In a Nutanix environment, if the Foundation VM is not discovering the hardware, it could be due to issues with the IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) settings. IPMI is a set of computer interface specifications for an autonomous computer subsystem that provides management and monitoring capabilities independently of the host system's CPU, firmware (BIOS or UEFI), and operating system.
In this scenario, the consultant should connect a crash cart to each node, log in to the pre-installed AHV hypervisor, and run the IPMITool commands to set the IPMI IP Address, subnet, and gateway for each node.
After setting the IPMI settings, the consultant should run Foundation using the configured IPMI addresses that were just set.
This will ensure that the Foundation VM can communicate with the nodes via IPMI and discover the hardware, allowing the installation to proceed.
References:
* [Nutanix Support & Insights]
* [Nutanix Community]
* [Nutanix Documentation]
* [Nutanix Certified services - core (NCS-Core) 6.8 - Nutanix University]
* [Nutanix Bible]
* [Nutanix Certified services - core (NCS-Core) 6.8 Playlist - YouTube]