[INOC-DBA] Re: Cisco IP phone power

Bill Woodcock woody at pch.net
Mon Aug 18 19:38:39 PDT 2003


    > Be aware that the AIR-PWRINJ has a power supply, but the part you
    > quote doesn't, so you still need an external 48V power supply.
    > This has caught more than a few people I know - check out the
    > "External Power Supply" column of table 2 in the URL quoted.
    > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/products_data_sheet09186a00800f927d.html

Aaaaah!  What were they thinking?  Check table 1...  It may be just that
the 350 comes with a suitable power supply, not that one isn't required.

Hm.  This is a pain in the ass.

Okay, I've spent a bit of time looking into it, and I've digested a bunch
of documents and URLs below.  I think what's actually needed is for us to
get our hands on a bunch of this hardware and check to verify what
actually woks and what doesn't.  Now that 802.3af is actually ratified, a
lot of it should stabilize.

                                -Bill


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Description    Cisco Aironet     Cisco Aironet     350 Series
               Power Injector    Power Injector    Single Port
               Media Converter   AIR 1100, 1200    Power Injector

Part Number    AIR-PWRINJ-FIB    AIR-PWRINJ2        AIR-PWRINJ

Wire Pairs     4 and 5 (neg)     4 and 5 (neg)     4 and 5 (neg)
               7 and 8 (pos)     7 and 8 (pos)     7 and 8 (pos)

Electrical     In: 48 VDC        In: 48 VDC        In: 48 VDC
                   -.380A            -.380A            -.200A

               Out: 48 VDC       Out: 48 VDC       Out: 48 VDC
                    -.320A            -.350A            -.125A

               (supplied by external powersupply)

Power Supply   Cisco Aironet     Cisco Aironet     Cisco Aironet
Requirements   power supply      power supply      power supply
               or alternative    or alternative    or alternative
               DC power supply   DC power supply   DC power supply
               48 VDC + 5%,      48 VDC + 5%,      48 VDC + 5%,
               18watts           18watts           9watts

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IP Phone Power Consumption

Cisco IP Phones capable of accepting in-line Power (the 79xx series)
can tell the switch they are attached to how much power they need.
This allows the Catalyst 6000 switch to allocate the correct amount
of power to the phone without over or under-allocating. Initially,
the switch does not know how much power a phone is going to need, so
it assumes it will need the user-configured default allocation. Once
the phone has booted up, it sends a CDP message to the switch with a
Type, Length, Value object (TLV) that contains information about how
much power the phone needs. At that point, the switch will adjust
its original allocation and return any remaining power to the system
for use on other ports. The following table shows power
requirements for each IP phone.

Phone Model    Amps Requested     Watts @ 42V
Cisco 7960     0.15A              6.30W
Cisco 7940     0.15A              6.30W
Cisco 7910     0.15A              6.30W

Note: Prior to the P003P301 load, the Cisco 7960 phones only
requested 5.04W of power, although the phones are capable of drawing
up to 6.30W of power. This can cause issues with customers who had
just enough power available before the upgrade to P003P301, having
some phones not come up after the upgrade because there was not
enough power available.

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The CiscoIPPhone can be powered by the following sources:

* External power sourceoptional Cisco AC adapter and power cord for
  connecting to a standard wall receptacle.

* WS-X6348-RJ45V 10/100 switching moduleinline power provider to
  the CiscoIPPhone when connected to a Catalyst 6000 family
  10/100BaseTX switching module.
  This module sends power on pins 1 & 2 and 3 & 6, which are also
  used to transmit Ethernet signals. Before the switch sends power,
  it tests for the presence of a CiscoIPPhone, avoiding damage to
  other Ethernet devices.

* WS-PWR-PANELpower patch panel that allows the Cisco IP Phone to
  be connected to existing Catalyst 4000, 5000, and 6000 family
  10/100BaseTX switching modules.
  This module sends power on pins 4, 5, 7, & 8, which are not used
  for Ethernet signaling. Like the inline power, the power patch
  panel also attempts to verify that the attached device is a
  CiscoIPPhone before providing power.

* 48-port 10/100 Ethernet with inline power module for the Catalyst
  4006 (WS-X4148-RJ45V)

* VoIP DC Power Entry module for the Catalyst 4006 (WS-X4095-PEM)

* External -48V DC power shelf common equipment for the Catalyst
  4006 with two AC-to-DC PSU's and one empty bay for redundant option
  (WS-X4608-2PSU) and the 110V 15A AC-to-48V DC PSU redundant option
  for the power shelf (WS-X4608)

* Catalyst 3524-PWR XL switch (WS-C3524-PWR-XL-EN)

Power Source Design

The phone and switch automatically determine which power source the
phone uses. If the power has to be switched to a different source,
the phone user will experience different results based on which
power source is being used by the phone.

Use the following information to choose a power source for the phone:

* If you plug a phone into the optional power supply before plugging
  it into the network, the phone is powered by the power supply.

* If you then unplug the phone from the power supply, the phone
  resets. If the switch port is configured for 10/100 Mbps, the switch
  recognizes the loss of power and brings the phone back up.

* If the switch port is configured for 10 Mbps only, then you must
  unplug the network connection and plug it back into the phone for
  the switch to recognize the phone's loss of power.

* If, however, you plugged the network connection into the phone
  before you plugged in the power cord, the phone receives power
  through the switch, and unplugging the power cord will not bring
  down the phone. If the switch reboots, the phone will then be
  powered by the power cord.

Redundancy Feature

For redundancy, you can use the Cisco AC adapter even if you are
using inline power from the Cisco Catalyst switches. Cisco IP Phone
7905G can share the power load being used from the inline power and
external power source. If either the inline power or the external
power goes down, the phone can switch entirely to the other power
source.

To use this redundancy feature:

1. Set the inline power mode to auto on the Cisco Catalyst switch.

2. Connect the unpowered Cisco IP Phone to the network.

3. Connect the external power supply to the phone after the phone
   powers up.

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2797/products_tech_note09186a0080114add.shtml#first-sub2

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_tech_note09186a00801189b5.shtml

http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/af/

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/products_data_sheet09186a00800f927d.html




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