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The optimal sequence for deploying a Nutanix AHV cluster with built-in software encryption involves the following steps:

Create Cluster: Establish the cluster foundation, which sets up the basic network and cluster configurations.

Install License Key: The ultimate licensing must be applied before enabling encryption because the feature depends on this license.

Encrypt Cluster: Once the cluster is created and licensed, enable encryption to secure the data at rest. This step should be done before creating storage containers to ensure that all data written to the containers is encrypted from the outset.

Create Storage Containers: Finally, create the storage containers. With encryption already enabled, any data written to these containers will be automatically encrypted.

References:

Nutanix Bible (https://www.nutanixbible.com ), specifically the sections on licensing and data encryption.

Nutanix University: NCS-Core 6.8 Training (https://university.nutanix.com ), covering deployment and configuration best practices.