Description

This article describes how to upgrade the fan tray.

Symptoms

A chassis alarm is triggered by overheating.

Solution

Improper or insufficient cooling.

MX960 Cooling System Description

The cooling system consists of the following components:

  • Upper front fan tray
  • Lower front fan tray
  • Front air filter

The cooling system components work together to keep all router components within the acceptable temperature range. The router has two fan trays located in the front of the router that install horizontally above and below the card cage. Each fan tray contains six fans. The high-capacity fan tray contains twelve fans. The fan trays are interchangeable and are hot-insertable and hot-removable.

The MX Series high-capacity fan trays satisfy cooling requirements for high-density DPCs and MPCs, and must be upgraded for proper cooling. The MX960 router requires both the fan trays and the filter tray to be upgraded.

MX240/MX480 Cooling System Description

The cooling system consists of the following components:

  • Fan tray
  • Air filter

The cooling system components work together to keep all router components within the acceptable temperature range. The router has one fan tray and one air filter that install vertically in the rear of the router. The fan tray contains six fans. The MX Series high-capacity fan trays satisfy cooling requirements for high-density DPCs and MPCs, and must be upgraded for proper cooling.

For the detailed step by step how to guide, please refer to the: Upgrading MX240, MX480, and MX960 3D Universal Edge Router Fan Trays and Power Supplies document.

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