title: Cassandra cqlsh - connection refused
body: <p>I've just started working with Cassandra (datastax), version 2.1.3 and cqlsh version 5.0.1.</p>
  
  <p>Cassandra starts up fine and the cluster is operational instantly.</p>
  
  <p>Cqlsh is not working (on any of the nodes) and emits the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Connection error: ('Unable to connect to any servers', {'127.0.0.1': error(111,
    "Tried connecting to [('127.0.0.1', 9042)]. Last error: Connection refused")})</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I have tried starting cqlsh up with the hosts own ip, other hosts ip, different ports yet the result remains the same - always connection refused.</p>