Juniper EX9208 User manual

EX9208 Switch Hardware Guide

Modified: 2017-01-04

Juniper Networks, Inc.

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EX9208 Switch Hardware Guide

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Table of Contents

About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Documentation and Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Requesting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

Opening a Case with JTAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 Switch Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

EX9208 Switch Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chassis Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Host Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

EX9208 Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

EX9208 Switch Hardware and CLI Terminology Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chassis Physical Specifications of an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Field-Replaceable Units in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Understanding EX9208 Switch Component and Functionality Redundancy . . . . 18

Craft Interface in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Host Subsystem LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fan LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Power Supply (PEM) LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Switch Fabric LEDs and Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Line Card LEDs and Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Alarm LEDs and Alarm Cutoff Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Midplane in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Routing Engine Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Switch Fabric Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Host Subsystem in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Network Port LEDs on Line Cards in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Modular Interface Card LED in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Routing Engine Module LEDs in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Switch Fabric Module LEDs in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Cable Management Brackets in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cooling System and Airflow in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Airflow Direction in the EX9208 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

AC Power Supply in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

AC Power Supply Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

AC Power Supply Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

AC Power Supply LEDs in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

DC Power Supply in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

DC Power Supply Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

DC Power Supply Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

DC Power Supply LEDs in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Chapter 5 Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Line Card Model and Version Compatibility in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

EX9200-2C-8XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

EX9200-4QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

EX9200-6QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

EX9200-MPC Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

EX9200-12QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

EX9200-32XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

EX9200-40T Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

EX9200-40F Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

EX9200-40F-M Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

EX9200-40XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Line Card Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Line Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

EX9208 Switch Hardware Guide

Line Card LED in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring Rate Selectability on an EX9200-12QS Line Card to Enable Different

Port Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring Rate Selectability at the PIC Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring Rate Selectability at the Port Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Site Preparation Checklist for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Environmental Requirements and Specifications for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . 81

General Site Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Rack Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Cabinet Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for an EX9208

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 7 Planning Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Power Requirements for EX9200 Switch Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

AC Power Supply Specifications for EX9208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

AC Power Cord Specifications for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

DC Power Supply Specifications for EX9208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Grounding Cable and Lug Specifications for EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Grounding Points Specifications for an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Grounding Cable Lug Specifications for an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Grounding Cable Specifications for an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Calculating the EX Series Switch Fiber-Optic Cable Power Budget . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Calculating the EX Series Switch Fiber-Optic Cable Power Margin . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Pluggable Transceivers Supported on EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Pluggable Transceivers Supported on EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Standards Supported by These Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

QSFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Management Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Understanding EX Series Switches Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation,

and Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Chapter 9 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Console Port Connector Pinout Information for an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . 147

USB Port Specifications for an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

RJ-45 Management Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter Pinout Information for a Switch . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 10 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Unpacking the EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Unpacking a Line Card Used in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Parts Inventory (Packing List) for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Registering Products—Mandatory for Validating SLAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 11 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing and Connecting an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing a Mounting Shelf in a Rack or Cabinet for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . 162

Moving the Mounting Brackets for Center-Mounting an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . 164

Mounting an EX9200 Switch on a Rack or Cabinet Using a Mechanical Lift . . . . 165

Mounting an EX9208 Switch on a Rack or Cabinet Without Using a Mechanical

Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Installing and Removing EX9208 Switch Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Chapter 12 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Connecting Earth Ground to an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Parts and Tools Required for Connecting an EX Series Switch to Earth

Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Special Instructions to Follow Before Connecting Earth Ground to a

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Connecting Earth Ground to an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Connecting AC Power to an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Powering On an AC-Powered EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Connecting DC Power to an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Powering On a DC-Powered EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Connecting an EX9200 Switch to a Network for Out-of-Band Management . . . 191

Connecting an EX9200 Switch to a Management Console or an Auxiliary

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Connecting the EX9200 Switch to an External Alarm-Reporting Device . . . . . . 193

Connecting the Alarm Relay Wires to the Craft Interface in an EX9200

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Chapter 14 Performing Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

EX9200 Switch Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Connecting and Configuring an EX9200 Switch (CLI Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components

Chapter 15 Removing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Powering Off an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Removing an EX9200 Switch from a Rack or Cabinet Using a Mechanical Lift . . 206

