Networking Guide
Chapter 12, Configuring the Network File System (NFS)

Nonexistent NFS server

Nonexistent NFS server

If the local client's portmapper is unaware that the remote NFS server has crashed, an ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) error may occur. This may cause:


An ICMP error may be generated by one of the following conditions: To correct this problem, stop and restart NFS on the server with these commands:

nfs stop
nfs start