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Clients using NFS over IPSEC reporting NFS not responding error due to packet drops

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9 and later
  • NFS over IPSEC
  • Microsoft

Issue

  • "NFS: server not responding" error seen in some clients

Oct  1 09:13:40 rnrwww002 kernel: [883802.191048] nfs: server svm01-d01.naslab.com not responding, still trying
Oct  1 09:13:40 rnrwww002 kernel: [883802.191117] nfs: server svm01-d01.naslab.com not responding, still trying

  • Ipsec show-ikesa for impacted clients shows as connecting
::*> security ipsec show-ikesa -node node01-01
            Policy Local           Remote
Vserver     Name   Address         Address         Initator-SPI     State
----------- ------ --------------- --------------- ----------------
-----------
svm01 Policy01  10.242.53.23    10.242.57.13    3062b5c42f5494dd   CONNECTING            
                10.242.53.23    10.242.57.16    208f2f057572094b   CONNECTING
                10.242.53.23    10.242.57.21 838d2569f5e07135   CONNECTING

 

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