What describes the action of the qualified-next-hop parameter in a configuration?

A.
It performs a recursive lookup on the destination network to confirm that the route is reachable.

B.
It allows for the configuration of independent preferences for static routes to the same
destination.

C.
It periodically pings the next hop to validate its existence thereby assigning the static route to
the forwarding table.

D.
It verifies the maximum hop count limit before validating the static route.