Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Operation

Overview

Overview

Power Over Ethernet (PoE) technology allows IP telephones, wireless LAN access points, and other powered devices (PDs) to receive power and transfer data over existing LAN cabling.

The PoE feature described in this chapter operates on the following switches:

ProCurve Switch 2520-8-PoE (J9137A)

ProCurve Switch 2520-24-PoE (J9138A)

ProCurve Switch 2520G-8-PoE

ProCurve Switch 2520G-24-PoE

The switches provision their 10/100Base-TX ports (ProCurve 2520 switches) or 10/100/1000Base-TX ports (ProCurve 2520G switches) with power for PoE applications compatible with the IEEE 802.3af standard. The PoE ports on your switch support both standard networking links and PoE links. Thus, you can connect either a non-PoE device or a powered device (PD) to a PoE-enabled port without reconfiguring the port.

Configuration Options

In the default configuration, all 10/100Base-TX ports on the HP ProCurve 2520 switches and 10/100/1000Base-TX ports on the 2520G switches support PoE operation. Using the commands described in this chapter, you can:

Configure a power threshold for SNMP and Event Log reporting of PoE consumption on the switch.

Configure per-port priority for allocating power in case the switch becomes oversubscribed and must drop power for some lower-priority ports to support the demand on other, higher-priority ports.

Disable or re-enable per-port PoE operation on some ports to help control power usage and avoid oversubscribing PoE on the switch.

Monitor PoE status and performance on the switch.

See “Configuring PoE Operation” on page 11-6for further details.

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