[cisco-voip] PoE alternatives

[Ilya Rubinchik]

Hi, Norton.

Why not to use CE500 or 2960 with PoE in such cases?


Kind regards,

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-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Norton, Mike
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:02 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] PoE alternatives

Anyone use third-party PoE midspans for powering phones? Particularly
with a 2950/2960 switch?

I typically have been installing the PoE version of 3550 or 3560
switches for phones. However, I am entertaining the idea of using a 2960
switch with a third-party PoE midspan, because it is much cheaper and we
do not really use any of the layer-3 switch features anyway. I also have
some future phone installs coming up where there are several existing
2950 switches already in place. In particular, I am looking at
Microsemi/PowerDsine for midspans.

If anyone can provide their thoughts/experiences with such a setup, or
other alternatives, I would appreciate it.

P.S. I am aware of the new 2960 model that has PoE, but it is not
available in 48-port nor with 1000BaseT uplinks, so by the time I buy
two and put SFP modules in, a regular 48-port with midspans is still
appealing.

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Mike Norton
I.T. Support
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Direct: (780) 831-3076
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