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Power over Ethernet for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T-PWR and 2550T-PWR

The Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T-PWR and 2526T-PWR provide IEEE 802.3af-compliant power over half of the front-panel RJ-45 ports, located on the left-hand side of the front panel. The switch provides power discovery, power management, and statistics on power use on each port and each switch basis. You can use the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series to provide power to network appliances, such as IP telephones, wireless access points, and video devices.

The Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T-PWR and 2550T-PWR provide Power over Ethernet for 12 and 24 ports with respectively. The switches only support PoE on the lower-numbered ports (identified by a red border). The switches provide a maximum of 168 Watts of power to PoE ports. Adequate power is available to supply, on average, 7 Watts for each port on the 2550T-PWR, and 14 Watts for each port on the 2526T-PWR. A maximum of 15.4 Watts is available on any port for any given device.

The Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T-PWR and 2526T-PWR supply data terminal equipment (DTE) power only on signal pins.

By default, power is allocated based on real time measurements. If the total Ethernet power budget for the switch is exceeded, the switch sheds load by shutting down power to ports.

You configure the Power over Ethernet (PoE) parameters on the PoE ports using the Command Line Interface (CLI), the web-based management system, or Device Manager (JDM).

This chapter contains the following topics:

"Diagnosing and correcting PoE problems" (page 158)

"Configuring PoE switch parameters using the CLI" (page 158)

"Configuring PoE port parameters using the CLI" (page 160)

"Displaying PoE configuration using the CLI" (page 164)

"Configuring PoE using Web-based management" (page 167)

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

Copyright © 2007, Nortel Networks

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