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.TH dhcpd 8
.SH NAME
.RS 1i
.PP
.nf
-1 - partner down
-2 - normal
-3 - communications interrupted
-4 - resolution interrupted
-5 - potential conflict
-6 - recover
-7 - recover done
-8 - shutdown
-9 - paused
-10 - startup
-11 - recover wait
+1 - startup
+2 - normal
+3 - communications interrupted
+4 - partner down
+5 - potential conflict
+6 - recover
+7 - paused
+8 - shutdown
+9 - recover done
+10 - resolution interrupted
+11 - conflict done
+254 - recover wait
.fi
.RE
.PP
.RS 0.5i
+(Note that some of the above values have changed since DHCP 3.0.x.)
+.RE
+.PP
+.RS 0.5i
In general it is not a good idea to make changes to this state.
However, in the case that the failover partner is known to be down, it
can be useful to set the DHCP server's failover state to partner