A 110 Cat 6 patch panel and a switch with MDIX capabilities was just installed in a server closet. A server needs to be connected via Ethernet into port 1 of the switch. Which of the following cable…

Cat 3 cable is rated only for 10 Mbps voice and data applications and cannot support modern Ethernet speeds, and RJ11 is a 4- or 6-position telephone connector, not a standard 8-position Ethernet connector.

A Cat 6 straight-through cable with RJ45 connectors satisfies all requirements - the switch's Auto-MDIX feature detects the connection type and electronically crosses the transmit and receive pairs internally, eliminating the need for a crossover cable. Cat 6 also matches the installed patch panel specification, ensuring the cabling plant is consistent.

A rollover (console) cable is used for out-of-band management connections to the serial console port of network devices; it has no role in standard Ethernet data connections.

A crossover cable was the traditional requirement for connecting like devices (server to switch uplink), but with Auto-MDIX the switch handles the pair crossover internally, making a crossover cable redundant and unnecessary.