Options C, D are correct. Use measured growth since initial deployment plus the quantified demand of newly planned workloads. Combine peak and sustained utilisation, resilience headroom and replenishment lead time; arbitrary percentage uplifts or maximum platform limits are inadequate. A strong expansion proposal begins with evidence from the installed solution and a clearly described future operating state. Quantify the additional business outcome, delivery dependencies, customer obligations, resource impact and lifecycle consequences rather than listing more products. The remaining choices introduce assumptions that the customer has not authorised, or omit a material operational condition that must be satisfied before commitment. Make the customer-facing trade-off explicit: what the recommended approach satisfies, which alternatives impose unnecessary constraints, and what evidence confirms the decision. This also permits the customer to approve any residual risk knowingly. When an existing estate is being grown or extended, the proposal should protect currently running workloads and account for remaining asset value. Use current metrics and realistic forecasts to justify the change and sequence deliverables to address the most pressing customer constraint.

Study Guide Reference: HPE Edge-to-Cloud Fundamentals — Prepare a Proposal to Grow an Installed Solution or Expand to Other Solutions; Presenting an HPE Solution.