Juniper MX960, mx960 3D Hardware Manual

MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Hardware Guide

Modified: 2017-06-28

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MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Hardware Guide

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About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Documentation and Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

Requesting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviii

Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviii

Opening a Case with JTAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxviii

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MX960 Router Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2 MX960 Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Outstanding Issues with the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Errata with the MX960 Router Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 3 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MX960 Chassis Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MX960 Component Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MX960 Router Hardware and CLI Terminology Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MX960 Rack-Mounting Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

MX960 Craft Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MX960 Alarm Relay Contacts on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MX960 Alarm LEDs and Alarm Cutoff/Lamp Test Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

MX960 Component LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MX960 Host Subsystem LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MX960 Power Supply LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MX960 DPC and MPC LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

MX960 FPC LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

MX960 SCB LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

MX960 Fan LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

MX960 Cable Manager Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 4 Cooling System Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

MX960 Cooling System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

MX960 Fan LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Hardware Guide

Chapter 5 Host Subsystem Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MX960 Host Subsystem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

MX960 Host Subsystem LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MX960 Midplane Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MX960 Routing Engine Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Routing Engine Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Routing Engine Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Routing Engine Interface Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

MX960 RE-S-1300 and RE-S-2000 Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

RE-S-1800 Routing Engine Description for MX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

RE-S-1800 Routing Engine Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

RE-S-1800 Routing Engine Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

RE-S-1800 Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Routing Engine Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Supported Routing Engines by Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

M7i Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

M10i Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

M40e Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

M120 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

M320 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

MX5, MX10, MX40, and MX80 Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

MX104 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

MX240 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

MX480 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

MX960 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

MX2008 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

MX2010 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

MX2020 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PTX3000 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PTX5000 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

T320 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

T640 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

T1600 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

T4000 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

TX Matrix Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

TX Matrix Plus Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

TX Matrix Plus (with 3D SIBs) Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table of Contents

Chapter 6 Line Card Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Interface Modules—DPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

MX960 Dense Port Concentrator Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

DPC Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MX960 Dense Port Concentrator LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

DPCs Supported on MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

MX960 DPC Port and Interface Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Interface Modules—FPCs and PICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

MX960 Flexible PIC Concentrator Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

FPC Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

MX960 Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC) LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

FPCs Supported by MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

MX960 PIC Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

MX960 PIC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

MX960 PIC Port and Interface Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

PICs Supported by MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Interface Modules—MPCs and MICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

MX960 Application Services Modular Line Card Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

MX960 AS MLC Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

AS MLC Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MX960 SCB, Power Supply, and Cooling System Requirements for AS

MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

MX960 Application Services Modular Storage Card Description . . . . . . . . . . 72

MX960 Application Services Modular Processing Card Description . . . . . . . . 73

MX960 AS MSC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

MX960 AS MXC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

MIC/MPC Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

MX960 Modular Interface Card Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

MX960 Modular Interface Card (MIC) LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

MICs Supported by MX Series Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

MX960 MIC Port and Interface Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

MX960 Modular Port Concentrator Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

MPC Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

MX960 Modular Port Concentrator LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

MPCs Supported by MX Series Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Chapter 7 Power System Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

MX960 Power System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

MX960 AC Power Supply Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Normal-Capacity AC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

High-Capacity AC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Understanding Input Mode Switch (DIP Switch) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

MX960 AC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

MX960 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

MX960 DC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Hardware Guide

Chapter 8 Switch Fabric Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

MX960 SCB Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

SCB Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

SCB Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

SCB Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

MX960 Switch Control Board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

MX960 SCBE Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

MX SCBE Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

MX SCBE Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

MX SCBE Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

MX960 SCBE LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

SCBE2-MX Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

SCBE2 Interoperability with Existing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

SCBE2-MX LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 9 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

MX960 Router Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

MX960 Router Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

MX960 Site Preparation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

MX960 Rack Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Rack Size and Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Spacing of Mounting Bracket Holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Connection to the Building Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Clearance Requirements for Airflowand Hardware Maintenance for the MX960

Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

MX960 Cabinet Size and Clearance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

MX960 Cabinet Airflow Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Chapter 10 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Network Cable and Transceiver Overview for ACX Series and M Series

Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Supported Network Interface Standards by Transceiver for ACX Series, MX

Series, M Series, and T Series Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Understanding Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation, and Dispersion . . . . 139

Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Calculating Power Budget and Power Margin for Fiber-Optic Cables . . . . . . . . . 140

Calculating Power Budget for Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Calculating Power Margin for Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Routing Engine Interface Cable and Wire Specifications for MX Series

Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Chapter 11 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

MX960 Router Grounding Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

MX960 Chassis Grounding Points Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

MX960 Router Grounding Cable Lug Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

MX960 Router Grounding Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for an MX Series Routing Engine ETHERNET Port . . . 148

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RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for MX Series Routing Engine AUX and CONSOLE

Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Chapter 12 AC Power Requirements, Specifications, and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Electrical Specifications for the MX960 AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Power Requirements for an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Calculating Power Requirements for MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

AC Power Circuit Breaker Requirements for the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

AC Power Cord Specifications for the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Chapter 13 DC Power Requirements, Specifications, and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Electrical Specifications for the MX960 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Power Requirements for an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Calculating Power Requirements for MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

DC Power Circuit Breaker Requirements for the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

DC Power Source Cabling for the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

DC Power Cable Specifications for the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 14 Unpacking the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Tools and Parts Required to Unpack the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Unpacking the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Verifying the MX960 Parts Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Chapter 15 Installing the Mounting Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Installing the MX960 Mounting Hardware for a Four-Post Rack or Cabinet . . . . 195

Installing theMX960Mounting Hardware forFront-Mounting in an Open-Frame

Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Installing the MX960 Mounting Hardware forCenter-Mounting in an Open-Frame

Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Chapter 16 Installing the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Installing an MX960 Router Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

RemovingComponents fromthe MX960 RouterChassis BeforeInstalling It with

a Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Removing the Power Supplies Before Installing an MX960 Router with a

Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Removing the Standard Cable Manager Before Installing an MX960 Router

with a Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Removing the Fan Trays Before Installing an MX960 Router with a Lift . . . 207

Removing the SCBs Before Installing an MX960 Router with a Lift . . . . . . 209

Removing the DPCs Before Installing an MX960 Router with a Lift . . . . . . . 210

Removing the FPCs Before Installing the MX960 Router with a Lift . . . . . . . 212

Tools Required to Install the MX960 Router with a Mechanical Lift . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Installing the MX960 Router Using a Mechanical Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Reinstalling Components in the MX960 Chassis After Installing It with a Lift . . . 216

Reinstalling the Power Supplies After Installing the MX960 Router with a

Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Reinstalling the Fan Trays After Installing the MX960 Router with a Lift . . . 217

Reinstalling the SCBs After Installing the MX960 Router with a Lift . . . . . . 219

MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Hardware Guide

Reinstalling the DPCs After Installing the MX960 Router with a Lift . . . . . . 220

Reinstalling the FPCs After Installing the MX960 Router with a Lift . . . . . . 222

Reinstalling the Standard Cable Manager After Installing an MX960 Router

with a Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Chapter 17 Connecting the MX960 Router to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Tools and Parts Required for MX960 Router Grounding and Power

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Grounding the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Connecting Power to an AC-Powered MX960 Router with Normal-Capacity

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Connecting Power to an AC-Powered MX960 Router with High-Capacity Power

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Powering On an AC-Powered MX960 Router with Normal Capacity Power

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Connecting Power to a DC-Powered MX960 Router with Normal-Capacity

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Connecting Power to a DC-Powered MX960 Router with High-Capacity Power

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Powering On a DC-Powered MX960 Router with Normal Capacity Power

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Powering Off the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Connecting an MX960 AC Power Supply Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Connecting an MX960 DC Power Supply Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Chapter 18 Connecting the MX960 Router to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Tools and Parts Required for MX960 Router Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Connecting the MX960 Router to Management and Alarm Devices . . . . . . . . . . 247

Connecting the MX960 Router to a Network for Out-of-Band

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Connecting the MX960 Router to a Management Console or Auxiliary