Removing an EX9208 Switch from a Rack or Cabinet WithoutUsing a Mechanical

Lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

EX9208 Switch Hardware Guide

Chapter 16 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Installing a Fan Tray in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Removing a Fan Tray from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Chapter 17 Replacing Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Installing an AC Power Supply in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Removing an AC Power Supply from an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Installing a DC Power Supply in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Removing a DC Power Supply from an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Chapter 18 Replacing Routing Engine (RE) Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Installing an RE Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Removing an RE Module from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Taking the Host Subsystem Offline in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Chapter 19 Upgrading and Replacing Switch Fabric (SF) Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Upgrading an EX9200-SF to an EX9200-SF2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Preparing the EX9200 Switch for an EX9200-SF2 Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Powering Off the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Removing a Routing Engine from an EX9200-SF Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Replacing the EX9200-SF with the EX9200-SF2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Installing a Routing Engine into an EX9200-SF2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Powering On the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Completing the EX9200-SF2 Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Installing an SF Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Removing an SF Module from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Chapter 20 Maintaining and Replacing Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Handling and Storing Line Cards in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Holding a Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Storing a Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Maintaining Line Card Cables in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Unpacking a Line Card Used in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Installing a Line Card in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Removing a Line Card from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Chapter 21 Replacing a MIC in an EX9200-MPC Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Installing a MIC in an EX9200-MPC Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Removing a MIC from an EX9200-MPC Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Chapter 22 Replacing Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Installing a Transceiver in a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Removing a Transceiver from a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Chapter 23 Replacing Alarm Relay Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Connecting the Alarm Relay Wires to the Craft Interface in an EX9200

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Disconnecting the Alarm Relay Wires from the Craft Interface in an EX9200

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

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Chapter 24 Maintaining and Replacing Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Disconnecting a Fiber-Optic Cable from a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Maintaining Fiber-Optic Cables in Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Chapter 25 Replacing Cable Management Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Installing Cable Management Brackets on an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Removing Cable Management Brackets from an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Chapter 26 Routine Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Routine Maintenance Procedures for EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Handling and Storing Line Cards in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Holding a Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Storing a Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Maintaining Line Card Cables in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Maintaining Power Supplies in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Maintaining the Air Filter in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Maintaining Host Subsystem in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Maintaining the Fan Tray in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Chapter 27 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Returning an EX9200 Switch or Component for Repair or Replacement . . . . . . 281

Locating the Serial Number on an EX9208 Switch or Component . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Listing the Switch and Components Details with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Locating the Serial Number ID Label on an EX9200 Switch Chassis . . . . . . 284

Locating Serial Number ID Labels on FRU Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Contacting Customer Support to Obtain Return Material Authorization for

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Packing an EX9200 Switch or Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Packing an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Packing EX9200 Switch Components for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Part 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 28 Troubleshooting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Troubleshooting the Cooling System in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Troubleshooting Power Supplies in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Troubleshooting Line Cards in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Troubleshooting Traffic Drops on EX9200-6QS Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Chapter 29 Alarms and System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Understanding Alarm Types and Severity Levels on EX Series Switches . . . . . . . 301

Chassis Component Alarm Conditions on EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Backup Routing Engine Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Monitoring System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

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Part 6 Safety and Compliance Information

Chapter 30 General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Definitions of Safety Warning Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Qualified Personnel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Warning Statement for Norway and Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Chapter 31 Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Chapter 32 Installation Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Installation Instructions Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Chassis Lifting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Restricted Access Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Ramp Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Rack-Mounting and Cabinet-Mounting Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Grounded Equipment Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Chapter 33 Radiation and Laser Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Radiation from Open Port Apertures Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings for Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

General Laser Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Class 1 Laser Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Class 1 LED Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Laser Beam Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Chapter 34 Maintenance and Operational Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Maintenance and Operational Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Battery Handling Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Jewelry Removal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Lightning Activity Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Operating Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Product Disposal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Chapter 35 Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

General Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Action to Take After an Electrical Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Prevention of Electrostatic Discharge Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

AC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

AC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

DC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines for Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

DC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

DC Power Grounding Requirements and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

DC Power Wiring Sequence Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

DC Power Wiring Terminations Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Multiple Power Supplies Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

TN Power Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

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Chapter 36 Agency Approvals and Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Agency Approvals for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Battery Compliance Statement for Environmental Requirements for EX Series

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Compliance Statements for EMC Requirements for EX Series Switches . . . . . . 368

Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

European Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

FCC Part 15 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Nonregulatory Environmental Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Compliance Statements for Acoustic Noise for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . 372

EX9208 Switch Hardware Guide

List of Figures

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 Switch Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 1: Front View of an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2: Rear View of an EX9208 Switch with AC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 3: Rear View of an EX9208 Switch with DC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 4: EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 5: EX9208 Switch with AC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 6: EX9208 Switch with DC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 7: Craft Interface in an EX9204 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 8: Craft Interface in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 9: Craft Interface in an EX9214 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 10: Alarm Relay Contacts in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 11: Midplane in an EX9204 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 12: Midplane in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 13: Midplane in an EX9214 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 14: RE Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 15: SF Module EX9200-SF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 16: SF Module EX9200-SF2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 17: Cable Management Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 18: Cable Management Brackets Installed on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 19: Fan Tray for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 20: Air Filter for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 21: Airflow Through the EX9208 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 22: AC Power Supply for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 23: DC Power Supply for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 5 Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 24: EX9200-2C-8XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 25: EX9200-4QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 26: EX9200-6QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 27: EX9200-MPC Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 28: EX9200-10XS-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 29: EX9200-20F-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 30: EX9200-40T-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 31: EX9200-12QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 32: EX9200-32XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 33: EX9200-40T Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 34: EX9200-40F Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 35: EX9200-40F-M Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Figure 36: EX9200-40XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 37: Airflow Through the EX9208 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 38: Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for

