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Acme Packet 1100 Hardware Installation Guide 53
Appendix A Alarms
Introduction
The Acme Packet 1100 generates internal alarms that correspond to internal
hardware fault conditions. Hardware faults are divided into two types:
• Hardware and environmental
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Ea
ch alarm is assigned a severity level, depending on the details of
the fault.
Table Appendix A - 1. Descriptions of Alarm Severity Levels
The Acme Packet 1100 polls its hardware components to ensure they are functioning
properly. If it encounters a fault condition, it will report alarms in these categories:
• Hardware temperature
• Fan speed
• En
vironmental sensor
• Power supply
• Voltage
• Physical interface cards
Hardware and
Environmental
Alarms
This section provides details about hardware and environmental alarms.
Hardware
Temper
ature Alarm
The following table lists the hardware temperature alarm.
Table Appendix A - 2. Hardware Temperature Alarm Information
Alarm Severity Description
Minor Functionality is impaired to a small degree (e.g., a single fan has failed)
Major Pending failures or unexpected events are imminent (e.g., an LOS)
Critical Catastrophic condition has occurred (e.g., the system is overheating)
Alarm Name
Alarm
ID
Alarm Severity Causes Example Log Message
Graphic Display Window
Message
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
65538 CRITICAL: >
100°C
MAJOR: >
95°C
MINOR: >
90°C
Fans are obstructed
or stopped. The room
is abnormally hot.
Temperature: XX.XXC
(where XX.XX is the
temperature in
degrees)
Temperature X C (where X
is the temperature in
degrees)