Why does the ssh command sometimes respond with "No route to host" and other times connect without problems

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

Connection from ssh client to ssh server sometimes succeeds and sometimes fails.

The command is ssh hostname.

The error is No route to host.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • vCenter server 5

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