Power over Ethernet (PoE) Optimization

Supported Platforms

ExtremeSwitching X465 series switches.

Limitations

For fast PoE, the following limitations apply:

• When saving PoE configurations to hardware, all current running PoE configurations must be saved and used for the next boot.
• The fast PoE feature can be enabled on a per switch basis only.
• If a switch has perpetual PoE enabled and you configure PoE, and then reboot the switch without saving the configuration, the hardware configuration shown in the CLI when the switch comes up does not reflect the real configurations saved in hardware. Under these circumstances, fast PoE will falsely report a mismatch between the configurations in hardware and the configuration file.
• When a different configuration file is selected for the next reboot by the use configuration command, and the PoE configurations in the new file are different from the current ones, fast PoE will report a mismatch between the configurations in hardware and the configuration file.

New CLI Commands

show inline-power fast ports {port_list}

Changed CLI Commands

Changes are underlined.

enable inline-power [fast | perpetual]

enable inline-power [fast | perpetual] slot slot

disable inline-power [fast | perpetual]

disable inline-power [fast | perpetual] slot slot

show inline-power [fast | perpetual] slot slot

show inline-power [fast | perpetual]