Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Guida Di Riferimento

OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide

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The Power over Ethernet (PoE) feature is supported on OmniSwitch chassis-based switches using 
PoE-capable Ethernet modules and a peripheral power shelf as well as on OmniSwitch PoE capable 
switches. Refer to the OmniSwitch Hardware Users Guide for further details.

Note on Terminology. There are several general terms used to describe this feature. The terms Power 
over Ethernet (PoE), Power over LAN (PoL), Power on LAN (PoL), and Inline Power are synonymous 
terms used to describe the powering of attached devices via Ethernet ports. For consistency, this chapter 
and the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide refer to the feature as Power over Ethernet (PoE).

Additional terms, such as Powered Device (PD) and Power Source Equipment (PSE) are terms that are not 
synonymous, but are directly related to PoE. 

• PD refers to any attached device that uses a PoE data cable as its only source of power. Examples 

include access points such as IP telephones, Ethernet hubs, wireless LAN stations, etc. 

• PSE refers to the actual hardware source of the electrical current for PoE such as OmniSwitch chassis-

based switches with PoE modules or OmniSwitch PoE capable switches.

PoE commands documented in this section comply with IEEE 802.3, 802.af, and pre-802.3at.

MIB information for the PoE commands is as follows:

Filename: AlcatelIND1InLinePowerEthernet_mib
Module: ALCATEL-IND1-INLINE-POWER-MIB 

Filename: AaIETF_HUBMIB_POWER_ETHERNET_DRAFT_mib
Module: POWER-ETHERNET-MIB