The expensive bit may not be that great of an argument. We're already spending $$$ on other equipment to accomplish the same thing.
Add 3 or 4 standard 115V outlets (to power switches and routers - non-PoE devices) and the rest should be PoE. All remotely controlled off & on, all with individual ping watchdogs. Make it a 2U, would likely have to. On 2/28/2011 1:44 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/28/2011 09:52 AM, Brad Belton wrote: >> And here I am thinking all this time that I was the only one who would >> appreciate a device like this! I spoke with someone at Streakwave a few >> months ago about this and basically got a blank stare response. He had no >> idea why I would want such a thing..<sigh> >> >> >> >> So, to any manufacturers up to the task, here is (IMO) a starting point of a >> bullet point list for the PoE device I'm envisioning: >> >> >> >> (1) Multi-port models. (e.g. 6, 12& 24 ports) > Of course. > >> (2) SNMP& Web Interface Management with ACL firewall. > Explain more? What do you want to query via SNMP? Write via SNMP? Why > does it need an ACL system? Why not just use your existing network > security system to keep people out? You do have a dedicated > infrastructure management network right? > >> (3) Redundant power supplies with separate power cords. (e.g. UPS "Blue"& >> UPS "Red") > Of course. How much power would need to come in? Would the power > supplies be hot swappable? > >> (4) Dip switch DC polarity selectable per port. (e.g. Trango/Canopy vs. >> UBNT, etc.) > >> (5) Dip switch 12VDC, 24VDC, 48VDC passive and standard 802.3af selectable >> per port. > > Hmmm. Why not just do this via software interface (like cisco poe switch > for example). That would make the most sense to me. > >> (6) 1U shallow depth form factor. > Naturally > >> (7) Auto-Ping per port. > What does this mean? Is this like an iboot where if it doesn't receive a > heartbeat in specified time period it cycles power on the port? Of > course you would be able to disable this when doing maintenance that is > a longer outage (like say flashing firmware or something) > >> (8) LED Status indicators per port. > Why? Just give it via SNMP/web interface. (Guess I'm just so used to > being a remote support person that I never expect to have local access. > Have managed 10s of thousands of remote systems that I never saw). > >> (9) Optional DC power source model for solar sites? > DC power is a requirement I think. On every model. > >> (10) Optional Trango Apex/Orion GigE model? > Don't know what this is. Maybe others on the list will? > >> What else would be beneficial in the design of this PoE controller? > Think you about covered it. > > One thinks Cisco would do something like this and make it fairly > dumb/cheap. They already meet all your above requirements (well don't > know about redundant power supply on 1U but I imagine that could easily > be done). > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mark Nash >> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:53 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch >> >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNbBdHAAoJEMvvG/TyLEAtz2UP/1UBbIBjHfM7T5Z0tzO2GtJY > 27ztWSH8X826ii+0Q7msSBJxASHFP3wlQFQKP1KiHy/W4GxhJDXeFnFiZKeV+IFp > GKsID3Xn7Og83ttVIMRKzX8DMhLwc31GoPkeEh7qix/a1JUACHgH9P9yZSOKCCmZ > wD1msdvgop07Q6USTMiiMxe0OCbzzkQbIc0ERmdNjclvlZkJ0Ya0feLeEeag5LoQ > 53wolRkpY6MA0lt0VH+3wXb1/mbQxklL9ezKDhmn9s/wwte8CqCL795aBfkVI4Z/ > oZuw+00FI5gJGQpQti04MoO0lou6N1N7MEVsFMc6f895rscGXNmjViWTX6QKgplL > a7ncy9dQpbc7XQOJSUrSHn5S4O3K/vgpnJ+pK+3TiPTd9YVhOOGUIMA3vwz5BeQ/ > gGi8mWrtvaffAeEptQObfx1yf29Vk8qJbpwpXGo1eY+sE4rqeuBeYzPt06lyuSyc > fU27hnc52xYulcTVeHXGPFBw+a97m+xbw6Rd7wqHTXEs8WWTFErUQ5+zQdYIMilG > u8v95euKSPT7zicvIZubxjLgPwWTQIgSc2/kFkxDW5Z5j3l/JM/7MW72h8WfVN4w > AjhVTJbP75VpkazJeLTfsBH8mdGyE21yY8fi35u7U9yh1jyy+OSvOtoeUfssG8CC > 8587g27Ezu02NaT2E1cJ > =r5jL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
