nfs rpc timed out.

[soma_3]

Hi
Does any one have other soutions for resolving this issue?

[Dave Olker]

Hi,

Are you certain you have the firewall configured properly to allow inbound and outbound access to all the RPC programs used by NFS? The client would need to successfully communicate with:

Daemon Port
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rpcbind 111
nfsd 2049
rpc.mountd variable
rpc.lockd variable
rpc.statd variable


Proper configuration of the firewall between these boxes is critical for NFS communication between client and server. Some of the configuration is easy - ports 111 and 2049 are always used for rpcbind and nfsd. The other daemons can be tricky to configure because they start on different ports each time.

HP recently introduced a patch that allows you to assign static port numbers to rpc.mountd, rpc.statd and rpc.lockd. The original patch with this enhancement was PHNE_34550 but it has since been replaced by PHNE_36257. After installing one of these patches, you can direct rpc.lockd/statd/mountd to use static port numbers by modifying the LOCKD_PORT, STATD_PORT and MOUNTD_PORT entries of the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file.

Once you are certain that the NFS client is able to successfully communicate with all these RPC daemons on the NFS server the mount should work (assuming everything else is configured properly).

Regards,

Dave