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## Trigger a Failover

A failover can be triggered by bringing down the network interface on one of the servers. This example brings down the server with RIP of `192.0.0.1`.

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      server1% ifconfig ixgbe0 down
      SEFOS# show slb

      SLB Group ID: 1 Virtual IP: 10.10.10.0/24Server Members:IP Address       Vlan  MacAddress        Port State      Comments================ ====  ================= ==== =========  ==================192.0.0.1        3     00:1b:21:53:6e:e0    9 FAILED        Failover to 192.0.0.4192.0.0.2        3     00:1b:21:53:6f:00    9 ACTIVE192.0.0.3        3     00:3e:16:20:12:01    9 ACTIVE192.0.0.4        3     00:3e:15:18:05:30    9 FAILOVER   Replacing 192.0.0.1

  SLB output shows that `192.0.0.1` has changed from the active to the failed state. At the same time, `192.0.0.4` changed from standby to the failover state. Traffic hashed to `192.0.0.1` is now redirected to `192.0.0.4`. Traffic hashed to all other nodes is not affected by this failover event.

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