topic nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis in Network and Storage Protocols

nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

mdvillanueva — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:40 GMT

Hello Expert,

I am seeing quite alot of this:

nbt.nbss.network.error being suppressed. Is this a cause for concern?

Thanks,

Maico

Re: nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

chriszurich — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:05:02 GMT

I'm seeing the same error on many of my filers as well. I'm running 8.1.1 7-Mode

Exact Error:

filer:ems.engine.suppressed:debug]:Event 'nbt.nbss.network.error' supressed 1 times in last 96 seconds.

Re: nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

mdvillanueva — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:08:36 GMT

I found out from Netapp that it is a bug and not yet resolved. They told me to just ignore it for now.

Re: nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

chriszurich — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:09:11 GMT

Found a possible root cause... NetBios (windows ports 137, 138 (UDP) and 139 (TCP) are used to NetBIOS over TCP. TCP445 is used for SMB over TCP.) being disabled and/or blocked on the domain controller. The fix is to disable NetBios and to reset the DC connection on the filer.

Reference / Source: http://sysadmin-dayindayout.blogspot.com/2009/04/netapp-errors-nbt-cannot-send-broadcast.html

Re: nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

mdvillanueva — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:14:06 GMT

disable netbios where?

Re: nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

chriszurich — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:58:05 GMT

The blog post mentions that in some environments NetBios is disabled on Domain Controllers. This would lead to the filer making NetBios requests and not getting a response. Check with your AD team to see if this is the case. I will be checking shortly and will report back if this is the root cause.

Re: nbt.nbss.network.error - what is tis

mdvillanueva — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:03:58 GMT

I don’t know what type of effect disabling it would have when browsing using
servername<file:///
servername>

Please give us an update. Thanks.