Procedure steps
1. From the navigation tree, double-click Power Management
.
2. In the Power Management tree, double-click PoE.
3. In the work area, click the Globals - PoE Units tab.
4. To select a switch to edit, click the Unit.
5. In the Unit row, double-click the cell in the UsageThreshold% column.
6. Type a value.
7. In the Unit row, double-click the cell in the NotificationControlEnable column.
8. Select a value from the list—true to enable the sending of traps if the switch power
usage exceeds the configured threshold percentage, or false to disable the sending
of traps if the switch power usage exceeds the configured threshold percentage .
9. In the Unit row, double-click the cell in the PowerDeviceDetectType column.
10. Select a value from the list.
11. To manage PoE for additional switch units in a stack, repeat steps 4 through 10.
12. Click Apply .
Variable definitions
Use the data in the following table to configure PoE for one or more switches in a stack.
Variable Value
Power(watts) Indicates the total power (in watts) available to the switch. This is a read-
only cell.
OperStatus Indicates the power state of the switch:
• on
• off
• faulty
This is a read-only cell.
Consumption
Power(watts)
Indicates the power (in watts) being used by the switch. This is a read-
only cell.
UsageThreshol
d%
Specifies the percentage of the total power usage of the switch above
which the system sends a trap.
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