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MX960 Craft Interface Overview
Figure 4: Front Panel of the Craft Interface
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MX960 Alarm Relay Contacts on the Craft Interface
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Front-mounting flanges on the front of the chassis for front-mounting in a four-post
rack or cabinet
Two center-mounting brackets attached to the center of the chassis for
center-mounting in an open-frame rack. For an open-frame rack, center-mounting is
preferable because of the more even distribution of weight.
MX960 Chassis Description on page 9
MX960 Midplane Description on page 28
Installing the MX960 Mounting Hardware for Center-Mounting in an Open-Frame Rack
on page 199
Installing the MX960 Mounting Hardware for Front-Mounting in an Open-Frame Rack
on page 197
Installing the MX960 Mounting Hardware for a Four-Post Rack or Cabinet on page 195
The craft interface allows you to view status and troubleshooting information at a glance
and to perform many system control functions. It is hot-insertable and hot-removable.
The craft interface is located on the front of the router above the card cage and contains
LEDs for the router components, the alarm relay contacts, and alarm cutoff button. See
Figure 4 on page
15.
NOTE:
At least one SCB must be installed in the router for the craft interface
to obtain power.
Replacing the MX960 Craft Interface on page 307
MX960 Craft Interface Serial Number Label on page 511
The craft interface has two alarm relay contacts for connecting the router to external
alarm devices (see
Figure 5 on page
Chapter 3: Chassis Components and Descriptions
16). Whenever a system condition triggers either
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