Operation Manual – PoE & PoE Profile 
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 2  PoE Profile Configuration
 
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Operation  Command  Description 
Enable the PoE 
feature on a port 
poe enable 
Required 
The PoE feature 
on a port is 
disabled by 
default 
Configure PoE 
mode for Ethernet 
ports  
poe mode { signal | spare } 
Optional 
By default, PoE 
mode is set to be 
signal 
Configure the PoE 
priority for Ethernet 
ports 
poe priority { critical | high 
| low } 
Optional 
By default, PoE 
priority is set to 
low 
Configure 
the 
relevant 
features in 
PoE 
profile 
Configure the 
maximum power 
for Ethernet ports 
poe max-power max-power 
Optional 
By default, 
maximum power 
is set to be 
15,400 mW 
Quit system view 
quit 
— 
In system view 
apply poe-profile 
profilename  interface 
interface-type 
interface-number  [  to 
interface-type 
interface-number ] 
Enter 
Ethernet 
port 
view 
interface  interface-type 
interface-number 
Apply the 
existing 
PoE 
profile to 
the 
specified 
Ethernet 
port 
In 
Ethernet 
port 
view 
Apply 
the 
existing 
PoE 
profile to 
the port 
apply poe-profile 
profile-name 
Required 
Users can 
decide whether 
to configure the 
settings in 
system view or 
port view 
 
  Note: 
A PoE profile is a group of PoE configurations. Multiple PoE features can be set in a 
PoE profile. When the poe apply command is used to apply a PoE profile to a port, 
some PoE features can be applied successfully while some PoE configurations in it can 
not. PoE profiles are applied to S3900 series Ethernet switches according to the 
following rules: