Troubleshooting Tip: FortiSwitch PoE is getting disabled after coming online on the FortiGate

[dwivedis]

Description	This article describes how to troubleshoot the issue if the PoE is disabling automatically after coming online on the FortiGate.
Scope	FortiSwitch.
Solution	Topology: FortiGate <----> FortiSwitch-1 ---> AP (wireless P2p) --> AP <---> FortiSwitch-2 The FortiSwitch-2 is connected with the FortiSwitch-1 using point to point wireless connection. However, when the FortiSwitch-2 comes online on the FortiGate, the PoE is disabled automatically on the port connected to the AP causing the switch go to offline again. Solution: This issue may occur because of the auto-config policy on the FortiGate. Verify the auto-config using the below command and confirm the PoE status: config switch-controller auto-config policy     edit "pse" next     edit "default"         set poe-status disable     next         edit "default-icl"             set poe-status disable             set igmp-flood-report enable             set igmp-flood-traffic enable         next     end If the PoE status is disabled, then enable the PoE status using the below command: config switch-controller auto-config policy (policy) # edit default (default) # set poe-status enable (default) # (default) # end