Given the information in the scenario, which capability of VMware HCX will the customer not be able to utilize?

A customer is looking to leverage a VMware Public Cloud solution to provide them with additional compute capacity as seasonal demand increases for their online business.

The current on-premises data center is configured as follows:

• VMware vSphere 7.0

• VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) 7.0

• Management and Server network – 172.18.0.0/16

• vMotion network – 192.168.120.0/24

• 250 application servers

Given the information in the scenario, which capability of VMware HCX will the customer not be able to utilize?
A . Cold migration
B . Layer 2 extension
C . Bulk migration
D . WAN optimization

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Answer: B

Explanation:

According to the VMware official guide, VMware Tanzu Service Mesh is a cloud-native service mesh platform that simplifies the secure communication between microservices running in Kubernetes clusters . It provides secure and consistent network communication between services and enables policy-driven authorization and observability. With its distributed tracing capabilities, Tanzu Service Mesh can help administrators easily monitor and troubleshoot their applications. It also provides a unified platform to manage the lifecycle of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters, including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and more.

Management “and Server” network – 172.18.0.0/16 “and Server” being the 250 application servers.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-HCX/4.6/hcx-user-guide/GUID-DBDB4D1B-60B6-4D16-936B-4AC632606909.html

Detected and Restricted Source Network Types

The HCX Network Extension service detects and prevents several non-supported Network Extension scenarios (items are dimmed in the Network Extension UI): • vSphere infrastructure networks (ESXi VMkernel networks).