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AT-S101 Management Software User’s Guide
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Power Budgeting The AT-GS950/8POE switch provides a maximum of 15.4 W of power per
port on four of the eight ports for a total power consumption of 62 W, while
at the same time furnishing standard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet functionality.
The switch power management functionality supports any combination of
Ethernet ports (1-4) that supply power for IEEE 802.3af Class 0, 1, 2, or 3
powered devices up to a maximum of 62 watts, as described in Table 5.
Note
Power is supplied to the powered devices in the order that the ports
are connected or on a first-come-first-served basis until the 62 watt
limit is reached. If the switch is power cycled after the PoE devices
are connected to the switch ports, the power is supplied to ports 1
through 4 in ascending order.
Port Power Priority
When the power budget for the switch is reached, each port is allotted
power according to its priority level. You can set the power priority of each
PoE port. There are three levels: Low, High, and Critical. By default, all of
the PoE ports are set to Low. Naturally, you want to assign a Critical level
to ports that are connected to the most important powered devices.
If you set all of the priority levels to the same value (or maintain the default
value of Low on all ports), then the port whose port number is the lowest
has the highest port power priority. For instance, if you assign PoE ports 1
through 4 with a priority level of High and the power budget is reached,
then port 1 has the highest power priority level followed by port 2, etc.
Table 5. IEEE 802.3af Class vs. Power Levels
Class Usage
Minimum Power
Levels Output at
the PSE
Maximum Power
Levels Output at
the PD
0 Default 15.4W 0.44W to 12.95W
1 Optional 4.0W 0.44W to 3.84W
2 Optional 7.0W 3.84W to 6.49W
3 Optional 15.4W 6.49W to 12.95W