What is the benefit of enabling lockdown mode on VMware ESX hosts?

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.