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Connecting an MX960 Router to an External Alarm-Reporting Device . . . . 249

Connecting the MX960 Router to a Network for Out-of-Band Management . . 250 Connecting the MX960 Router to a Management Console or Auxiliary Device . . 251

Connecting an MX960 Router to an External Alarm-Reporting Device . . . . . . . . 252

Connecting DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC Cables to the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Connecting the Alarm Relay Wires to the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Chapter 19 Initially Configuring the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Initially Configuring the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Part 4 Installing and Replacing Components

Chapter 20 Overview of Installing and Replacing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

MX960 Field-Replaceable Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Tools and Parts Required for MX960 Router Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Chapter 21 Installing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Installing the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Installing the MX960 Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

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Installing an MX960 Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Installing an MX960 Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Installing an MX960 DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Installing an MX960 FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Installing an MX960 MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Installing an MX960 Dual-Wide MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Installing an MX960 MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Installing an MX960 PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Installing a Cable on an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Installing an MX960 AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Installing an MX960 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Installing an MX960 AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Installing an MX960 AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Installing an MX960 AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Installing an MX960 SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Installing an SFP or XFP Transceiver into an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC . . . 304

Chapter 22 Replacing Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Replacing the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Disconnecting the Alarm Relay Wires from the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . 307

Removing the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Installing the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Connecting the Alarm Relay Wires to the MX960 Craft Interface . . . . . . . . 309

Replacing the MX960 Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Replacing the Console or Auxiliary Cable on an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Replacing the Management Ethernet Cable on an MX Series Router . . . . . . . . . . 312

Replacing an MX960 AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Removing an MX960 AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Installing an MX960 AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Replacing an MX960 AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Removing an MX960 AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Installing an MX960 AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Replacing an MX960 AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Removing an MX960 AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Installing an MX960 AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Chapter 23 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Replacing the MX960 Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Removing the Normal-Capacity MX960 Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Installing the MX960 Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Replacing an MX960 Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Removing an MX960 Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Installing an MX960 Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Hardware Guide

Chapter 24 Replacing Host Subsystem Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Replacing an MX960 Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Removing an MX960 Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Installing an MX960 Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Replacing an SSD Drive on an RE-S-1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Replacing an SSD Drive on an RE-S-X6-64G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Replacing Connections to MX960 Routing Engine Interface Ports . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Replacing the Management Ethernet Cable on an MX Series Router . . . . . 344

Replacing the Console or Auxiliary Cable on an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . 344

Upgrading to the RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine in a Redundant Host

Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Removing the Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Installing the Routing Engine RE-S-X6-64G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Verifying and Configuring the Upgraded Routing Engine as the Master . . . . 351

Verifying and Configuring the Upgraded Routing Engine as the Backup . . . . 351

Upgrading to the RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine in a Nonredundant Host

Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Removing the Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Installing the Routing Engine RE-S-X6-64G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Chapter 25 Replacing Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Replacing an MX960 DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Removing an MX960 DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Installing an MX960 DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Replacing an MX960 FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Removing an MX960 FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Installing an MX960 FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Replacing an MX960 MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Removing an MX960 MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Installing an MX960 MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Installing an MX960 Dual-Wide MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Replacing an MX960 MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Removing an MX960 MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Installing an MX960 MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Replacing an MX960 PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Removing an MX960 PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Installing an MX960 PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Replacing a Cable on an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Removing a Cable on an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Installing a Cable on an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Chapter 26 Replacing Power System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Replacing an MX960 AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Removing a Normal Capacity MX960 AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Installing an MX960 AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Replacing an MX960 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Removing an MX960 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Installing an MX960 DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

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Replacing an MX960 AC Power Supply Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Disconnecting an MX960 AC Power Supply Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Connecting an MX960 AC Power Supply Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Replacing an MX960 DC Power Supply Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Disconnecting an MX960 DC Power Supply Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Connecting an MX960 DC Power Supply Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Chapter 27 Replacing Switch Fabric Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Replacing an MX960 SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Removing an MX960 SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Installing an MX960 SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Upgrading an MX960 SCB to SCBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Preparing for the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Upgrading the First SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Upgrading the SCB in the Backup Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Upgrading the SCB in the Master Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Completing the SCB Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Upgrading an MX960 SCB or SCBE to SCBE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Preparing the MX960 Router for SCBE2 Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Powering Off the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Removing an MX960 Routing Engine from an SCB or SCBE . . . . . . . . . 425

