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System Software For Managing Power Allocation To Ethernet Ports In The Absence of Mutually Exclusive Detection And Powering Cycles In Hardware

  • US 20100049999A1
  • Filed: 11/05/2009
  • Published: 02/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • pre-allocating a first configuration power to a first port of a switch, wherein the first configuration power defines a maximum power sourcing capacity of the first port;

    determining that an available power pool of the switch is greater than the first configuration power;

    thensubtracting the first configuration power from the available power pool of the switch;

    thensupplying power from the available power pool to the first port and detecting whether a powered device is connected to the first port in a single indivisible operation.

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