Oracle Linux : NFS Client appear "timed out, retrying" error at message file (Doc ID 2468461.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 26, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

1. The nfs client intermittently displays the message "failed: timed out, retrying" in the message log as shown below.
2. nfs server was connected normally but failed intermittently: timed out and retrying caused performance degradation.

10781 Jul 20 10:36:59 XXXXXX mount[24067]: mount to NFS server 'xx.xxx.xxx.xxx' failed: timed out, retrying <<---------
10782 Jul 20 10:37:34 mount[23715]: mount to NFS server 'xx.xxx.xxx.xxx' failed: timed out, retrying <<---------
10783 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.187428] bnxt_en 0000:18:00.1 eth2: NIC Link is Down
10784 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.196651] bondeth0: link status down for interface eth2, disabling it in 200 ms
10785 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.396404] bondeth0: link status definitely down for interface eth2, disabling it
10786 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.437591] bnxt_en 0000:18:00.1 eth2: NIC Link is Up, 10000 Mbps full duplex, Flow con
10787 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.437599] bnxt_en 0000:18:00.1 eth2: FEC autoneg off encodings: None
10788 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.496109] bondeth0: link status up for interface eth2, enabling it in 200 ms
10789 Jul 20 10:37:41 kernel: [ 2599.695512] bondeth0: link status definitely up for interface eth2, 10000 Mbps full dup
10790 Jul 20 10:37:49 kernel: [ 2607.666731] bnxt_en 0000:18:00.1 eth2: NIC Link is Down
10791 Jul 20 10:37:49 kernel: [ 2607.676657] bondeth0: link status down for interface eth2, disabling it in 200 ms
10792 Jul 20 10:37:50 kernel: [ 2607.876246] bondeth0: link status definitely down for interface eth2, disabling it

Cause

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