Lockdown Modeon ESXi hosts is asecurity featurethat restrictsdirect loginto the ESXi host.
Once enabled, administrators must manage the host throughvCenter Serverinstead of direct DCUI/SSH access (except for exception users).
This prevents unauthorized local access and improves overall security compliance.
Other options:
A. Improves network performance→ Not related.
C. Increases CPU/memory for VMs→ Not related.
D. Simplifies VM management→ It actually makes direct management more restricted.
[References:, VMware vSphere 9.0 –ESXi Lockdown Mode Overview, VMware Docs: Lockdown Mode in ESXi, , ]
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