an EX9208 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 7 Planning Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 39: AC Plug Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Figure 40: Grounding Lug for an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Figure 41: SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . 133

Figure 42: QSFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . 138

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 10 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Figure 43: Contents of the Shipping Crate for EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Figure 44: Unpacking a Line Card Used in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 11 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Figure 45: Installing the Mounting Shelf for a Four-Post Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . 163

Figure 46: Installing the Mounting Shelf for an Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure 47: Installing the Switch in an Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Figure 48: Installing the Switch in an Open-Frame Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Chapter 12 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Figure 49: Connecting the Grounding Lug to a Switch Mounted on Four Posts of

a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Figure 50: Connecting a Grounding Cable to an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Figure 51: Connecting the Power Supply Cord to an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . 181

Figure 52: DIP Input Mode Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure 53: Connecting DC Power to an EX9208 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Figure 54: Ethernet Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Figure 55: Ethernet Management Port on the RE Module in EX9200

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Figure 56: Ethernet Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Figure 57: Console and Auxiliary Ports on the RE Module in EX9200 Switches . . 193

Figure 58: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Figure 59: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Figure 60: Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to an Optical Transceiver Installed

in a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components

Chapter 16 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 61: Installing a Fan Tray in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Figure 62: Installing the Upper Fan Tray in an EX9214 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Figure 63: Removing a Fan Tray from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Figure 64: Removing the Upper Fan Tray in an EX9214 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Chapter 17 Replacing Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Figure 65: Installing an AC Power Supply in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 66: Removing an AC Power Supply from an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . 218

Figure 67: Installing a DC Power Supply in an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Figure 68: Removing a DC Power Supply from an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Chapter 18 Replacing Routing Engine (RE) Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Figure 69: Installing an RE Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Figure 70: Removing an RE Module from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Chapter 19 Upgrading and Replacing Switch Fabric (SF) Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Figure 71: Installing an SF Module in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Figure 72: Removing an SF Module from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Chapter 20 Maintaining and Replacing Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Figure 73: Edges of the Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Figure 74: Do Not Grasp the Connector Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Figure 75: Do Not Rest the Edge of a Line Card on a Hard Surface . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Figure 76: Unpacking a Line Card Used in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Figure 77: Installing a Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Figure 78: Removing a Line Card from an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Chapter 21 Replacing a MIC in an EX9200-MPC Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Figure 79: Installing the Septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 80: Removing the Septum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Figure 81: Installing an EX9200-10XS-MIC or EX9200-20F-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Figure 82: Installing an EX9200-40T-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Figure 83: Removing an EX9200-10XS-MIC or EX9200-20F-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Figure 84: Removing an EX9200-40T-MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Chapter 22 Replacing Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Figure 85: Installing a Transceiver in a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Figure 86: Removing an SFP, SFP+, XFP, or a QSFP+ Transceiver from a

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Chapter 23 Replacing Alarm Relay Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Figure 87: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Figure 88: Alarm Relay Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Chapter 24 Maintaining and Replacing Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Figure 89: Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to an Optical Transceiver Installed

in a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Chapter 25 Replacing Cable Management Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Figure 90: Installing the Cable Management Brackets in an EX9208 Switch . . . 268

List of Figures

Chapter 26 Routine Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Figure 91: Edges of the Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Figure 92: Do Not Grasp the Connector Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Figure 93: Do Not Rest the Edge of a Line Card on a Hard Surface . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Chapter 27 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Figure 94: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on EX9208 Switch Chassis . . 285

Figure 95: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on an AC Power Supply . . . . 286

Figure 96: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on a DC Power Supply . . . . . 286

Figure 97: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on the SF Module . . . . . . . . . 287

Figure 98: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on the RE Module . . . . . . . . . 287

Part 6 Safety and Compliance Information

Chapter 35 Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Figure 99: Placing a Component into an Antistatic Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

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About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Table 1: Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 Switch Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 3: Line Cards Available for EX9208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Table 4: Power Supplies Supported on EX9208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 5: EX9208 Switch Hardware Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 6: CLI Equivalents of Terms Used in Documentation for EX9208

