master ldap is unreachable

[riggger]

hello experts!!!!

can a replica server and its all other associated zimbra mail services operate if ZIMBRA master ldap server is unreachable?
most important can i be able to send email (internal or external )while Zimbra Master Ldap Server is OFF.

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[dijichi2]

yes, should work fine as long as the clients are set to use or fall back to the slave ldap servers. you won't be able to update the slave servers - they should be read-only as openldap isn't multi-master, so you can't update account details, but normal mail usage state is kept in sql as far as I know, so should work fine.