Management of PoE Power to PDs

You can configure the way in which the SSA makes power available to attached powered devices (PDs):

• Real-time mode (default), in which the PoE controller calculates the power needed by a PD based on the actual power consumption of the attached devices.
• Class mode, in which the PoE controller manages power based on the IEEE 802.3at definition of the class limits advertised by the attached devices. In this mode, the maximum amount of power required by a device in the advertised class is reserved for the port, regardless of the actual amount of power being used by the device.

For more information about configuring power management mode, see the S-, K-, and 7100 Series CLI Reference Guide.