I stumbled across this entry: http://blogs.sun.com/shepler/entry/port_623_or_the_mount
and even though we do not see this issue with port 623, but rather 664. But sure enough, it was sending SYN/ACK, then timeout until RST. I waited for the port to the released, told inetd to listen on port 664 and voila, mount works fine again. We use Supermicros with Intel? 82573V and 82573L. I would send Shepler my thanks but comments are disabled. Useless logs: # mount -o proto=tcp,vers=3 172.20.12.226:/export/src /mnt 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100005 (MOUNT) vers=3 proto=UDP 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 PORTMAP R GETPORT port=39049 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 MOUNT3 C Null 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 MOUNT3 R Null 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 MOUNT3 C Mount /export/src 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 MOUNT3 R Mount OK FH=076E Auth=unix 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100003 (NFS) vers=3 proto=TCP 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 PORTMAP R GETPORT port=2049 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38337 Syn Seq=592414549 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38337 S=2049 Syn Ack=592414550 Seq=2210245643 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38337 Ack=2210245644 Seq=592414550 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 NFS C NULL3 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38337 S=2049 Ack=592414670 Seq=2210245644 Len=0 Win=49520 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 NFS R NULL3 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38337 Ack=2210245672 Seq=592414670 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38337 Fin Ack=2210245672 Seq=592414670 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38337 S=2049 Ack=592414671 Seq=2210245672 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38337 S=2049 Fin Ack=592414671 Seq=2210245672 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38337 Ack=2210245673 Seq=592414671 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 PORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100003 (NFS) vers=3 proto=TCP 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 PORTMAP R GETPORT port=2049 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38338 Syn Seq=3614232918 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38338 S=2049 Syn Ack=3614232919 Seq=2210460804 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38338 Ack=2210460805 Seq=3614232919 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 NFS C NULL3 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38338 S=2049 Ack=3614233039 Seq=2210460805 Len=0 Win=49520 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 NFS R NULL3 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38338 Ack=2210460833 Seq=3614233039 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38338 Fin Ack=2210460833 Seq=3614233039 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38338 S=2049 Ack=3614233040 Seq=2210460833 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.226 -> 172.20.12.6 TCP D=38338 S=2049 Fin Ack=3614233040 Seq=2210460833 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=38338 Ack=2210460834 Seq=3614233040 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=664 Rst Ack=0 Seq=3456416233 Len=0 Win=49640 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=664 Syn Seq=3507413975 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=664 Syn Seq=3507413975 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> # netstat 172.20.12.6.664 172.20.12.226.2049 0 0 49640 0 SYN_SENT After inetd hack: # netstat *.664 *.* 0 0 49152 0 BOUND # mount -o proto=tcp,vers=3 172.20.12.226:/export/src /mnt 172.20.12.6 -> 172.20.12.226 TCP D=2049 S=661 Syn Seq=1448210229 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK> # df 172.20.12.226:/export/src 24T 11G 24T 1% /mnt Jorgen Lundman wrote: > > Ok, it still happens even when not using aliases, it just took longer to > turn up. > > Attempting to mount (snoop running on NFS client) -- Jorgen Lundman | <lundman at lundman.net> Unix Administrator | +81 (0)3 -5456-2687 ext 1017 (work) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo | +81 (0)90-5578-8500 (cell) Japan | +81 (0)3 -3375-1767 (home)