Replacing the SCB or SCBE with SCBE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Installing an MX960 Routing Engine into an SCBE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Powering On the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Completing the SCBE2 Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Upgrading an MX960 SCB to SCBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Preparing for the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Upgrading the First SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Upgrading the SCB in the Backup Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Upgrading the SCB in the Master Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Completing the SCB Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Replacing an SFP or XFP Transceiver on an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or PIC . . . . 437

Removing an SFP or XFP Transceiver from an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or

PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Installing an SFP or XFP Transceiver into an MX960 DPC, MPC, MIC, or

PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Part 5 Maintaining the Chassis and Components

Chapter 28 Routine Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Routine Maintenance Procedures for the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Chapter 29 Maintaining Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Tools and Parts Required to Maintain the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Maintaining the MX960 Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Maintaining the MX960 Fan Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Maintaining the MX960 Host Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Maintaining MX960 DPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Holding an MX960 DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Storing an MX960 DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

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Maintaining MX960 FPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Holding an MX960 FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Storing an MX960 FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Maintaining MX960 MICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Maintaining MX960 MPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Maintaining MX960 PICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Maintaining Cables That Connect to MX960 DPCs, MPCs, MICs, or PICs . . . . . . 466

Maintaining the MX960 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Verifying the Version of the MX960 Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Chapter 30 Converting to a Different Type of Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Converting from AC to DC Power Supplies on an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Converting from DC to AC Power Supplies on an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Part 6 Troubleshooting Hardware

Chapter 31 Troubleshooting Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Troubleshooting Resources for MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Command-Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Chassis and Interface Alarm Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Craft Interface LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Component LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Troubleshooting the MX960 Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Troubleshooting the MX960 DPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Troubleshooting the MX960 FPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Troubleshooting the MX960 PICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

Troubleshooting the MX960 MICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Troubleshooting the MX960 MPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Troubleshooting the MX960 Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Part 7 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or

Components

Chapter 32 Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Chapter 33 Locating Component Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Displaying MX960 Router Components and Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

MX960 Routing Engine Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

MX960 Chassis Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

MX960 Craft Interface Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

MX960 Fan Tray Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

MX960 Power Supply Serial Number Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

MX960 MIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

MX960 MPC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

MX960 PIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

MX960 FPC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

MX960 DPC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

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MX960 SCB Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Chapter 34 Packing and Returning Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Contacting Customer Support to Obtain Return Material Authorization . . . . . . . 523

Guidelines for Packing Hardware Components for Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Packing the MX2020 Router for Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Returning a Hardware Component to Juniper Networks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Chapter 35 Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Definitions of Safety Warning Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Qualified Personnel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Warning Statement for Norway and Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Installation and Maintenance Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Installation Instructions Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Chassis Lifting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Ramp Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Rack-Mounting and Cabinet-Mounting Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Grounded Equipment Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Radiation and Laser Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

General Laser Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Class 1 Laser Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Class 1 LED Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Laser Beam Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Radiation from Open Port Apertures Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Maintenance and Operational Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Maintenance and Operational Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . 544

Battery Handling Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Jewelry Removal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Lightning Activity Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Operating Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Product Disposal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

General Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Prevention of Electrostatic Discharge Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

AC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

AC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

DC Power Copper Conductors Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

DC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

DC Power Grounding Requirements and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

DC Power Wiring Sequence Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

DC Power Wiring Terminations Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Midplane Energy Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Multiple Power Supplies Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Action to Take After an Electrical Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

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Agency Approvals and Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Agency Approvals and Compliance Statements for the MX2010 Router . . . 561

Agency Approvals for MX2010 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Compliance Statements for NEBS for the MX2010 Router . . . . . . . . . . 562

Compliance Statements for EMC Requirements for the MX2010

Compliance Statements for Environmental Requirements for Juniper

Compliance Statements for EMC Requirements for Juniper Networks

Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

European Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Compliance Statements for Environmental Requirements for Juniper

