[enterprise-4.12] OSDOCS-21423: Doc update for removal of VMware 7.x and VCF 4.x support.

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Version(s):
4.12

Issue:
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OSDOCS-21423

Link to docs preview:

• Installation requirements: https://119829--ocpdocs-pr.netlify.app/openshift-enterprise/latest/installing/installing_vsphere/preparing-to-install-on-vsphere.html#installation-vsphere-infrastructure_preparing-to-install-on-vsphere
• CSI operator: https://119829--ocpdocs-pr.netlify.app/openshift-enterprise/latest/storage/container_storage_interface/persistent-storage-csi-vsphere.html#vsphere-csi-driver-reqs_persistent-storage-csi-vsphere
• Updating hardware nodes (see subsections for control plane/compute/template): https://119829--ocpdocs-pr.netlify.app/openshift-enterprise/latest/updating/updating-hardware-on-nodes-running-on-vsphere.html
• CSI drivers supported by OCP: https://119829--ocpdocs-pr.netlify.app/openshift-enterprise/latest/storage/container_storage_interface/persistent-storage-csi.html#csi-drivers-supported_persistent-storage-csi

QE review:

• QE has approved this change.

Additional information:
Cherry pick of #99835 (commit 89874e3) for OCP 4.12 extended support, aligning the supported VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation versions with 4.16+ per OSDOCS-21423.

Note for review: the 4.12 installation requirements module contained an IMPORTANT admonition stating that vSphere 7.0 and 7.0 Update 1 were deprecated but still fully supported. Because this change removes 7.x support, that sentence was removed to align with 4.16+; the virtual hardware version 15 requirement is retained.

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🤖 Tue Sep 15 14:56:30 - Prow CI generated the docs preview:
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Complete list of updated preview URLs: artifacts/updated_preview_urls.txt

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