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OCI: Instance Reporting iscsi Error "Connection Failed, Connection Refused"

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Applies to:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

The following messages are seen at the instance console during boot operation:

[Wed Jun 18 15:01:06 2025] connection15:0: detected conn error (1020)
[Wed Jun 18 16:25:11 2025] connection20:0: detected conn error (1020)
[Wed Jun 18 16:31:52 2025] connection12:0: detected conn error (1020)
[Wed Jun 18 16:31:52 2025] connection8:0: detected conn error (1020)

The following messages are seen in the /var/log/messages:

Feb 28 16:24:51 hostname iscsid[3010]: iscsid: connecting to 169.254.2.31:3260
Feb 28 16:24:51 hostname iscsid[3010]: iscsid: re-opening session -1 (reopen_cnt 18)
Feb 28 16:24:51 hostname iscsid[3010]: iscsid: connecting to 169.254.2.32:3260
Feb 28 16:24:51 hostname iscsid[3010]: iscsid: connect to 169.254.2.2:3260 failed (Connection refused)

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