.. rubric:: Alarm Severities

One or more of the following severity levels is associated with each alarm.

``Critical``
  Indicates that a platform service affecting condition has occurred and
  immediate corrective action is required. (A mandatory platform service
  has become totally out of service and its capability must be restored.)

``Major``
  Indicates that a platform service affecting condition has developed and
  urgent corrective action is required. (A mandatory platform service has
  developed a severe degradation and its full capability must be restored.)

  \- or \-

  An optional platform service has become totally out of service and its
  capability should be restored.

``Minor``
  Indicates that a platform non-service affecting fault condition has developed
  and corrective action should be taken in order to prevent a more serious fault.
  (The fault condition is not currently impacting / degrading the capability of
  the platform service.)

``Warning``
  Indicates the detection of a potential or impending service affecting fault.
  Action should be taken to further diagnose and correct the problem in order
  to prevent it from becoming a more serious service affecting fault.

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