RHEL 6 client fails to reconnect to NFS server, appears to be stuck in SYN-SENT state until iptables is restarted

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Issue

  • A RHEL 6.9 Client fails to reconnect to an NFS server. netstat and packet captures show the Client is dropping the SYN-ACK packets from the NFS Server.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
  • kernel 2.6.32-696.el6 series?

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