3Com 8810, 8807, 8814 manual PoE entry area, External PoE Power Rack 3C17509

14CHAPTER 1: PRODUCT OVERVIEW

■A Switch 8800 supports up to 4500 W (220 V)/2250 W (110 V) power to its PDs. It determines whether to deliver power to a newly detected PD depending on the power it currently supplied.

PoE entry area

The PoE-supported Switch 8807/Switch 8810/Switch 8814 chassis has a PoE entry area between the two power supply units. You can insert a PoE 3C17510 Switch 8800 PoE Entry Module into this area, and connect this module to a 3C17509 Switch 8800 External PoE Power Rack so as to import the output power of the External Power Rack unit.

Figure 7 PoE entry module

External PoE Power Rack (3C17509)

The Switch 8800 External Power Rack is available for the Switch 8807, Switch 8810, and Switch 8814. The External Power Rack has three AC inputs and one DC outputs. Figure 8 shows its front panel.

Figure 8 Front panel of the 3C17509 Switch 8800 External Power Rack PoE power supply

n ThePSUs.external PoE power system supports 2+1 redundancy and online-swapping of

To implement the PoE function on the Switch 8800 Family, PoE-capable interface module is required. There are two modules are PoE-capable:

■3C17528 Switch 8800 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T

■3C17532 Switch 8800 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Access

Both of these I/O Modules are PoE-capable, and will function with the addition of a 3C17529 PoE Option (PoE DIMM Module).