Severity is the extent in which a components impacts the channel business plan
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Critical is an intolerable failure that results in a direct impact on the channel business plan6 q" K2 g$ ^# U
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Non-critical is a tolerable failure that results in a indirect impact on the channel business plan; Q* p5 J5 m, e5 C' Y* h9 i
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Tolerable means that it is an acceptable failure but requires further analysis to define maintainability
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2 Q" J+ @4 d* j) O8 MIntolerable means that it is not an acceptable failure and requires analysis to define failure prevention/prediction4 A; F7 h7 r) h
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