You can give each port a name/description. I also back this up with a paper record (EXCEL spreadsheet)
-jcw ------------------------------------- John Watters UA: OIT 205-348-3992 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FARRIOR, Andy Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] question about PoE midspan devices How do you keep track of what device is connected to what port on the PowerDsine? On occasion, I need to reboot a camera or some other PoE device. The only way I know is to track this manually on paper or manually set some port description for the port on the PowerDsine (bldg-camera-1 -> bldg-poe-3 port 8). Thanks, Andy -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Dickson Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] question about PoE midspan devices John, We are evaluating the PowerDsine 9024GM. I realize we can use SNMP for sets but I'm curious about managing via HTTP. Is there a central management console that lists all of the midspans on your network (think Airwave or CiscoWorks for PowerDsine) or do you browse to each individual midspan when you need to poke it? We might be buying 100+ of these units and it would be handy if Microsemi offered a centralized aggregate way to see these. FWIW we are happy with the eval thus far. Someone else correctly posted that the 7000 series (EOL as of January 1, 2010) is not 802.3at compliant but the 9000 series is. Thanks, Mike ******************************************************** Michael Dickson 413.545.9639 Network Analyst Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst ******************************************************** On 3/8/2010 2:55 PM, Watters, John wrote: > We are happy with our PowerDsine devices. They come in various models > depending on your power and speed (10/100 or 10/100/1000) > requirements. They also come in port sizes of 6, 12,& 24 ports. We > manage ours with the supplied HTTP app. They do support SNMP > (V2c/V3). > > -jcw > > ------------------------------------- John Watters UA: OIT > 205-348-3992 > > > -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues > Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gogan, James > P Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:28 AM To: > [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] question > about PoE midspan devices > > I know this question has been asked before, but it wasn't anything > that was on our radar at the time and experiences may have evolved > over time. > > We have a possible need for PoE midspan devices, not so much for APs, > but for security cameras (which could number in the thousands before > they're done) -- many of them to be located in buildings without any > PoE Ethernet switches and with no life-cycle network funds on the > horizon. > > Ideally, I'd like something that's SNMP-manageable and has ssh (ok, > I'll settle for telnet) capability. 8-16 ports would be nice. > > Anything like that out there these days and, if so, what's the > experience been with them? Thanks in advance. > > -- Jim Gogan Director, Networking Univ of North Carolina at Chapel > Hill > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
