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– Power Limit
(0-15.4)
— Enter the maximum amount of power
that the PoE unit may deliver to this port.
– Powered Device (0-24 characters) — Enter a user-defined
description of the PD connected to the port, such as: "Bob Smith’s
telephone".
The following fields are displayed on this page:
–
PoE Operational Status
— Whether the port is currently providing
power. If it is not providing power, the reason is displayed.
–
Power Consumption
— The amount of power being consumed by
the powered device.
– Overload Counter — Total power overload occurrences.
– Short Counter — Total power shortage occurrences.
– Denied Counter — Number of times the powered device was
denied power.
– Absent Counter — Number of times the power supply was stopped to
the PD because it was no longer detected. f
– Invalid Signature Counter — Number of times an invalid signature
was received. Signatures are the means by which the powered device
identifies itself to the PSE. Signatures are generated during powered
device detection, classification, or maintenance.
Managing PoE Using the CLI Commands
The following table describes the CLI commands for viewing fields displayed
on the
Power Over Ethernet
pages.
Table 9-4. Power Over Ethernet CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
power inline {auto|never}
Configures the administrative status of
the inline power on an interface.
power inline powered-device
pd-type
no power inline powered-
device
Adds a description of the powered device
type. Use the no version of the command
to remove the description.
Use the no form of this command to
restore the default configuration.