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.TH dhcpd.conf 5
.SH NAME
.PP
You can put the server into the PARTNER-DOWN state either by using the
.B omshell (1)
-command or by stopping the server, editing the last peer state
+command or by stopping the server, editing the last failover state
declaration in the lease file, and restarting the server. If you use
-this last method, be sure to leave the date and time of the start of
-the state blank:
+this last method, change the "my state" line to:
.PP
.nf
.B failover peer "\fIname\fB" state {
.B }
.fi
.PP
+It is only required to change "my state" as shown above.
+.PP
When the other server comes back online, it should automatically
detect that it has been offline and request a complete update from the
server that was running in the PARTNER-DOWN state, and then both