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PoE Energy Management

Comware devices with Power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled can provide power supply remotely using Ethernet ports to powered devices (PDs, including IP phones, APs and network cameras) through twisted pairs. With PoE management, you can view and configure PoE power units and PoE ports.

Operation Procedure

  1. Select the Resource tab.
  2. Select the device to be managed from the device list to enter the detailed information page.
  3. Click the PoE Energy Management link in the basic device information list.

Main Functions

Parameters

PoE power unit parameters

Field

Description

Group ID

An integer that uniquely identifies a power unit.

Status

Three statuses are available, namely, on, off and faulty.

Max Power(W)

Maximum power that the power unit can supply.

Average Power(W)

Average power that the power unit can supply.

Peak Power(W)

Peak power that the power unit can supply.

Free Power(W)

Power that the power unit can supply currently.



















PoE port power consumption parameters

Field

Description

Group ID

Identifies the power group that the PoE port belongs to.

Port Description

PoE port name.

Status

Two statuses are available, namely, true and false.

Port Priority

Power supply priority of the port, low, high or critical.

Max Power(mW)

Maximum power that the port can supply.

Average Power(mW)

Average power that the port can supply.

Peak Power(mW)

Peak power that the port can supply.

Current Power(mW)

Power that the port supply currently.

Fault Description

Describes the reason for the power failure on the port.