Viewing the PoE power settings

The PoE tab enables the configuration of the PoE power settings for a port in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5520. This tab is not displayed for units other than the 5520.

To open the PoE tab:

Procedure steps
Step Action
1

In the Device Physical Viewdouble-click the port. Multiple ports can be edited by selecting ports with the Control (CTRL) key depressed.
Or
From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

2

From the Edit tree, double-click Chassis.
3

From the Chassis tree, double-click Ports.
4

Select the PoE tab.

Note:

The PoE tab is for setting Power over Ethernet (PoE) parameters for each port. The Power Supply tab on the Chassis screen displays the status of the internal Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch power supply.
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The following table outlines the parameters for the PoE tab.

Variable definitions

Variable Value
AdminEnable Enables or disables PoE on this port.
Detection Status

Displays the operational status of the power-device detecting mode on the specified port:

  • disabled: detecting function disabled
  • searching: detecting function is enabled and the system is searching for a valid powered device on this port
  • detected: detecting function detects a valid powered device but the port is not supplying power
  • deliveringPower: detection found a valid powered device and the port is delivering power
  • fault: power-specific fault detected on port
  • invalidPD: detecting function found an invalid powered device
  • denyLowPriority: port disabled by management system to supply power to higher-priority ports
  • test: detecting device in test mode

Note:

Nortel recommends against using the test operational status.
PowerClassifications Displays the operational status of the port PD classification.
PowerPriority

Sets the power priority for the specified port to:

  • critical
  • high
  • low
PowerLimit Enter an integer from 3 to 16 W to set the power limit for the port.
Power Measurement Read only:
  • Voltage: in 1/10 v.
  • Current: in 1/1000 A.
  • Power: in 1/1000 W.