What is causing the mismatch in reported values?

The administrator of a multi-homed Solaris system is verifying that the qfe3 interface has
successfully autonegotiated a port connection. The /var/adm/messages file reports a recent entry
of:
NOTICE: qfe3: 100 Mbps full duplex link up
However, ndd -get /dev/qfe link_speed returns a value of 0.
What is causing the mismatch in reported values?

The administrator of a multi-homed Solaris system is verifying that the qfe3 interface has
successfully autonegotiated a port connection. The /var/adm/messages file reports a recent entry
of:
NOTICE: qfe3: 100 Mbps full duplex link up
However, ndd -get /dev/qfe link_speed returns a value of 0.
What is causing the mismatch in reported values?

A.
Setting the link_speed value only takes effect following a reboot.

B.
The wrong driver is being queried by ndd.

C.
The ndd command is using the default instance value.

D.
The switch can only negotiate half duplex connections.



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