.. note::
Prior to Kea 1.7.8, to recover from the terminated
- state, the administrator had to shut down both servers and then start
+ state, the administrator had to shut down both servers and then restart
both of them. Since Kea 1.7.8, it is possible to restart the
- servers sequentially, i.e. restart one server and then restart the other
- one. The clocks must be in sync before restarting the servers.
+ servers one at a time, in sequence. The clocks must be in sync
+ before restarting the servers.
.. note::
``communication-recovery`` state. This parameter was introduced in
Kea 1.9.4. The special value of 0 configures the server to
never transition to the ``communication-recovery`` state and the
- server behaves as in earlier Kea versions. The default value of this
- parameter is 100.
+ server behaves as in earlier Kea versions, i.e. if the server
+ cannot reach its partner, it goes straight into the ``partner-down`` state.
+ The default value of this parameter is 100.
The values of ``max-ack-delay`` and ``max-unacked-clients`` must be
selected carefully, taking into account the specifics of the network in