- play_arrow Fast Track: Initial Installation
- play_arrow Overview
- play_arrow Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications
- play_arrow Initial Installation and Configuration
- MX10008 Installation Overview
- Unpacking the MX10008 Router and Components
- Installing the Mounting Hardware
- Installing the MX10008 into a Rack
- Mount the Juniper Networks MX10008 Router Using the JNP10004-RMK-4POST Rack-Mount Kit
- Mount the Juniper Networks MX10008 Router Using the JNP10K-RMK-4PST-XT Rack-Mount Kit
- Installing the Front Door on an MX10008
- Connecting the MX10008 to Power
- Connecting the MX10008 to External Devices
- Register Products—Mandatory to Validate SLAs
- Configuring an MX10008 Router
- play_arrow Troubleshooting Hardware
- play_arrow Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or Components
- play_arrow Safety and Compliance Information
- General Safety Guidelines and Warnings
- Definitions of Safety Warning Levels
- Qualified Personnel Warning
- Warning Statement for Norway and Sweden
- Fire Safety Requirements
- Installation Instructions Warning
- MX10008 Chassis Lifting Guidelines
- Restricted Access Warning
- Ramp Warning
- Rack-Mounting and Cabinet-Mounting Warnings
- Grounded Equipment Warning
- Radiation from Open Port Apertures Warning
- Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings
- Maintenance and Operational Safety Guidelines and Warnings
- General Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings
- Action to Take After an Electrical Accident
- Prevention of Electrostatic Discharge Damage
- AC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines
- AC Power Disconnection Warning
- DC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines for MX10008 Router
- DC Power Disconnection Warning
- DC Power Grounding Requirements and Warning
- DC Power Wiring Sequence Warning
- DC Power Wiring Terminations Warning
- Multiple Power Supplies Disconnection Warning
- TN Power Warning
- Agency Approvals and Compliance Statements
Removing and Installing Transceivers and Fiber-Optic Cables
Remove a Transceiver
Before you begin removing a transceiver from the router, ensure that you have taken the necessary precautions for safe handling of lasers (see Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings).
Ensure that you have the following parts and tools available:
Electrostatic bag or antistatic mat
Rubber safety caps to cover the transceiver and fiber-optic cable connector
Dust cover to cover the port or a replacement transceiver
The transceivers for the router are hot-removable and hot-insertable field-replaceable units (FRUs). You can remove and replace the transceivers without powering off the device or disrupting device functions.
After you remove a transceiver or when you change the media-type configuration, wait for 6 seconds for the interface to display the operational commands.
Figure 1 shows how to remove a QSFP+ transceiver. The procedure is the same for all types of transceivers except the QSFP28 and CFP transceivers.
To remove a transceiver from the router:

Install a Transceiver
Before you begin installing a transceiver in a router, ensure that you have taken the necessary precautions for safe handling of lasers (see Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings).
Ensure that you have a rubber safety cap available to cover the transceiver.
The transceivers for the router are hot-removable and hot-insertable field-replaceable units (FRUs). You can remove and replace transceivers without powering off the device or disrupting device functions.
After you insert a transceiver or after you change the media-type configuration, wait for 6 seconds for the interface to display the operational commands.
We recommend that you use only optical transceivers and optical connectors purchased from Juniper Networks with your Juniper Networks device.
The Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center (JTAC) provides complete support for Juniper-supplied optical modules and cables. However, JTAC does not provide support for third-party optical modules and cables that are not qualified or supplied by Juniper Networks. If you face a problem running a Juniper device that uses third-party optical modules or cables, JTAC may help you diagnose host-related issues if the observed issue is not, in the opinion of JTAC, related to the use of the third-party optical modules or cables. Your JTAC engineer will likely request that you check the third-party optical module or cable and, if required, replace it with an equivalent Juniper-qualified component.
Use of third-party optical modules with high-power consumption (for example, coherent ZR or ZR+) can potentially cause thermal damage to or reduce the lifespan of the host equipment. Any damage to the host equipment due to the use of third-party optical modules or cables is the users’ responsibility. Juniper Networks will accept no liability for any damage caused due to such use.
Figure 2 shows how to install a QSFP+ transceiver. The procedure is the same for all types of transceivers except the QSFP28 and CFP transceivers.
To install a transceiver in the router:
To avoid electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage to the transceiver, do not touch the connector pins at the end of the transceiver.

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Disconnect a Fiber-Optic Cable from a Router
Before you disconnect a fiber-optic cable from an optical transceiver installed in the router, ensure that you have taken the necessary precautions for safe handling of lasers (see Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings).
Ensure that you have the following parts and tools available:
Rubber safety cap to cover the transceiver
Rubber safety cap to cover the fiber-optic cable connector
The router has field-replaceable optical transceivers to which you can connect fiber-optic cables.
To disconnect a fiber-optic cable from an optical transceiver installed in the router:
Connect a Fiber-Optic Cable to a Router
Before you connect a fiber-optic cable to an optical transceiver installed in the router, ensure that you have taken the necessary precautions for safe handling of lasers (see Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings).
The router has field-replaceable unit (FRU) optical transceivers to which you can connect fiber-optic cables. You can remove and replace the cables without powering off the device or disrupting the routing functions.
To connect a fiber-optic cable to an optical transceiver installed in the router:
Do not look directly into a fiber-optic transceiver or into the ends of fiber-optic cables. Fiber-optic transceivers and fiber-optic cables connected to transceivers emit laser light that can damage your eyes.
Do not stare into the laser beam emitted by an interface or view it directly with optical instruments even if the interface has been disabled.
Maintain the Fiber-Optic Cables in a Router
To maintain fiber-optic cables:
When you unplug a fiber-optic cable from a transceiver, place rubber safety caps over the transceiver and on the end of the cable.
Anchor fiber-optic cable to avoid stress on the connectors. When attaching a fiber-optic cable to a transceiver, be sure to secure the fiber-optic cable so that the cable is not supporting its own weight as it hangs to the floor. Never let a fiber-optic cable hang free from the connector.
Do not bend fiber-optic cables beyond their minimum bend radius. Bending the cables beyond their minimum bend radius can damage the cables and cause problems that are difficult to diagnose.
Frequent plugging and unplugging of fiber-optic cables in and out of optical instruments can damage the instruments, which are expensive to repair. Attach a short fiber extension to the optical equipment. Any wear and tear due to frequent plugging and unplugging is then absorbed by the short fiber extension, which is easier and less expensive to replace than the instruments.
Keep fiber-optic cable connections clean. Microscopic deposits of oil and dust in the canal of the transceiver or cable connector can cause loss of light, reduction in signal power, and possibly intermittent problems with the optical connection.
To clean the transceiver canal, use an appropriate fiber-cleaning device such as RIFOCS Fiber Optic Adaptor Cleaning Wands (part number 946). Follow the directions in the cleaning kit you use.
After cleaning the transceiver, make sure that the connector tip of the fiber-optic cable is clean. Use only an approved alcohol-free fiber-optic cable cleaning kit such as the Cletop-S® Fiber Cleaner. Follow the directions in the cleaning kit you use.