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SSH client intermittently fails to establish connection to ONTAP

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • SSH
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Issue

  • SSH client of RHEL fails to connect to ONTAP with error.
mux_client_request_session: session request failed: Session open refused by peer
ControlSocket /root/.ssh/XXXX@XXXX:22 already exists, disabling multiplexing
mux_client_request_session: session request failed: Session open refused by peer
ControlSocket /root/.ssh/XXXX@XXXX:22 already exists, disabling multiplexing
mux_client_request_session: session request failed: Session open refused by peer
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
  • ONTAP records the following event on the messages log.

000000XX.XXXXXXX XXXXXX Fri Sep XX 20XX XX:XX:XX +09:00 [auth_sshd:error:XXXX] error: no more sessions

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