CIFS shares fails to be automatically mounted during the bootup with error 'Unable to find suitable address'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • CIFS shares can not be automatically mounted during the bootup. However the same CIFS shares can be successfully manually mounted after the bootup.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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