Power Over Ethernet (PoE/PoE+) Operation

Configuring PoE Operation

Syntax: power-over-ethernet [slot <slot-id-range>] threshold <1 - 99 >(Continued)

To continue the preceding example, if the PoE power usage on the PoE module in slot B drops below 70%, another SNMP trap is generated and you will see this message in the Event Log:

Slot B POE usage is below threshold of 70%.

For a message listing, refer to “” on page 11-28.(Default Global PoE Power Threshold: 80). By using the [slot <slot-id-range>]option, you can specify different notification thresholds for different PoE modules installed in the switch. For example, you could set the power threshold for a PoE module in slot “A” to 75% and the threshold for the module in slot “B” to 68% by executing the following two commands:

ProCurve(config)# power-over-ethernet slot a threshold 75ProCurve(config)# power-over-ethernet slot b threshold 68

Note that the last threshold command affecting a given slot supersedes the previous threshold command affecting the same slot. Thus, executing the following two commands in the order shown sets the threshold for the PoE module in slot “D” to 75%, but leaves the thresholds for any PoE modules in the other slots at 90%.

ProCurve(config)# power-over-ethernet threshold 90

ProCurve(config)# power-over-ethernet slot d threshold 75

(If you reverse the order of the above two commands, all PoE modules in the switch will have a threshold of 90%.)

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