How Is Power Allocation Prioritized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5

Configuring PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 Disabling or Re-Enabling PoE Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 Enabling Support for Pre-Standard Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 Configuring the PoE Port Priority Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8 Controlling PoE Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 Manually Configuring PoE Power Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10 Changing the Threshold for Generating a Power Notice . . . . . . . . . 11-12 Cycling Power on a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13

PoE/PoE+ Allocation Using LLDP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

LLDP with PoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

Viewing PoE Configuration and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15 Displaying the Switch’s Global PoE Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15 Displaying an Overview of PoE Status on All Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16 Displaying the PoE Status on Specific Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-18

Planning and Implementing a PoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-20Assigning PoE Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-20 Applying Security Features to PoE Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-20

PoE Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21

12 Port Trunking

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11 Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 12-14

Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12-17

Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12-18

Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12-21

LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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