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CHAPTER 2 Defining and Extending Hyperconverged Infrastructure 19 These materials are © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. at any scale, in any region, with the apps and services that end-users consume, all running on your preferred clouds. » Nutanix Era is a software suite that automates and simpli- fies database management, bringing one-click simplicity and invisible operations to database provisioning and lifecycle management (LCM). Nutanix Era enables database admins to provision, clone, refresh, and restore their databases to any point in time. Connecting and securing HCI with a smart networking fabric A next-generation HCI solution can enable tight integration betweenHCI/virtualizationandnetworkingvendorsthatoffer smartfabricsforbothHCInodeconfigurationandvirtualmachine (VM)-levelsoftware-definedabstractions. Thesmartfabrichandlestheheavyliftingofsoftware-defined networking (SDN) based on the telemetry and context that it learns fromthevirtualizationinHCI. ThisenablesthesameSDNuse cases —suchaszero-touchhardwareconfiguration,virtuallocal area network (VLAN) creation and pruning, and layer stretched networking —andalsoallowscustomerstochoosefrombest- of-breed networking solutions that will not only address their HCI needs, but all of their networking needs. This integration reduces the friction between virtualization and networking teams. It's a win-win for both teams. The integration between next-generation HCI and smart network fabrics also enables robust security capabilities, including complete encryption for data and management communications, role-based access control (RBAC), key management, and micro-segmentation (discussedinChapter 6).Nowit'sawin-win-winforeveryone — virtualization, networking, and security teams! NutanixFlowdeliversadvancednetworkingandsecurityservices, providing visibility into the virtual network, application- centric protection from network threats, and automation of common networking operations. Flow allows organizations to deploy software-definedvirtualnetworkingwithoutthecomplexityof installing and managing additional products that have separate