NIS server timeout can potentially cause CIFS outage

Applies to

•   Clustered Data ONTAP 8    
•   Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1    
•   Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2    
•   Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 

Issue

NIS server IP addresses have been configured; however, none of them are reachable from the storage controller.

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The following EMS error message is displayed:

ypbind: nis.server.not.available:error]: None of the NIS servers configured for SVM '<svm>' can be contacted.