IdM - Getting the client to see the server after a "domain crash"

Hello all!

We are currently running IdM through some test cases with one server and one client. One of tests required was to turn off the IdM server and have a go at logging in, etc.

All was going as expected until we brought the IdM server back up! We are going on 45 minutes of server uptime and the client still sees it as being down (client still wants me to use the cached password and when I run passwd it tells me "System is offline, password change not possible"

So my question is: Will the client EVER see the server as being online automatically? If it can, can I set the interval in which it checks?.