[c-nsp] Spare-pair power negotiation problem.. Cisco 3850 UPOE

[Peter Kranz]

Anyone had any luck with UPOE actually working with the power inline
four-pair forced command?

 

WS-C3850-48U / Denali 16.2.1

 

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/10

 power inline four-pair forced

end

 

Log:

*Apr 25 08:37:59.062 PST: %ILPOWER-5-DET_TIMEOUT_SPARE_PAIR: Interface
Gi1/0/10: spare pair detect timeout

Of course its timing out, I'm using "power inline four-pair forced" because
the device does not support sending Cisco the four pair negotiation message.
This command is supposed to ignore this..

 

However:

 

UnwiredSW-#show power inline g1/0/10  detail

Interface: Gi1/0/10

Inline Power Mode: auto

Operational status: on

Device Detected: yes

Device Type: Ieee PD

IEEE Class: 4

Discovery mechanism used/configured: Ieee and Cisco

Police: off

 

Power Allocated 

 Admin Value: 60.0

Power drawn from the source: 60.0

Power available to the device: 60.0

 Actual consumption

Measured at the port: 32.5

Maximum Power drawn by the device since powered on: 33.6

 Absent Counter: 0

Over Current Counter: 0

Short Current Counter: 0

Invalid Signature Counter: 0

Power Denied Counter: 0

 

Power Negotiation Used: None

LLDP Power Negotiation --Sent to PD--      --Rcvd from PD--

   Power Type:          -                    -

   Power Source:        -                    -

   Power Priority:      -                    -

   Requested Power(W):  -                    -

   Allocated Power(W):  -                    -

 

Four-Pair PoE Supported: Yes

Spare Pair Power Enabled: No  <-- Should be enabled per the forced command

Four-Pair PD Architecture: Independent

 

And then when you try to use more than 30 watts:

 

*Apr 25 08:43:32.212 PST: %ILPOWER-5-IEEE_DISCONNECT: Interface Gi1/0/10: PD
removed

*Apr 25 08:43:32.215 PST: %ILPOWER-3-CONTROLLER_PORT_ERR: Controller port
error, Interface Gi1/0/10: Power Controller reports power Imax error
detected

*Apr 25 08:43:32.742 PST: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface
GigabitEthernet1/0/10, changed state to down

 

Peter Kranz
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