When the failed server is repaired and restored (starts responding to ICMP ping from the switch again), it resumes in the active state, and the failover server resumes in standby state. This situation is demonstrated in this example by bringing the ixgbe0 network interface on server 1 backup.
server1% ifconfig ixgbe0 up SEFOS# show slb SLB Group ID: 1 Virtual IP: 10.10.10.0/24 Server Members: IP Address Vlan MacAddress Port State Comments ================ ==== ================= ==== ========= ================== 192.0.0.1 3 00:1b:21:53:6e:e0 9 ACTIVE 192.0.0.2 3 00:1b:21:53:6f:00 9 ACTIVE 192.0.0.3 3 00:3e:16:20:12:01 9 ACTIVE 192.0.0.4 3 00:3e:15:18:05:30 9 STANDBY (up)