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Viewing PoE Configuration and Status
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-24
Displaying the Switch’s Global PoE Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-24
Displaying PoE Status on All Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26
Displaying the PoE Status on Specific Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28
Displaying Information about Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-31
Planning and Implementing a PoE Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-32
Assigning PoE Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-32
Applying Security Features to PoE Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-32
Assigning Priority Policies to PoE Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-33
Calculating the Maximum Load for a PoE Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-34
When a Power Supply Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-35
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-36
PoE Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-37
“Informational” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-37
“Warning” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-38
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Port Trunk Features and Operation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group
. . . . . . . . . . 12-9
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 12-14
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12-26
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links
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