Exam NCA-7.5 Topic 1 Question 64 Discussion

Flow Network Security microsegmentation is included with the NCI Ultimate feature set. Microsegmentation applies policy-based controls between protected workloads, allowing administrators to restrict east-west traffic according to categories, application tiers and defined security requirements. Because this is an infrastructure networking and security capability, its core entitlement is associated with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure rather than Nutanix Cloud Manager.
The official Nutanix software-options matrix distinguishes between inclusion and add-on availability. NCI Ultimate includes microsegmentation. NCI Pro can support the capability when the applicable Security add- on is purchased, but the base NCI Pro tier alone does not include that entitlement. NCI Starter does not provide the required microsegmentation entitlement. NCM Ultimate includes advanced cloud-management, governance and security-compliance functions, but it does not replace the NCI entitlement needed to enforce Flow Network Security policies on protected workloads.
Therefore, among the listed standalone tiers, NCI Ultimate is the tier that includes the ability directly. This distinction is important in exam questions: a feature being available as an add-on to a tier is not equivalent to being included in the base tier.
NHCF/NCA reference: Nutanix solutions and NCI networking/security capabilities; NCA Section 1,
"Recognize Nutanix solutions, use cases and features of NCI technologies." Official reference: Nutanix Cloud Platform Software Options .