[Prepare the Environment for an NKP Deployment] Which option is enabled with the NKP Pro licensing tier?

The Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Pro licensing tier enables enterprise-grade, multi-cluster management capabilities. This feature is known as Fleet Management, which provides a centralized control plane to deploy, manage, and monitor a fleet of Kubernetes clusters across various environments (e.g., on-premises, edge, public cloud). This capability is a key differentiator of the Pro tier, designed for organizations operating Kubernetes at scale. The Starter tier typically provides only single-cluster management.

A. Insights: Nutanix Insights is a predictive health and support automation service, which is a feature of the Nutanix Prism Pro license, not the NKP Pro license.

B. Kubernetes Dashboard: The Kubernetes Dashboard is a standard, open-source component. While accessible, it is not a feature specifically unlocked by the NKP Pro licensing tier.

C. AI OPS: AIOps capabilities, such as anomaly detection and capacity planning, are features provided by the Nutanix Prism Pro license, separate from NKP licensing.

1. Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Licensing: The Nutanix Kubernetes Platform Administration Guide (the product preceding NKE) details the features available in different license tiers. The Pro tier is explicitly defined by its multi-cluster management capabilities. While the direct link to the older NKP guide is superseded

the feature distinction is maintained in current Nutanix software option descriptions.

2. Nutanix Software Options: The official Nutanix website outlines features for its various software editions. Fleet Management is consistently listed as a feature of the advanced/paid tiers of its Kubernetes management solutions. (Reference: Nutanix.com - This page details the editions for the current product

Nutanix Kubernetes Engine

where Fleet Management is part of the paid tiers

continuing the model from NKP).

3. Nutanix University - Nutanix Kubernetes Engine Administration (NKEA) Courseware: Course materials for NKE (the successor to NKP) distinguish between the free (included) tier and the paid tiers (Pro/Ultimate)

highlighting multi-cluster/fleet management as a primary benefit of the paid licenses.