No network connectivity and ethtool shows NIC speed and duplex are unknown
Issue
- No network connectivity and ethtool reports link speed and duplex as unknown:
# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: Unknown!
Duplex: Unknown! (255)
Port: FIBRE
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: off
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000000 (0)
Link detected: no
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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