Clustered Application Throws JGroups Connection Exception in JBoss EAP 4.x

Issue

• The following message appears in the logs :

        java.lang.Exception: connection to <IP_ADDRESS>:<PORT> could not be established
                at org.jgroups.blocks.BasicConnectionTable.send(BasicConnectionTable.java:238)
                at org.jgroups.protocols.TCP.send(TCP.java:54)

        Caused by: java.io.InterruptedIOException: operation interrupted;
        socket id: XXXXXXXXX, local addr: <IP_ADDRESS>:<PORT>, remote addr:
        192.61.248.61:0
                at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
                at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:334)
                at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:196)
                at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:183)
                at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
                at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:520)
                at org.jgroups.blocks.ConnectionTable.getConnection(ConnectionTable.java:143)