Why does NFS mount command fails with error "mount.nfs: Input/output error" ?

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Issue

  • mount command times out and fails with the following error message:
# mount nfsserver:/share /mnt
mount.nfs: Input/output error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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