java.net.SocketTimeoutException exception when shutting down a node in HornetQ cluster

Issue

It is possible to get SocketTimeoutException when one node in a HornetQ cluster gets shutdown. This will result in excessive logging of the following message in the server log file.

20:10:23,403 ERROR [NettyConnector] Failed to create netty connection java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioClientSocketPipelineSink.connect(OioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:114)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioClientSocketPipelineSink.eventSunk(OioClientSocketPipelineSink.java:74)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.connect(Channels.java:541)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.connect(AbstractChannel.java:217)
at org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.ClientBootstrap.connect(ClientBootstrap.java:227)
at org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.ClientBootstrap.connect(ClientBootstrap.java:188)
at org.hornetq.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyConnector.createConnection(NettyConnector.java:447)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl.getConnection(FailoverManagerImpl.java:953)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl.getConnectionWithRetry(FailoverManagerImpl.java:834)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl.reconnectSessions(FailoverManagerImpl.java:790)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl.failoverOrReconnect(FailoverManagerImpl.java:718)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl.handleConnectionFailure(FailoverManagerImpl.java:580)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl.access$600(FailoverManagerImpl.java:72)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl$DelegatingFailureListener.connectionFailed(FailoverManagerImpl.java:1150)
at org.hornetq.core.protocol.core.impl.RemotingConnectionImpl.callFailureListeners(RemotingConnectionImpl.java:482)
at org.hornetq.core.protocol.core.impl.RemotingConnectionImpl.fail(RemotingConnectionImpl.java:254)
at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.FailoverManagerImpl$Channel0Handler$1.run(FailoverManagerImpl.java:1118)
at org.hornetq.utils.OrderedExecutorFactory$OrderedExecutor$1.run(OrderedExecutorFactory.java:100)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)