Assessment of humidity and non-humidity driven corrosion risk
An information handling system includes a corrosion controller that may monitor a corrosion sensor array, and determine a type of the corrosion based on a location of a corrosion sensor. The corrosion type may include humidity driven corrosion and non-humidity driven corrosion.
1. A method that infers a corrosion type occurring within a chassis of an information handling system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a controller, sensory corrosive measurements generated by corrosion sensors operating at different locations within the chassis;
comparing the sensory corrosive measurements to corrosive threshold levels;
determining that a sensory corrosive measurement of the sensory corrosive measurements exceeds a corrosive threshold level of the corrosive threshold levels;
inferring a corrosion in response to the sensory corrosive measurement exceeding the corrosive threshold level;
determining a corrosion sensor of the corrosion sensors generating the sensory corrosive measurement that exceeds the corrosive threshold level;
determining a chassis location within the chassis that corresponds to the corrosion sensor;
determining the corrosion type of the corrosion occurring within the chassis based on the chassis location that corresponds to the corrosion sensor; and
generating a corrosion alert in response to the corrosion type.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sensory corrosive measurements generated by the corrosion sensors comprises receiving a temperature measurement.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sensory corrosive measurements generated by the corrosion sensors comprises receiving a humidity measurement.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sensory corrosive measurements generated by the corrosion sensors comprises receiving a contaminate measurement.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sensory corrosive measurements generated by the corrosion sensors comprises receiving a particulate measurement.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a humidity driven corrosion rate based on the sensory corrosive measurements and the different chassis locations.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sensory corrosive measurements generated by the corrosion sensors comprises receiving an air flow measurement.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a non-humidity driven corrosion rate based on the different chassis locations of the corrosion sensors.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a corrosion map by mapping the sensory corrosive measurements to the different chassis locations corresponding to the corrosion sensors.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising increasing a fan speed in response to the sensory corrosive measurement that exceeds the corrosive threshold level.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining corrosion risk based on the chassis location that corresponds to the corrosion sensor.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a hardware component exposed to the corrosion based on the chassis location that corresponds to the corrosion sensor.
13. An information handling system, comprising:
a controller; and
a memory device storing instructions that when executed by the controller perform operations including:
receiving sensory corrosive measurements generated by corrosion sensors operating at different locations within a chassis of the information handling system;
comparing the sensory corrosive measurements to corrosive threshold levels;
determining that a sensory corrosive measurement of the sensory corrosive measurements exceeds a corrosive threshold level of the corrosive threshold levels;
determining a corrosion sensor of the corrosion sensors generating the sensory corrosive measurement that exceeds the corrosive threshold level;
determining a chassis location within the chassis that corresponds to the corrosion sensor;
determining a corrosion type of a corrosion occurring within the chassis based on the chassis location that corresponds to the corrosion sensor; and
generating a corrosion alert in response to the corrosion type.
14. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include receiving a temperature measurement generated by at least one of the corrosion sensors.
15. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include receiving a humidity measurement generated by at least one of the corrosion sensors.
16. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include receiving an air flow measurement generated by at least one of the corrosion sensors.
17. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include generating a corrosion map by mapping the sensory corrosive measurements to the different chassis locations corresponding to the corrosion sensors.
18. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include increasing a fan speed in response to the sensory corrosive measurement that exceeds the corrosive threshold.
19. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include determining a hardware component exposed to the corrosion based on the chassis location that corresponds to the corrosion sensor.
20. A non-transitory memory device storing instructions that when executed perform operations, comprising:
receiving sensory corrosive measurements generated by corrosion sensors operating at different locations within a chassis of an information handling system;
comparing the sensory corrosive measurements to corrosive threshold levels;
determining that a sensory corrosive measurement of the sensory corrosive measurements exceeds a corrosive threshold level of the corrosive threshold levels;
determining a corrosion sensor of the corrosion sensors generating the sensory corrosive measurement that exceeds the corrosive threshold level;
determining a location within the chassis that corresponds to the corrosion sensor;
determining one of a humidity corrosion type or a non-humidity corrosion type of a corrosion occurring within the chassis based on the chassis location that corresponds to the corrosion sensor; and
generating a corrosion alert in response to either of the humidity corrosion type or the non-humidity corrosion type of the corrosion.