Networks Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Compliance Statements for NEBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Networks Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

List of Figures

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 3 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 1: Front View of a Fully Configured MX960 Router Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 2: Rear View of a Fully Configured AC-Powered MX960 Router

Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 3: Rear View of a Fully Configured DC-Powered MX960 Router

Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 4: Front Panel of the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 5: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 6: Standard Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 7: Extended Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 8: Extended Cable Manager Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 4 Cooling System Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 9: Airflow Through the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 10: Upper Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 11: Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 12: Air Filter Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 13: High-Capacity Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 14: High-Capacity Filter Tray with Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 5 Host Subsystem Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 15: Midplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 16: RE-S-1800 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 17: Routing Engine–RE-S-1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 18: RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 19: RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 6 Line Card Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 20: Typical DPCs Supported by the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 21: DPCs Installed Vertically in the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 22: MX960 DPC Interface Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 23: FPC Installed in the MX960 Router Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 24: Typical FPCs Supported on the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 25: MX960 PIC Interface Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 26: Application Services Modular Line Card (AS MLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 27: AS MLC Installed in the MX960 Router Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 28: Application Services Modular Storage Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 29: Application Services Modular Processing Card (AS MXC) . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 30: Port Mapping for the 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet MIC with SFP Installed

in the MX960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Figure 31: Typical MPC Supported on the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 32: MPC Installed Vertically in the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 7 Power System Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 33: MX960 Normal-Capacity AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 34: MX960 with High-Capacity AC Power Supplies Installed . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 35: Setting the Input Mode Switch (DIP Switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Figure 36: DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Figure 37: High-Capacity DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Chapter 8 Switch Fabric Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 38: SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 39: MX SCBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Figure 40: SCBE2-MX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 9 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 41: Typical Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 42: Chassis Dimensions and Clearance Requirements for the MX960

Router with the Normal-Capacity Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 43: Chassis Dimensions and Clearance Requirements for the MX960

Router with the Standard Cable Manager and High-Capacity DC Power

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 44: Airflow Through the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Chapter 11 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Figure 45: Connecting AC Power to the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure 46: Connecting DC Power to the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 47: Grounding Cable Lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Chapter 12 AC Power Requirements, Specifications, and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Figure 48: AC Plug Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Chapter 13 DC Power Requirements, Specifications, and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure 49: Typical DC Source Cabling to the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Figure 50: DC Power Cable Lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 14 Unpacking the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Figure 51: Contents of the Shipping Crate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Chapter 15 Installing the Mounting Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Figure 52: Installing the Mounting Hardware for a Four-Post Rack or Cabinet . . 197 Figure53: Installing the Mounting Hardwarefor Front-Mountingin an Open-Frame

Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Figure 54: Installing the Mounting Hardware for Center-Mounting in an

Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Chapter 16 Installing the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 55: Removing a Power Supply Before Installing the MX960 Router . . . . 206

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Figure 56: Removing the Standard Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 57: Removing an Upper Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Figure 58: Removing a Lower Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 59: Removing an SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Figure 60: Removing a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Figure 61: Removing an FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Figure 62: Installing the MX960 Router in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Figure 63: Reinstalling a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Figure 64: Installing an Upper Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Figure 65: Installing a Lower Rear Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Figure 66: Reinstalling an SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Figure 67: Installing a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Figure 68: Reinstalling an FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Figure 69: Reinstalling the Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Chapter 17 Connecting the MX960 Router to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Figure 70: Connecting AC Power to the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Figure 71: MX960 with High-Capacity AC Power Supplies Installed . . . . . . . . . . 229

Figure 72: MX960 AC Power Input Mode Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Figure 73: Connecting DC Power to the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Figure 74: MX960 with High-Capacity DC Power Supplies Installed . . . . . . . . . . 237

