including N-3 (N, N-1, N-2, N-3), where N is the latest Kubernetes release supported by Karbon.

See the respective Karbon release notes for compatible Kubernetes versions.

For Kubernetes releases:

Nutanix will maintain a Service Level Objective to qualify Kubernetes releases within 90 days of the respective GA release date
The latest Kubernetes release may not be qualified in conjunction with the latest (or upcoming) Karbon release
In the event of multiple Kubernetes releases occurring rapidly in the same train, the qualified release will be chosen based on the stability of the latest release
Commencing with Karbon 2.3.0, Nutanix Karbon releases will be available to upgrade using LCM, Nutanix Karbon managed Kubernetes clusters must be running a Karbon supported Kubernetes version
Nutanix Karbon managed Kubernetes clusters must be upgraded via upgrade methods provided by Karbon

外观	一般支持	支持生命结束
升级维护更新
支持合同更新
新建特征增强
新建硬件支持
新建安全补丁
新建错误修复
现有安全补丁
现有错误修复
根源分析
Nutanix支持实验室问题复制
创建支持请求	网页电话	网页电话
工作轮廓问题
知识库存取

日期调度提交	船日期	允诺交付日期
周一3PM本地时间	周一	周二
周一3PM本地时间	周二	星期三
周二3PM局部时间	周二	星期三
周二3PM本地时间	星期三	星期四
星期三3PM局部时间	星期三	星期四
周三3PM本地时间	星期四	星期五
星期四3PM局部时间	星期四	星期五
星期四3PM本地时间	星期五	周一
周五3PM局部时间	星期五	周一
周五3PM本地时间	周一	周二
周六	周一	周二
星期天	周一	周二

日期调度提交	船日期	允诺交付日期
周一3PM本地时间	周一	周二
周一3PM本地时间	星期二 <	星期三
周二3PM局部时间	周二	星期三
周二3PM本地时间	星期三	星期四
星期三3PM局部时间	星期三	星期四
周三3PM本地时间	星期四	星期天
星期四3PM局部时间	星期四	星期天
星期四3PM本地时间	星期天	周一
星期五	星期天	周一
周六	星期天	周一
星期天3PM局部时间	星期天	周一
星期天3PM局部时间	周一	周二

优先级	描述性	定点初始响应级别
P1	紧急事件生产系统不可用,当前状态不可使用,没有程序变通方法服务向下和/或关键特征无法获取全程或大片任务关键数据极易丢失或腐烂所有数据无可用性或数据损耗问题均分配此优先级	1小时内(任务临界支持程序30分钟)
P2	临界点重大不便生产系统可用,但经历重大功能或性能退化直接影响部分业务的问题受到影响System重要特征无法使用,无法接受工作变通方法,但操作可受限继续	4小时内(2小时任务临界支持程序)
P3	正常状态小不便系统偶发非临界问题已确定需要解决,但问题并未严重影响生产率非临界失用中低作用短期工作补丁可用	8小时内(任务临界支持程序4小时)*
P4	低点关于文档、流程、程序、新账号搭建或配置的问题泛泛请求信息	接下两个工作日
RFE系统	农城	5天内

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