RHEL7 in ppc64 architecture can not communicate using SMB2/3 protocol.

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Issue

  • RHEL7 in ppc64 architecture can not communicate using SMB2/3 protocol.
  • In packet capture, RHEL7 in ppc64 smb2/3 client sends huge Command sequence number/MessageID/message sequence number after initial negotiate protocol packet.
    For example, tshark result contains following Message ID.

    Message ID: 72057594037927936
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • kernel packages prior to kernel-3.1.10-327
  • ppc64 architecture.

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