Managing Power-over-Ethernet Devices
Configuring the PoE Power, Priority, and Class
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• Class—This field is displayed only if the Power Mode set in the PoE 
Properties Page is Class Limit. The class determines the power level:
• Power Allocation—This field is displayed only if the Power Mode set in the 
PoE Properties Page is Port Limit. Enter the power in milliwatts allocated to 
the port. The range is 0 to 15,400. 
• Power Consumption—Displays the amount of power in milliwatts assigned to 
the powered device connected to the selected interface. 
• Overload Counter—Displays the total number of power overload 
occurrences. 
• Short Counter—Displays the total number of power shortage occurrences. 
• Denied Counter—Displays number of times the powered device was denied 
power.
• Absent Counter—Displays the number of times that power was stopped to 
the powered device, because the powered device was no longer detected. 
• Invalid Signature Counter—Displays the times an invalid signature was 
received. Signatures are the means by which the powered device identifies 
itself to the PSE. Signatures are generated during powered device 
detection, classification, or maintenance.
STEP  4 Click Apply. The PoE settings for the port are defined and the switch is updated.
Class Maximum Power Delivered by Switch Port
0 15.4 watt
14.0 watt
27.0 watt
3 15.4 watt
4 15.4 watt