Alcatel Unleashed

Thank you silvio and Gleylancer - I appreciate you both looking into this for me
The solution was to set the ip address on the windows laptop as follows:

Go to Ethernet settings in windows (can search for "Ethernet settings") -> Make the following updates to IP settings:
IPv4

Manual
IP Address ...

more details that may help:

-> show configuration snapshot all
! Chassis :
system name vxTarget
system timezone EST
! VLAN :
ethernet-service mode vstk
vlan 1 enable name "VLAN 1"
vlan 99 enable name "vl1"
vlan 99 mobile-tag enable
vlan 99 port default 2/1
! IP :
ip service all
ip interface "vl99 ...

more details:

-> show interfaces 2/1
Slot/Port 2/1 :
Operational Status : up,
Last Time Link Changed : WED JAN 24 18:08:07 ,
Number of Status Change: 2,
Type : Ethernet,
SFP/XFP : Not Present,
MAC address : 00:e0:b1:82:f8:f0,
BandWidth (Megabits) : 1000, Duplex : Full,
Autonegotiation : 1 ...

My laptop is connected directly to port 2/1 on the OmniSwitch 6850. I ping the ip address assigned to the vlan, but I only get timeouts. Would anyone be able to give me some ideas to troubleshoot?

Setup:
Laptop is connected directly using ethernet cable to port 2/1 and console cable to the console ...