Fans - Juniper E Series Hardware Manual

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Fans

Forced air-cooling keeps the temperature of the E-series modules and components
within normal operating limits. In ERX-14xx models, six cooling fans are located in
a tray at the top of the router (see Figure 4). In ERX-7xx models, four cooling fans
are located in a tray on one side of the router (see Figure 6). In the ERX-310 router,
two cooling fans are located in a tray on one side of the router (see Figure 8).
The system monitors the temperature of each module. If the temperature of a
module exceeds the maximum limit, the system immediately goes into thermal
protection mode and the modules are powered off. The ERX system controller
enters a low power mode, keeps the modules in a power-off condition, and does
not respond to any management interface commands. For information about
troubleshooting high operating temperatures, see "Troubleshooting" on page 99.
In ERX-7xx/14xx models, the fan tray has two redundant converters that power
the fans (for the ERX-14xx models, a –24 V, 50 W converter; for the ERX-7xx
models, a –12 V, 15 W converter). If one converter fails, the other takes over.
The ERX-310 router does not have redundant converters.
For all E-series routers, the system software reports an alarm if any
of the fans or converters fail.
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Redundancy Features