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3.3.7 Other Local Events

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If the browser server is shutting down, but the system will continue operating as a nonbrowser server, the browser server MUST send a HostAnnouncement frame as specified in section 3.2.5.2, with the SV_TYPE_POTENTIAL_BROWSER_SERVER, SV_TYPE_BACKUP_BROWSER, and SV_TYPE_MASTER_BROWSER bits in the ServerType field set to 0. The browser server MUST disable advertising of the services as specified in [MS-SRVS] section 3.1.6.10, passing SV_TYPE_POTENTIAL_BROWSER, SV_TYPE_BACKUP_BROWSER, and SV_TYPE_MASTER_BROWSER as input parameters.

If the browser server is shutting down, and the system will not continue to operate as a nonbrowser server, the browser server MUST send a HostAnnouncement as specified in section 3.2.7.

The server SHOULD continue processing as described later in this section even if the send fails.

If the browser server is also a local master browser server, it MUST send a RequestElection frame with both version and criterion fields set to 0.<62> The server MUST send the RequestElection frame as specified in section 3.3.5.11.