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Old Nutanix Cluster back to life with CE or open-source version.

  • January 8, 2026
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Greetings,

In our lab, we have an old Nutanix cluster of 4 NX-8155-G6 machines. I am looking at installing Open Source AHV and AOS however CE may be our solution as well. It looks like the only way to install AHV on the appliances is using Foundation. So two tracks:

  • AHV on the old cluster and install with Foundation
  • Install CE on the old cluster

Does anybody have experience installing CE on older Nutanix Hardware?

2 replies

JeroenTielen
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  • Vanguard
  • January 9, 2026

Yes you can run CE on those older nodes. I created a blogpost about it: 

https://www.jeroentielen.nl/repurpose-old-nutanix-hardware/

 


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  • Outrider
  • January 12, 2026

all Nutanix old nodes do support CE.so you can install and run CE on top of them without any issue.