Figure 75: MX960 DC High-Capacity Power Supply Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Figure 76: Connecting Power Cables to the DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Chapter 18 Connecting the MX960 Router to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Figure 77: Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Figure 78: Routing Engine Ethernet Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Figure 79: Auxiliary and Console Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 80: Routing Engine Console and Auxiliary Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 81: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Figure 82: Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Figure 83: Routing Engine Ethernet Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Figure 84: Auxiliary and Console Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Figure 85: Routing Engine Console and Auxiliary Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Figure 86: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Figure 87: Attaching a Cable to a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Figure 88: Attaching a Cable to a MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Figure 89: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Part 4 Installing and Replacing Components

Chapter 21 Installing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Figure 90: Installing the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Figure 91: Installing the Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Figure 92: Installing an Upper Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Figure 93: Installing a Lower Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Figure 94: Installing a Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Figure 95: Installing a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Figure 96: Attaching a Cable to a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Figure 97: Installing an FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

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Figure 98: Installing the Septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Figure 99: Installing a MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Figure 100: Removing the Septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Figure 101: Installing a Dual-Wide MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Figure 102: Installing an MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Figure 103: Installing a PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Figure 104: Installing an AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Figure 105: Installing a DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Figure 106: Connecting DC Power to the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Figure 107: Installing an AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Figure 108: Installing an AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Figure 109: Installing an AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Figure 110: Installing an SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Chapter 22 Replacing Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Figure 111: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Figure 112: Removing the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Figure 113: Installing the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Figure 114: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Figure 115: Removing the Standard Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Figure 116: Auxiliary and Console Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Figure 117: Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Figure 118: Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Figure 119: Removing an AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Figure 120: Installing an AS MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Figure 121: Removing an AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Figure 122: Installing an AS MSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Figure 123: Removing an AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Figure 124: Installing an AS MXC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Chapter 23 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Figure 125: Removing the Normal-Capacity Air Filter Tray from the Chassis . . . . 326

Figure 126: Installing the Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Figure 127: Removing an Upper Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Figure 128: Removing a Lower Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Figure 129: Installing an Upper Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Figure 130: Installing a Lower Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Chapter 24 Replacing Host Subsystem Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Figure 131: Removing a Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Figure 132: Installing a Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Figure 133: RE-S-1800 Storage Drive Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Figure 134: RE-S-X6-64G Storage Drive Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Figure 135: Removing an SSD in the Routing Engine RE-S-X6-64G . . . . . . . . . . 340

Figure 136: Installing an SSD in the Routing Engine RE-S-X6-64G . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Figure 137: Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Figure 138: Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Figure 139: Auxiliary and Console Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Figure 140: Removing a Routing Engine from an MX240 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Figure 141: Removing a Routing Engine from an MX480 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

List of Figures

Figure 142: Removing a Routing Engine from an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Figure 143: Installing a Routing Engine in an MX240 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Figure 144: Installing a Routing Engine in an MX480 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Figure 145: Installing a Routing Engine in an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Chapter 25 Replacing Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Figure 146: Removing a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Figure 147: Installing a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Figure 148: Attaching a Cable to a DPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Figure 149: Removing an FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Figure 150: Installing an FPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Figure 151: Removing a MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Figure 152: Removing a Dual-Wide MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Figure 153: Installing the Septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Figure 154: Installing a MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Figure 155: Removing the Septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Figure 156: Installing a Dual-Wide MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Figure 157: Removing an MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Figure 158: Installing an MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Figure 159: Removing a PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Figure 160: Installing a PIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Chapter 26 Replacing Power System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Figure 161: Removing an AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Figure 162: Top of the Power Supply Showing Midplane Connector . . . . . . . . . . 393

Figure 163: Installing an AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Figure 164: Removing a DC Power Supply from the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . 398

Figure 165: Top of the Power Supply Showing Midplane Connector . . . . . . . . . . 398

Figure 166: Installing a DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Figure 167: Connecting DC Power to the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Figure 168: Connecting Power Cables to the DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Chapter 27 Replacing Switch Fabric Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Figure 169: Removing an SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Figure 170: Installing an SCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Figure 171: Removing SFPs or XFPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Part 5 Maintaining the Chassis and Components

