Configuring PoE
Power over Ethernet Ports
a wattage, the switch delivers the maximum value. Use the auto setting on any PoE port. The auto mode is the default setting.
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However, if the
If you do not specify a wattage, the switch
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Power Monitoring and Power Policing
When policing of the
When PoE is enabled, the switch senses the
Power monitoring is
The switch senses the
1The switch monitors the
2The switch records the power consumption, including peak power usage. The switch reports the information through the
3If power policing is enabled, the switch polices power usage by comparing the
If the device uses more than the maximum power allocation on the port, the switch can either turn off power to the port, or the switch can generate a syslog message and update the LEDs (the port LED is now blinking amber) while still providing power to the device based on the switch configuration. By default,
If error recovery from the PoE
If error recovery is disabled, you can manually
4If policing is disabled, no action occurs when the powered device consumes more than the maximum power allocation on the PoE port, which could adversely affect the switch.
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