On J-series Services Routers, the system monitors the PIMs and verifies that the PIMs fall within the power and heat dissipation capacity of the chassis. If power management is enabled and the capacity is exceeded, the system prevents one or more of the PIMs from becoming active.
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Caution: Disabling power management can result in hardware damage if you overload the chassis capacities. |
You can also use CLI commands to choose which PIMs are disabled. For details about calculating the power and heat dissipation capacity of each PIM and troubleshooting procedures, see the J2320, J2350, J4350, and J6350 Services Router Getting Started Guide.
The following third-party hardware is supported for use with J-series Services Routers.
We recommend using a Multi-Tech MultiModem MT5634ZBA-USB-V92 USB modem with J-series Services Routers.
The USB slots on J-series Services Routers accept a USB storage device or USB storage device adapter with a compact flash disk installed, as defined in the CompactFlash Specification published by the CompactFlash Association. When the USB device is installed and configured, it automatically acts as a secondary boot device if the primary compact flash disk fails on startup. Depending on the size of the USB storage device, you can also configure it to receive any core file generated during a router failure. The USB device must have a storage capacity of at least 256 MB.
Table 3 lists USB and compact flash storage devices supported for use with the J-series routers.
Table 3: Supported Storage Devices on the J-series Services Routers
Table 4 lists the compact flash and DRAM requirements for all J-series Services Routers.
Table 4: J-series Compact Flash and DRAM Requirements