3com 5500-ei pwr Installation Instruction

 

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Enable the PoE feature 
on a port 

 

Required 
Disabled by default.

Configure PoE mode 
for Ethernet ports  

{ signal | spare } 

Optional 

 by default. 

Configure the PoE 
priority for Ethernet 
ports 

{ critical | high | low } 

Optional 

 by default. 

Configure 
the relevant 
features in 
PoE profile 

Configure the maximum 
power for Ethernet 
ports 

poe max-power max-power

 

Optional 
15,400 mW by 
default. 

Quit system view 

— 

In system view 

 profile-name 

interface interface-type

 

[ to 

 interface-number ] 

Enter 
Ethernet 
port view 

 interface-type 

interface-number  

Apply the 
existing PoE 
profile to the 
specified 
Ethernet port 

In 
Ethernet 
port view 

Apply the 
existing 
PoE 
profile to 
the port 

 profile-name 

Use either 
approach. 

 

Note the following during the configuration: 

1)  When the apply poe-profile command is used to apply a PoE profile to a port, some PoE features in 

the PoE profile can be applied successfully while some cannot. PoE profiles are applied to Switch 
5500-EI according to the following rules: 

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When the apply poe-profile command is used to apply a PoE profile to a port, the PoE profile is 
applied successfully only if one PoE feature in the PoE profile is applied properly. When the 

 command is used for query, it is displayed that the PoE profile is 

applied properly to the port.  

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If one or more features in the PoE profile are not applied properly on a port, the switch will prompt 
explicitly which PoE features in the PoE profile are not applied properly on which ports. 

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The display current-configuration command can be used to query which PoE profile is applied to 
a port. However, the command cannot be used to query which PoE features in a PoE profiles are 
applied successfully. 

2)  PoE profile configuration is a global configuration, and applies synchronously in the Expandable 

Resilient Networking  (XRN) system. 

3)  Combination of Unit creates a new Fabric. In the newly created Fabric, the PoE profile 

configuration of the Unit with the smallest Unit ID number will become the PoE profile configuration 
for the Fabric currently in use. 

4)  Split of Fabric results in many new Fabrics. In each newly created Fabric, the PoE profile 

configuration of each Unit remains the same as it was before the split.