Switch Administration Guide

PoE

The SonicWall PoE Switches supports Power over Ethernet as defined by the IEEE 802.3 af and at standards. Refer to Technical Specifications section for exact model and power sourcing details.

  • SWS12-8POE :Ports 1-8 supports IEEE802.3 af . The maximum power budget is 55 Watts.
  • SWS12-10FPOE :Ports 1-8 supports IEEE802.3 af and at. The maximum power budget is 130 Watts.
  • SWS14-24FPOE : Ports 1-24 supports IEEE802.3 af and at. The maximum power budget is 410 Watts.
  • SWS14-48FPOE : Ports 1-48 supports IEEE802.3 af and at. The maximum power budget is 730 Watts.

To access the page, edit a Port on a PoE switch and navigate to the PoE tab.

Settings Description
Schedule

This setting displays all the schedule profiles created in Time > Schedule.

When a Schedule profile is selected, the Enable option is not available and the power supply works as per the schedule.

Enable

This setting is available only when you want to configure PoE without schedule profiles.

  • If selected, this setting provides power to the connected device using the PoE module.
  • If unselected, this setting disables and halts the power supply to the connected device using the PoE module.

PoE power priority level

This setting establishes the power priority level for the port. When the port priority level is set to high, that port is prioritized to receive power.

The following priority levels are available:

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

The default priority level is Low.

User Power Limit

This setting sets the maximum amount of power that can be delivered by a port.

The User Power Limit can only be implemented when the Class value is set to User-Defined.

Click Apply to update the system settings.

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