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Table 7: Physical Specifications of the EX9208 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Table 8: FRUs in an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Table 9: Host Subsystem LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 10: Fan LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 11: Power Supply LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 12: Switch Fabric Module LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 13: Line Card LEDs on the Craft Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 14: Alarm LEDs and Alarm Cutoff/Lamp Test Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Table 15: Network Port LEDs on Line Cards in an EX9200 Switch—Link/Activity

LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Table 16: Network Port LEDs on Line Cards in an EX9200 Switch—Status

LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 17: MIC LED for EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 18: RE Module LEDs of an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 19: SF Module LEDs of an EX9200 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 20: AC Power Supply LEDs on EX9208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 21: Power Supply Redundancy and Power Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Table 22: DC Power Supply LEDs in EX9208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Chapter 5 Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Table 23: Line Card Models for EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Table 24: EX9200-2C-8XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 25: EX9200-4QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Table 26: EX9200-6QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Table 27: EX9200-MPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 28: EX9200-12QS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 29: EX9200-32XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 30: EX9200-40T Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Table 31: EX9200-40F Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 32: EX9200-40F-M Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 33: EX9200-40XS Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 34: LED on Line Cards for EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Table 35: Active Physical Ports on EX9200-12QS Line Card Based on the

number-of-ports Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table 36: Site Preparation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table 37: EX Series Switch Environmental Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 38: Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Table 39: Rack Requirements and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Table 40: Cabinet Requirements and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 7 Planning Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Table 41: EX9200 Switch Component Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Table 42: AC Power Supply Specifications for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Table 43: AC Power System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Table 44: AC Power Cord Specifications for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Table 45: DC Power Supply Specifications for an EX9208 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Table 46: DC Power System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Table 47: Grounding Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Table 48: Estimated Values for Factors Causing Link Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Table 49: Optical Interface Support for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet SFP

Transceivers in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Table 50: Optical Interface Support for Fast Ethernet and Fast Ethernet SFP

Transceivers in EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Table 51: Optical Interface Support for SFP+ Transceivers in EX9200

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Table 52: Optical Interface Support for 40-Gigabit QSFP+ Transceivers in

EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Table 53: Optical Interface Support for 100-Gigabit QSFP+ Transceivers in

EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Table 54: Optical Interface Support for CFP Transceivers in EX9200

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Table 55: Software Support for SFP+ Passive Direct Attach Copper Cables for

EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Table 56: SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table 57: Software Support for QSFP+ Passive Direct Attach Copper Cables for

EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Table 58: QSFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Table 59: Specifications of Cables to Connect to Management Devices . . . . . . . 144

Chapter 9 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Table 60: EX Series Switches Console Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . 147

Table 61: RJ-45 Management Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Table 62: RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 10 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Table 63: Parts List for Different EX9208 Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Table 64: Accessory Box Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Chapter 11 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Table 65: Four-Post Rack or Cabinet Mounting Hole Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Chapter 12 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Table 66: Parts and Tools Required for Connecting an EX Series Switch to Earth

Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Table 67: Special Instructions to Follow Before Connecting Earth Ground to a

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Part 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 29 Alarms and System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Table 68: Alarm Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Table 69: Chassis Component Alarm Conditions on EX9200 Switches . . . . . . . 302

Table 70: Backup Routing Engine Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Table 71: Filtering System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Table 72: Viewing System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

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About the Documentation

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Documentation and Release Notes on page xix

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Supported Platforms on page xix

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Documentation Conventions on page xix

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Documentation Feedback on page xxi

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Requesting Technical Support on page xxii

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Supported Platforms

For the features described in this document, the following platforms are supported:

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Documentation Conventions

Table 1 on page xx defines notice icons used in this guide.

Table 1: Notice Icons

DescriptionMeaningIcon

Indicates important features or instructions.Informational note

Indicates a situation that might result in loss of data or hardware damage.Caution

Alerts you to the risk of personal injury or death.Warning

Alerts you to the risk of personal injury from a laser.Laser warning

Indicates helpful information.Tip

Alerts you to a recommended use or implementation.Best practice

Table 2 on page xx defines the text and syntax conventions used in this guide.

Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions

ExamplesDescriptionConvention

To enter configuration mode, type the

configure command:

user@host> configure

Represents text that you type.Bold text like this

user@host> show chassis alarms

No alarms currently active

Represents output that appears on the

terminal screen.

Fixed-width text like this

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A policy term is a named structure

that defines match conditions and

actions.

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RFC 1997, BGP Communities Attribute

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Introduces or emphasizes important

new terms.

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Identifies guide names.

•

Identifies RFC and Internet draft titles.

Italic text like this

Configure the machine’s domain name:

[edit]

root@# set system domain-name

domain-name

Represents variables (options for which

you substitute a value) in commands or

configuration statements.

Italic text like this

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