An administrator manages multiple clusters at different geographic sites via a single Prism Central. What should be configured to optimize image uploads to all locations?

An Image Placement Policy with Soft Enforcement tells Prism Central to prefer placing images on clusters matching the defined location criteria - such as specific sites or categories - so uploads are distributed close to the consuming clusters, reducing WAN transfer at deployment time. Soft Enforcement ensures that if the target cluster is unavailable or constraints cannot be met, image placement still proceeds, avoiding operational blockages while optimizing for locality.

A Custom Image Upload Role is an RBAC construct controlling who can upload images, not where images are placed or replicated.

Bandwidth Throttling Policy limits the rate of data transfer between clusters but does not control image placement or optimize geographic distribution.

Hard Enforcement blocks image placement entirely if the policy constraints cannot be satisfied, which can prevent deployments when a site is unreachable and is therefore not optimal for multi-site availability.