Chapter 29 Maintaining Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Figure 172: Do Not Grasp the Connector Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Figure 173: Do Not Rest the DPC on an Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Figure 174: Do Not Grasp the Connector Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Figure 175: Do Not Carry an FPC with Only One Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Figure 176: Do Not Rest the FPC on an Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Figure 177: Holding an FPC Vertically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Figure 178: Do Not Stack FPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Figure 179: Standard Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Figure 180: Extended Cable Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Chapter 30 Converting to a Different Type of Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

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Figure 181: Removing an MX960 AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Figure 182: MX960 with High-Capacity DC Power Supplies Installed . . . . . . . . . 475

Figure 183: MX960 DC High-Capacity Power Supply Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Figure 184: Removing a DC Power Supply from the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . 480

Figure 185: MX960 with High-Capacity AC Power Supplies Installed . . . . . . . . . 481

Figure 186: MX960 AC Power Input Mode Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Part 6 Troubleshooting Hardware

Chapter 31 Troubleshooting Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Figure 187: MX960 AC Power Input Mode Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Part 7 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or

Components

Chapter 33 Locating Component Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Figure 188: Serial Number ID Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Figure 189: Routing Engine Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Figure 190: RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Figure 191: MX960 Chassis Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Figure 192: Craft Interface Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Figure 193: MX960 Fan Tray Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Figure 194: AC Power Supply Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Figure 195: DC Power Supply Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Figure 196: 2-Port MIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Figure 197: 4-Port MIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Figure 198: 20-Port MIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Figure 199: 40-Port MIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Figure 200: MPC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Figure 201: PIC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Figure 202: FPC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Figure 203: DPC Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Figure 204: SCB Serial Number Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Chapter 35 Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Figure 205: Placing a Component into an Antistatic Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

List of Tables

About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Table 1: Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 3: MX960 Router Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 4: SCB Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 3 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 5: MX960 Router Hardware Components and CLI Terminology . . . . . . . . . . 13

Table 6: Alarm LEDs and Alarm Cutoff/Lamp Test Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Table 7: Host Subsystem LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 8: Power Supply LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 9: DPC and MPC LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 10: FPC LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 11: SCB LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 12: Fan LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 5 Host Subsystem Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 13: Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table 14: Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Table 15: RE-S-X6-64G Routing Engine LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 16: Routing Engine Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Table 17: End-of-Life Routing Engine Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 18: M7i Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 19: M10i Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 20: M40e Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 21: M120 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 22: M320 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 23: MX5, MX10, MX40, and MX80 Routing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 24: MX104 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 25: MX240 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 26: MX480 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 27: MX960 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 28: MX2008 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 29: MX2010 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 30: MX2020 Supported Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 31: PTX3000 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 32: PTX5000 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Table 33: T320 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Table 34: T640 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 35: T1600 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 36: T4000 Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Table 37: TX Matrix Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table 38: TX Matrix Plus Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table 39: Routing Engines on TX Matrix Plus with 3D SIBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 6 Line Card Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Table 40: DPCs Supported in MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . 56

Table 41: FPCs Supported by MX Series Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 42: PICs Supported by MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 43: AS MSC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 44: AS MXC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 45: MIC/MPC1 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 46: MIC/MPC2 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Table 47: MIC/MPC3 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table 48: MIC/MPC6 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 49: MIC/MPC8 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 50: MIC/MPC9 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 51: MICs Supported by MX240, MX480, MX960, MX2008, MX2010, and

MX2020 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Table 52: MICs Supported by MX5, MX10, MX40, MX80, and MX104 Routers . . . 85 Table 53: MPCs Supported by MX240, MX480, MX960, MX2008, MX2010, and

MX2020 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Chapter 7 Power System Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Table 54: Minimum Number of Power Supplies Required for the MX960 . . . . . . 99

Table 55: Zoning for High-Capacity Power Supplies in an MX960 . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Table 56: AC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Table 57: Minimum Required Number of DC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Table 58: DC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter 8 Switch Fabric Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Table 59: SCB Slot Mapping and Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Table 60: SCB-MX LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Table 61: MX SCBE LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Table 62: SCBE2-MX LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 9 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Table 63: Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Table 64: Router Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Table 65: MX960 Site Preparation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Table 66: Clearance Requirements for High-Capacity Power Supplies . . . . . . . . 128

