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Hardware and environmental
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Each alarm is assigned a severity level, depending on the details of the fault. Refer to
the following table for information about these alarms.
Table 6-1 Alarm Severity Levels
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).
The Acme Packet 6300/6350 polls its hardware components to ensure they are
functioning properly. If it encounters a fault condition, it will report alarms in these
categories:
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Hardware temperature
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Fan speed
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Environmental sensor
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Power supply
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Voltage
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Physical interface cards
For each category, the following tables list the Acme Packet 6300/6350 alarm name,
hardware alarm ID, alarm severity, causes, log message, and graphic display window
message, if any.
Hardware and Environmental Alarms
This section provides details about hardware and environmental alarms.
Hardware Temperature Alarm
The following table lists the hardware temperature alarm.
Table 6-2 Hardware Temperature Alarms
Alarm Name
Alarm Severity
Causes
Example Log
Message
Graphic Display
Window Message
SD5_TEMPERA
TUR_
HIGH_MAIN
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 is
at Y degrees
C over minor/major/
critical threshold of
Z (Where X is
sensor name, Y is
temperature and Z is
threshold)
Chapter 6
Alarms
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