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Fifteen infrastructure devices across two data centers (the Akron and NDC sites) were assessed against published vendor minimums for AI training and inference. The estate is a healthy, current-generation enterprise virtualization platform — but it was built for transactional and file workloads, not for accelerated computing. No GPU compute, no RDMA/RoCE fabric, and no all-flash AI data path are present today.
The four Ready devices are the two Nutanix HCI clusters (current AOS 7.5.1, AHV GPU-passthrough capable) and the two Rubrik backup clusters (9.4.3) — the platforms a phased AI build would actually land on. The four Needs-Upgrade devices are the two PowerScale (Isilon) NAS clusters and the two PowerProtect Data Domain appliances: their software is supportable but they sit below the AI data-path floor. The seven Blocked devices are the three legacy Fibre Channel switches (no RDMA path, end-of-life switch OS) and four storage systems that are not AI data platforms — three Dell Unity arrays and a QNAP management NAS.
This is not “rip and replace.” ACME Widget already owns a GPU-ready control plane in Nutanix and a current data-protection tier in Rubrik. The gap to an AI-capable estate is three additive investments — GPU compute nodes, an RDMA-capable east-west / storage fabric, and an all-flash hot data tier — not a wholesale refresh.
Visual One Intelligence captures storage, fabric, and HCI telemetry; it does not enumerate server CPU SIMD level, RAM, GPU inventory, or NIC RDMA capability for this estate. GPU and host-OS readiness in this report is assessed at the platform-capability level (what the observed software can support), not from a per-server hardware bill of materials. A targeted compute-collection pass is recommended before procurement — see Section 07.
Every active device observed in the reporting period, with its firmware/OS, dominant media type, capacity utilization, and AI-readiness verdict. Storage utilization and media are drawn from the enterprise device and disk-type telemetry; fabric OS from the SAN switch summary.
| Device | Class | Firmware / OS | Media | Util. | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKR-Isilon | Dell PowerScale (Isilon) NAS | OneFS 9.10.1.4 | SATA | 46% | NEEDS-UPGRADE |
| NDC-Isilon | Dell PowerScale (Isilon) NAS | OneFS 9.10.1.6 | SATA | 63% | NEEDS-UPGRADE |
| Nutanix-AKR | Nutanix HCI (AHV/Prism) | AOS 7.5.1 | SSD | 18% | READY |
| Nutanix-NDC | Nutanix HCI (AHV/Prism) | AOS 7.5.1 | SSD | 28% | READY |
| AKR-Rubrik | Rubrik (data protection) | 9.4.3-31180 | SSD | 43% | READY |
| NDC-Rubrik | Rubrik (data protection) | 9.4.3-31180 | SSD | 56% | READY |
| AKR-DD6800 | Dell PowerProtect Data Domain | DDOS 7.3.0.5 | SATA | 63% | NEEDS-UPGRADE |
| NDC-DD6800 | Dell PowerProtect Data Domain | DDOS 7.3.0.5 | SATA | 56% | NEEDS-UPGRADE |
| AKR-U300 | Dell EMC Unity (block/unified) | Unity OE 5.2.2 | SATA | 88% | BLOCKED |
| NDC-U300 | Dell EMC Unity (block/unified) | Unity OE 5.2.2 | SATA | 90% | BLOCKED |
| AKR-U650 | Dell EMC Unity (block/unified) | Unity OE 5.2.1 | SSD | 11% | BLOCKED |
| NDC-QNAP-MGMT | QNAP QuTS hero (mgmt NAS) | QuTS hero h5.2.6 | SATA | 77% | BLOCKED |
| ACME-DS5300B-SW1 | Brocade FC switch | FOS v7.1.1c | — | — | BLOCKED |
| ACME-DS5300B-SW2 | Brocade FC switch | FOS v7.1.1c | — | — | BLOCKED |
| AKR-FCSW-1 | Cisco MDS FC switch | NX-OS 6.2(11c) | — | — | BLOCKED |
Verdict definitions — Ready: software ≥ AI floor and no missing prerequisite. Needs-Upgrade: below the AI floor but the vendor publishes an upgrade/expansion path on supported hardware. Blocked: no AI data-path role, end-of-life, or a missing prerequisite that cannot be added in place.
Each device class is audited against the attributes that determine whether it can sit on an AI training or inference data path: software floor, media tier, accelerator/GPU path, and RDMA fabric capability. Green passes the floor, red fails it, gray is a legacy/non-AI role.
Fig. 3.1 Nutanix is the strongest AI landing zone in the estate: current AOS, GPU-passthrough/vGPU capable on AHV, and ample free flash. The two gaps — GPU nodes and an RDMA fabric — are additive, not architectural.
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