HP Terminology

Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Operation for the Series 2600-PWR Switches

Terminology

■Enable or disable PoE operation on individual ports. (In the default configuration, the switch enables PoE on all 10/100-TX ports, subject to PoE priority in the case of oversubscription of PoE resources.)

■Monitor PoE status and performance on the switch

Related Publications

This chapter introduces general PoE operation, PoE configuration and mon­ itoring commands, and Event Log messages related to PoE operation on the HP ProCurve Switch 2626-PWR and 2650-PWR devices. The following two manuals provide further information:

■For information on installing the HP ProCurve Switch 2626-PWR and 2650-PWR, refer to the Installation and Reference Guide provided with the switch.

■To help you plan and implement a PoE system in your network, refer to the PoE Planning and Implementation Guide, which is available from either of the following sources:

•The Documentation CD-ROM (version 3.5 or greater) shipped with your Switch Series 2600-PWR device

•The HP ProCurve website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve. (Click on Technical support, then Product manuals.)

Terminology

Term	Use in this Manual
active PoE port	A PoE-enabled port connected to a PD requesting power.
priority class	Refers to the type of power prioritization where the switch uses Low (the
	default), High, and Critical priority assignments to determine which
	groups of ports will receive power. Note that power priority rules apply
	only if PoE provisioning on the switch becomes oversubscribed.
EPS	External Power Supply; for example, an HP 600 RPS/EPS or an HP
	ProCurve 610 EPS. An EPS device provides power to provision PoE ports
	on a switch. See also “RPS”, below.

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