Port Power Priority

You can configure the power priority of each port by choosing low, high, or critical power priority settings.

The switch automatically drops low-priority ports when the power requirements exceed the available power budget. When the power requirements become lower than the switch power budget, the power returns to the dropped port. When several ports have the same priority and the power budget is exceeded, the ports with the highest interface number are dropped until the consumption is within the power budget.

The priority methods are:

1. Port configured PoE priority

2. Port number priority where the lower port numbers have a higher priority.

PD Classification

The PDs are classified during initial connection establishment as defined in IEEE 802.3 standards. The classification defines the amount of power a device is expected to consume.
Table 1. Classification Chart for Various Standards

Name

Standard

Class

Type

PSE Min Output Power (in W)

PD Min Input Power (in W)

Example of Supported PDs

PoE

IEEE 802.3af

0

1

15.4

12.95

Static surveillance camera, VoIP phones, wireless access points

1

1

4

3.84

IP phones

2

1

7

6.49

IP camera

3

1

15.4

12.95

Wireless access points

PoE+

IEEE 802.3at

4

2

30

25.5

High power PD

PoE++

IEEE 802.3bt

5

3

45

40

Video conferencing equipment, multi-radio wireless access points

6

3

60

51

PoE++

IEEE 802.3bt

7

4

75

62

Laptops, flat screens

8

4

90

73