Table A-1. External Alarm Conditions (continued)

Alarm

Description

Audible

Corrective Action

 

 

 

 

Output short

Indicates that the UPS

Beeping

Contact Dell.

circuit

has detected

 

 

 

abnormally low

 

 

 

impedance placed on its

 

 

 

output and considers it

 

 

 

a short circuit.

 

 

Heatsink over

The UPS has detected

Beeping

Contact Dell.

temperature

that one of its heat

 

 

 

sinks has exceeded the

 

 

 

maximum operating

 

 

 

temperature defined by

 

 

 

Hardware.

 

 

Fatal

Set in parallel with

Continuous Contact Dell.

EEPROM

EEPROM Range Check

 

 

fault

Failure, Incorrect

 

 

 

Model EEPROM Map,

 

 

 

and EEPROM

 

 

 

Checksum Failure

 

 

 

alarms.

 

 

Fan failure

UPS has detected that

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one or more fans are not

 

 

 

functioning properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BPS Alarms

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NX3500 specifications

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