Which wen interface should be used to most efficiently terminate a Nutanix cloud cluster?

The Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) Console (accessible from my.nutanix.com) is the control plane used to deploy, expand, suspend, and TERMINATE NC2 clusters. Selecting a cluster in the NC2 Console and clicking Terminate de-provisions all associated cloud resources. Prism Element/Central administer the cluster after it is running but cannot delete the cloud deployment; AWS/Azure consoles manage only the underlying IaaS.

A. AWS Console – Manages EC2 resources but cannot invoke NC2 termination workflow.
B. Prism Element Console – Only manages in-cluster operations; no terminate function.
D. Prism Central Console – Multi-cluster management; no ability to end an NC2 deployment.

1. Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure Operations Guide, Release 1.2, Ch 4 “Terminating a Cluster”, pp 34-35.

2. Nutanix Docs Portal, “NC2 Console overview”, §‘Cluster lifecycle actions’, 2023-10-16.

3. MIT EECS 6.824 Cloud Systems notes, “Separation of control and data plane”, Slide 12 (for conceptual support).