Applies to ONTAP 9.7 Issue One or more SVM's are unable to connect to external servers (i.e. NIS) when their LIF's are on a specific node and EMS events are logged for ipfw.ReachedMaxStates. On the af...Applies to ONTAP 9.7 Issue One or more SVM's are unable to connect to external servers (i.e. NIS) when their LIF's are on a specific node and EMS events are logged for ipfw.ReachedMaxStates. On the affected node netstat -an shows high number of TCP connections in CLOSED state where the local port number is 443