Hmmm. Curious.
To isolate the problem, try increasing the timeout in the adapter connection settings on your second blade. Also, what happens if the IS server on the first blade is not running.
You can also write a very simple java command line app that uses the same Sybase jdbc drivers as you are attempting to use from the IS adapter connection. If that app experiences the same timeout issue you will have narrowed things down a bit.
Here’s one such app that you can modify to suit your needs.
HTH,
Mark
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