Enterasys SSA-G1018-0652 - Management of Poe Power to Pds

Management of PoE Power to PDs
Enterasys S-Series Stand Alone (SSA) Hardware Installation Guide C-3
Management of PoE Power to PDs
YoucanconfigurehowtheSSAmakespoweravailabletoattachedpowereddevices(PDs):
• Real‐timemode(default),inwhichthePoEcontrollercalculatesthepowerneededbyaPD
basedontheactualpowerconsumptionoftheattacheddevices.
• Classmode,inwhichthePoEcontrollermanagespowerbased
ontheIEEE802.3atdefinition
oftheclasslimitsadvertisedbytheattacheddevices.Inthismode,themaximumamountof
powerrequiredbyadeviceintheadvertisedclassisreservedfortheport,regardlessofthe
actualamountofpowerbeingusedbythedevice.
Formoreinformationon
configuringpowermanagementmode,seetheEnterasysS‐SeriesCLI
ReferenceGuide.