ZXR102900ESeriesCongurationGuide
5.3PoEConguration
PoECongurationOverview
PoweroverEthernet(PoE)isanextendedfeaturethatsupportsnetworkdeviceswith
Ethernetelectricalports.Thenetworkdevices(switchesorrouters)supportingthePoE
functioncanprovidepowersupplythroughTwistedPairforremotePoweredDevices
(PDs)suchasIPphones,WLANAccessPoints(APs),ornetworkcameras,which
realizesremotepowersupply.
Ethernetremotepowersupplysometimesisnamedasnetworkpowersupply.Itisatype
oftechnologythatdeliversalittleelectricityandprovidespowersupplythrough10BASE-T
and100BASE-TX.WhenthecurrentEthernetCat.5cablingbasicstructureisnotchanged,
PoEcanprovideDCpowersupplyforIP-baseddevices(suchasIPphones,WLANAPs,
ornetworkcameras)whenitsdatasignalsaretransmitted.PoEtechnologycanreduce
thecostmostlywhenthecurrentstructuralcablingsecurityisensured.Figure5-1shows
atypicalPoEapplication.
Figure5-1PoEApplication
TheZXR102900E-PSseriesswitchsupportsthefollowingPoEfeatures:
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