Unable to mount an NFS share from a RHEL server when using IPv6

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Issue

  • Unable to mount an NFS share from a RHEL server to an AIX client when using IPv6.
  • Clients cannot mount an NFS share from RHEL server when using IPv6. The request times out.
  • In AIX, the client receives the following error:
# mount -o vers=4 [2620:156:e1c2::70]:/ipv6test /mnt
NFS server 2620:156:e1c2::70 not responding still trying

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • NFS Server

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