What is needed to connect a Windows-based laptop to the c7000 or c3000 enclosure service port
and successfully communicate with the Onboard Administrator?

A.
a laptop with the network interface set to DHCP and a null modem cable

B.
a laptop with the network interface set to DHCP and a standard CAT5 patch cable

C.
a laptop with the network interface set to an address in the 192.168.1.x range and a CAT5
crossover cable

D.
a laptop with the network interface set to an address in the 192.168.1.x range and a standard
CAT5 patch cable

Explanation:
Using the service port connection
The Onboard Administrator service port is the enclosure up-link connector, which also has a
laptop icon next to the up arrow. When the enclosure link connectors are used to link enclosures,
the top enclosure up-link connector will be the service port for all the linked enclosures. This port is
a 100BaseT Ethernet jack and may be directly connected to a laptop or PC RJ45 Ethernet
connector using a standard CAT5 patch cable.
The laptop or PC connected to the enclosure service port must have DHCP enabled in its network
connection, and obtains a zero-conf IP address in the range 169.254.x.y after a DHCP timeout if
the laptop or PC is running Microsoft Windows. If the laptop or PC is running Linux, you might
have to manually set the network port to 169.254.2.1 with a network mask of 255.255.0.0.