If I drop the software firewall (outgoing via 'esxcfg-firewall --allowOutgoing') I can mount a remote NFS share fine:
mount hostname:/sg/opt/depots /opt/depots
If I bring the firewall back up and enable the nfsClient via 'esxcfg-firewall -e nfsClient' the mount fails (times out).
I have tried opening the UDP 111 and TCP 2049 ports (Outgoing) also to no avail.
Have also tried cycling the firewall and network services.
Thanks for your help.
Anyone?
Is there a way to identify which ports / protocols are getting dropped, etc.?
NFS support in ESX is for Datastore, not for normal client usage.
The firewall rule open works because the NFS storage packets goes on a vmkernel interface and not on the SC interface.
Andre
Thank you, Andre - that is helpful....
Maishsk -- it works fine when I drop the outbound software firewall so this indicates that both portmap and nfs are functioning.
What I need to figure out now is which ports need to be opened for 'regular' nfs client access...
What I need to figure out now is which ports need to be opened for 'regular' nfs client access...
Unfortunately there isn't a single port.
NFS client can use a different not well know port (according on what portmap say).
Andre