Installing Nutanix CE 2.0 into the Asus PN64-E1

In this blog post, I will share on how to install Nutanix CE 2.0 into the Asus PN64-E1. We are going to build a 3 node Nutanix cluster and we will need to install Nutanix CE 2.0 manually into each and every node. We will need the following

1. Asus PN64-E1
2. Nutanix Installer
3. Network Cable

We will need to configure the following IP addresses

Node	Host IP	CVM IP	Subnet Mask	Gateway
Node 1	192.168.10.1	192.168.10.11	255.255.255.0	192.168.10.254
Node 2	192.168.10.2	192.168.10.12	255.255.255.0	192.168.10.254
Node 3	192.168.10.3	192.168.10.13	255.255.255.0	192.168.10.254

Step 1: Connect Asus PN64-E1’s ethernet port 2 into “Port 1” of the TP-Link ethernet switch.

Step 2: Connect the “Nutanix Installer” USB thumb drive into the front port of the Asus PN64-E1 and power on the mini PC.

Step 3: Press “F8” and boot into the USB thumb drive

Step 4: Once the installer is fully loaded, you should see the screen below

Step 5: We will choose the hypervisor as AHV and assign the following hard drive accordingly

• Hypervisor Boot —> 500GB SSD
• CVM Boot —> 2TB SSD
• Data —> 2TB NVME

Step 6: Let’s enter the IP address for the 1st Nutanix node as stipulated in the “Nutanix IP Address List” table above, ensure the “Create single-node cluster” option is not selected and click “Next Page”.

Step 7: Scroll down the EULA before selecting “I accept the end user license agreement”. After that, tab to “Start”

Step 8: The installation will take a while and you should see the following screen when it’s installed successfully. Remember to plug out the thumb drive before keying “Y” and hitting the “Enter” key.

Step 9: Repeat all the above 8steps for the other 2 Asus PN64-E1 except for Step 1, where

• Node 2 should plug into Port 2 of the TP-Link switch
• Node 3 should plug into Port 3 of the TP-Link switch

With all the 3 nodes installed, we are ready to proceed to the next blog post where I will share on cluster creation procedures.