Mount operation times out due to incorrect IP address assigned on the storage port
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.5
- NFS
Issue
- Ping from the client machine to the storage LIF fails despite ICMP being allowed in the network.
[root@localhost ~]# ping 10.216.41.xx
PING 10.216.41.xx (10.216.41.xx) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 10.216.41.xx ping statistics ---
15 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 13999ms
- Mount operation fails with a timeout on the client machine.
[root@localhost ~]# mount 10.216.41.xx:/vol1 /mnt
mount.nfs: Connection timed out
- IP addresses from two different networks configured on the same storage port.
cluster1::> network interface show -vserver svm1
Logical Status Network Current Current Is
Vserver Interface Admin/Oper Address/Mask Node Port Home
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
svm1
wrong_lif up/up 10.216.42.xx/24 node1 e0d true
lif1 up/up 10.216.41.xx/24 node1 e0d true
2 entries were displayed.
- The client machine is in the same network as the wrong LIF.
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
ens32: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.216.42.xx netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.216.41.255