"SQLServerException: The connection to the named instance has failed." in JBoss EAP

Issue

• The following exception is raised when attempting to connect to SQLServer

  ... com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The connection to the named instance  has failed. Error: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out.
          at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDriverError(Unknown Source)
          at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.getInstancePort(Unknown Source)
          at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
          at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
          at org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.local.LocalManagedConnectionFactory.getLocalManagedConnection(LocalManagedConnectionFactory.java:260)
          ...