Chapter 10 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Table 67: Supported Ethernet Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Table 68: Supported SONET Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Table 69: Estimated Values for Factors Causing Link Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Table 70: Cable and Wire Specifications for Routing Engine Management and

Alarm Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Chapter 11 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Table 71: RJ-45 Connector Pinout for the Routing Engine ETHERNET Port . . . . . 148

Table 72: RJ-45 Connector Pinout for the AUX and CONSOLE Ports . . . . . . . . . . 149

Chapter 12 AC Power Requirements, Specifications, and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Table 73: AC Power Supply Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Table 74: AC Power System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Table 75: MX960 Common Component Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Table 76: FRU Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Table 77: MX960 Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Table 78: Sample Power Requirements for an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Table 79: Calculating Power Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Table 80: Calculating Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Table 81: Calculating Thermal Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Table 82: AC Power Cord Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Chapter 13 DC Power Requirements, Specifications, and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Table 83: Power Supply Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Table 84: Power System Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Table 85: MX960 Common Component Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Table 86: FRU Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Table 87: MX960 Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Table 88: Sample Power Requirements for an MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Table 89: Calculating Power Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Table 90: Calculating Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Table 91: Calculating Thermal Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Table 92: DC Power Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 14 Unpacking the MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Table 93: Parts List for a Fully Configured MX960 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Table 94: Accessory Box Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Chapter 15 Installing the Mounting Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Table 95: Four-Post Rack or Cabinet Mounting Hole Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Table 96: Mounting Hardware Hole Locations for Front-Mounting in an

Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Table 97: Mounting Hardware Hole Locations for Center-Mounting in an

Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Chapter 17 Connecting the MX960 Router to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Table 98: MX960 High-Capacity AC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Table 99: MX960 High-Capacity DC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Part 4 Installing and Replacing Components

Chapter 20 Overview of Installing and Replacing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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Table 100: Field-Replaceable Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Part 5 Maintaining the Chassis and Components

Chapter 30 Converting to a Different Type of Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Table 101: MX960 High-Capacity DC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Table 102: MX960 High-Capacity AC Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

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DescriptionMeaningIcon

Indicates important features or instructions.Informational note

Indicates a situation that might result in loss of data or hardware damage.Caution

Alerts you to the risk of personal injury or death.Warning

Alerts you to the risk of personal injury from a laser.Laser warning

Indicates helpful information.Tip

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Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions

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Fixed-width text like this

Italic text like this

Represents output that appears on the terminal screen.

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Introduces or emphasizes important new terms.

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Identifies guide names.

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Identifies RFC and Internet draft titles.

Represents variables (options for which you substitute a value) in commands or configuration statements.

Alerts you to a recommended use or implementation.Best practice

ExamplesDescriptionConvention

To enter configuration mode, type the configure command:

user@host> configure

user@host> show chassis alarms

No alarms currently active

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A policy term is a named structure that defines match conditions and actions.

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RFC 1997, BGP Communities Attribute

Configure the machine’s domain name:

[edit] root@# set system domain-name

domain-name

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Text like this

Represents names of configuration statements, commands, files, and directories;configurationhierarchylevels; or labels on routing platform components.

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stub <default-metric metric>;Encloses optional keywords or variables.< > (angle brackets)

| (pipe symbol)

# (pound sign)

[ ] (square brackets)

Indention and braces ( { } )

; (semicolon)

GUI Conventions

Bold text like this

Indicatesa choice between the mutually exclusivekeywordsor variables on either side of the symbol. The set of choices is often enclosed in parentheses for clarity.

same line as the configurationstatement to which it applies.

Encloses a variable for which you can substitute one or more values.

Identifies a level in the configuration hierarchy.

Identifies a leaf statement at a configuration hierarchy level.

Representsgraphicaluser interface (GUI) items you click or select.

broadcast | multicast

(string1 | string2 | string3)

rsvp { # Required for dynamic MPLS onlyIndicates a comment specified on the

community name members [ community-ids ]

[edit] routing-options {

static {

route default {

nexthop address; retain;

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All Interfaces.

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Cancel.

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