Power over Ethernet

- Pass electrical power along with data on Ethernet cabling.

- Allows a single cable to provide both data and electric power.

- IEEE802.3 using in 10BaseT or 10BaseTx

Cisco Switch command :

PoE mode

1. auto - Sets the interface to automatically detect and supply power to device
2. static - Sets the interface to higher priority than auto
3. never - disable detection and power off the PoE interface

Example

SW(config)#interface giga 1/0/4

SW(config-if)#power inline auto

SW(config-if)#end

SW#show power inline giga1/0/4