Chapter18
POEConfiguration
TableofContents
POEOverview.................................................................185
ConguringPoE...............................................................186
PoECongurationExample...............................................187
PoEMaintenance.............................................................188
POEOverview
PoEPoweroverEthernetisanextendedfeatureofnetworkdevice
thatsupportsEthernetelectricalinterface.Thenetworkdevice
supportingPoEfunctionsuchasswitchandroutercanprovide
powersupplytoremotePDincludingIPphone,WLANEAPand
NetworkCamerathroughtwistedpairforimplementingremote
powersupply.
Ethernetremotepowersupplysometimesiscallednetworkpower
supply.Itisthetechnologythattransferspowerthrough10BaseT
and100Base-TX.WhenthecurrentEthernetCat.5infrastructure
doesn’tchange,datasignalcanbetransmittedtotheterminals
basedonIP(suchasIPphone,APandnetworkcameraandDC
powercanbesuppliedtothoseatthesametime.PoEtechnology
canensurethestructuredcablingsecurityandthecurrentnetwork
normaloperationtodecreasethecostgreatly.
Figure42displaysacommonPoEpowersupplyexample.
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