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Chapter 12 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
For example, if the switch budgets 15,400 milliwatts on each PoE port, you can connect only 24 Class 0
powered devices. If your Class 0 device power requirement is actually 5000 milliwatts, you can set the
consumption wattage to 5000 milliwatts and connect up to 48 devices. The total PoE output power
available on a 24-port or 48-port switch is 370,000 milliwatts.
Caution
You should carefully plan your switch power budget and make certain not to oversubscribe the power
supply.
Note
When you manually configure the power budget, you must also consider the power loss over the cable
between the switch and the powered device.
When you enter the
power inline consumption default
wattage
or the
no
power inline consumption
default
global configuration command, or the
power inline consumption
wattage
or the
no
power
inline consumption
interface configuration command this caution message appears:
%CAUTION: Interface
interface-id
: Misconfiguring the 'power inline consumption/allocation'
command may cause damage to the switch and void your warranty. Take precaution not to
oversubscribe the power supply.
It is recommended to enable power policing if the switch supports it.
Refer to documentation.
If the power supply is over-subscribed to by up to 20 percent, the switch continues to operate but its
reliability is reduced. If the power supply is subscribed to by more than 20 percent, the short-circuit
protection circuitry triggers and shuts the switch down.
For more information about the IEEE power classifications, see the
“Power over Ethernet (PoE) Ports
(WS-C2928-24LT-C only)” section on page 12-4
.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the amount of power budgeted to a
powered device connected to each PoE port on a switch:
To return to the default setting, use the
no power inline consumption default
global configuration
command.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
no cdp run
(Optional) Disable CDP.
Step 3
power inline consumption default
wattage
Configure the power consumption of powered devices connected to each
the PoE port on the switch.
The range for each de vice is 4000 to 15400 milliwatts. The default is
15400 milliwatts.
Note
When you use this command, we recommend you also enable
power policing.
Step 4
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5
show power inline consumption
Display the power consumption status.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.