Acer ARMC_3P User Manual - page 18
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When the Server is dead
Obviously, fixing hardware defects is not possible using a remote management device.
Nevertheless, the ARMC/3P gives the administrator valuable information about the type
of a hardware failure. Serious hardware failures can be categorized into five different
categories with different chances to happen
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Table 1 Hardware Failures
Category
Probability
Hard disk failure
50 %
Power cable detached, power supply failure
28 %
CPU, Controller, motherboard failure
10 %
CPU fan failure
8 %
RAM failure
4 %
Using the ARMC/3P, administrators can determine which kind of serious hardware
failure has occurred (see Table 2).
Table 2 Host System Failures and how they are detected
Category
Probability
Hard disk failure
Console screen, CMOS set-up
information
Power cable detached, power supply
failure
Server remeians in power off state after
power on command has been given.
CPU, Controller, motherboard failure
Power supply is on, but there is no video
putput.
CPU fan failure
By IPMI or server specific management
software
RAM failure
Boot-Sequence on boot console
Note: According to a survey made by the Intel Corp.