A customer requests a review of its current vSphere platform design.
The following information is noted:
There are three different workload profiles for the virtual machines:
- Tier-1 virtual machines operate resource-intensive applications and require dedicated allocations for CPU and RAM.
- Tier-2 virtual machines operate internet-facing applications and require access to externally facing networks.
- Tier-3 virtual machines operate platform management tools such as vCenter Server and have different lifecycle management requirements.
- Tier-1, Tier-2 and Tier-3 virtual machines are all hosted on a single large vSphere cluster.
- The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has raised concerns that hosting externally facing applications alongside management tools does not meet internal compliance standards.
- The Operations team has raised concerns about Tier-1 virtual machines negatively impacting the performance of vCenter Server.
- The Operations lead has stated that management changes have consistently been rejected by application teams.
As a result of the review, which recommendation should the architect make regarding the design of this platform?

During a requirements gathering workshop, the customer provides the following requirement that is pertinent to the design of a new vSphere environment:
- The Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD) for all Tier 1 applications is
one hour.
Which requirement classification is being gathered for the design documentation?

A Cloud Service Provider wants to introduce backup as a service for a customer's vSphere-based virtual machines.
The following information is noted:
- They have a single four-port (2 × 10 GbE and 2 × 1 GbE) NIC per ESXi host
- All top-of-rack (ToR) switches are 10 GbE and fully populated
- The backup traffic must not impact existing services
Which two recommendations should the architect make to help the customer incorporate the service- (Choose two.)

An architect has 50 ESXi hosts to deploy and DHCP servers are not allowed on any network.
Which automated host deployment method should the architect use?

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) at an organization raises concerns that their virtual infrastructure environment is vulnerable. Recently, a security-related issue with a virtual machine caused all management services to become unavailable. No budget is available in the short term for additional platform investment. An architect is asked to review the current environment and make recommendations to mitigate concerns.
A virtualization administrator has provided the following details:
- There is a single four node cluster of ESXi servers
- There are two, Layer 2, physical network switches connecting resources
- The data center network is presented as a single /16 subnet
Given the information provided, which functional requirement should the architect include in the design to mitigate the COOs concerns?