Installing An Mx240 Mpc - Juniper MX240 Hardware Manual

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Installing an MX240 MPC

An MPC installs horizontally in the front of the router. The MPCs are hot-insertable and hot-removable.
A fully configured MPC can weigh up to 18.35 lb (8.3 kg). Be prepared to accept its full weight.
To install an MPC (see Figure 123 on page
1. Wrap and fasten one end of the ESD grounding strap around your bare wrist, and connect the other
end of the strap to the ESD point on the chassis.
2. Place the MPC on an antistatic mat.
3. Take each MIC to be installed in the replacement MPC out of its electrostatic bag and identify the slot
on the MPC where it will be connected.
4. Verify that each fiber-optic MIC has a rubber safety cap covering the MIC transceiver. If it does not,
cover the transceiver with a safety cap.
5. Install each MIC into the appropriate slot on the MPC.
6. Locate the slot in the card cage in which you plan to install the MPC.
7. Orient the MPC so that the faceplate faces you.
8. Lift the MPC into place and carefully align the sides of the MPC with the guides inside the card cage.
CAUTION:
handles, bus bars, or edge connectors. They cannot support its weight.
9. Slide the MPC all the way into the card cage until you feel resistance.
10. Grasp both ejector handles and rotate them clockwise simultaneously until the MPC is fully seated.
11. If any of the MICs on the MPC connect to fiber-optic cable, remove the rubber safety cap from each
transceiver and cable.
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When the MPC is out of the chassis, do not hold it by the ejector
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