Mx480 Cooling System; Mx480 Cooling System Description - Juniper MX480 Hardware Manual

MX480 Cooling System

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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 (see
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.
The air intake to cool the chassis is located on the side of the chassis next to the air filter. Air is pulled
through the chassis toward the fan tray, where it is exhausted out the side of the system. The air intake
to cool the power supplies is located in the front of the router above the craft interface. The exhaust for
the power supplies is located on the rear bulkhead power supplies.
Figure 8: Airflow Through the Chassis
Figure 8 on page 43, Figure 9 on page 44, and Figure 10 on page
43
44). The router