3Com WX3000 PoE Profile Configuration, Introduction to PoE Profile, Configuring PoE Profile

2 PoE Profile Configuration

Introduction to PoE Profile

On a large-sized network or a network with mobile users, to help network administrators to monitor the PoE features of the device, the device provides the PoE profile features. A PoE profile is a set of PoE configurations, including multiple PoE features.

Features of PoE profile:

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Various PoE profiles can be created. PoE policy configurations applicable to different user groups are stored in the corresponding PoE profiles. These PoE profiles can be applied to the ports used by the corresponding user groups.

When users connect a PD to a PoE-profile-enabled port, the PoE configurations in the PoE profile will be enabled on the port.

PoE Profile Configuration

Configuring PoE Profile

Follow these steps to configure PoE profile:

	To do…	Use the command…		Remarks
Enter system view		system-view		—
				Required
Create a PoE profile and enter PoE				If the PoE file is
		poe-profile profilename		created, you will
profile view				enter PoE profile
				view directly through
				the command.
	Enable the PoE	poe enable		Required
	feature on a port			Disabled by default.
	Configure PoE mode	poe mode { signal spare }		Optional
Configure	for Ethernet ports			signal by default.
the relevant
	Configure the PoE		Optional
features in
	priority for Ethernet	poe priority { critical high low }
PoE profile			low by default.
	ports
	Configure the		Optional
	maximum power for	poe max-power max-power	15,400 mW by
	Ethernet ports		default.
Quit system view		quit		—

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