NIS server timeout can potentially cause CIFS outage
Applies to
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3
- ONTAP 9 and later
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.