An administrator just completed the initial account setup tasks for NC2 on Azure, such as creating a My Nutanix account, starting a 30-day free trial…

Before the NC2 portal can provision a cluster in an Azure subscription, two critical prerequisites must be met. First, an Azure AD App Registration (Service Principal) must be created and granted the 'Contributor' role on the subscription. This allows the NC2 service to authenticate and manage Azure resources. Second, the specific bare-metal instance types required by NC2 are not enabled by default. The administrator must submit a quota increase request to Microsoft to have the Azure Subscription allowlisted for these specific SKUs in the target region.

A. Purchasing an Azure savings plan.

This is a financial optimization for billing and is not a technical prerequisite for creating the cluster.

D. Configure VPN for connectivity.

A VPN is configured for network connectivity to the cluster after it has been successfully created, not before.

1. Nutanix. (2023). Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure Deployment and User Guide v6.7. Section: Prerequisites. This section explicitly lists the mandatory steps before cluster creation, including "Request Access to BareMetal Instances (Allowlisting)" and "Create an Azure Active Directory (AAD) Application."

2. Nutanix University. (2023). Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Microsoft Azure Administration (NCAzA) v6.7. Module 2: NC2 on Azure Deployment, Lesson: Deployment Prerequisites. This lesson covers the essential setup tasks, emphasizing the need for both the App Registration and the Azure subscription allowlisting for bare-metal SKUs.