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systeembeheer2
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April 3, 2024
Question

consumption Fortiswitch FPOE

  • April 3, 2024
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We want to replace a Cisco switch 2960 for a Fortiswitch.Reason : On the Cisco switch there are a lot of camera's connected.Problem is that some camera's using more consumption of POE than Cisco can deliver.To solve this we were using power injectors. 
On the specs of FORTISWITCH 248E-FPOE or FORTISWITCH 224E-FPOE we see what the max consumption is (for FORTISWITCH 248E-FPOE it's 720 watt).
But we can't see what the maximum consumption is per port, so what's the maximum consumption per port ?

 

 

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ozkanaltas
Valued Contributor III
April 3, 2024

Hello @systeembeheer2 ,

 

FortiSwitch 248E-FPOE supports 802.3af and 802.3at standards. 

 

If we look at these standards. 

 

802.3af supports 15.4W

802.3at supports 25.5W

 

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiSwitch_Secure_Access_Series.pdf

 

hbac
Staff
Staff
April 3, 2024

Hi @systeembeheer2,

 

I believe it is based on the priority of the port. You can refer to https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiswitch/7.4.2/fortilink-guide/801176/configuring-poe

 

You can run this command "get switch-controller <FortiSwitch_serial_number> <port_name>" to see Defined Max Power. 

 

Regards, 

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