A consultant is running Foundation.

To manually create a cluster after the nodes have been successfully imaged but the automated cluster creation fails, the correct command to use is:

cluster create -s IP_CVM_A, IP_CVM_B, IP_CVM_n

This command specifies the -s option to include the IP addresses of the Controller Virtual Machines (CVMs) on the nodes, initiating the manual cluster creation process.

References:

Nutanix Bible (https://www.nutanixbible.com ), particularly the sections on manual cluster operations.

Nutanix University: NCS-Core 6.8 Training (https://university.nutanix.com ), with detailed instructions on manual cluster commands.