<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Apart from the transformers (rarely) dying, no problem here.<div><br></div><div>The Cisco transformers & injectors are conveniently under 1RU in height, so nicely fit onto an enclosed 1RU tray to try to tidy things up.<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><b>From: </b>"Bruce Forster" <bruce@tubes.net.au><br><b>To: </b>ausnog@ausnog.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, 8 October, 2010 5:47:09 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [AusNOG] POE and patch cables and panels<br><br><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">But no one’s really had any issues witch patching poe via a patch panel? Regardless of the source, poe injector or poe swtich?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> Tom.Minchin@csiro.au [mailto:Tom.Minchin@csiro.au] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 October 2010 4:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> bruce@tubes.net.au; ausnog@ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] POE and patch cables and panels</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">We used to use the seperate POE panels (for IPTel handsets) as the integrated Cisco switch was very expensive. The POE panels however were a pain due to the extra space they used and cabling. And if you over subscribed them they'd reset all the devices power.<br><br>We just suck it up now and deploy POE switches as standard. Single device to manage and less rack and cables. POE switches are much much cheaper now too.<br><br>The individual injectors were also a pain as the power packs would die randomly after a couple of years.<br></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">From</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">: Bruce Forster [mailto:bruce@tubes.net.au] <br><b>Sent</b>: Friday, October 08, 2010 02:03 PM<br><b>To</b>: ausnog@ausnog.net <ausnog@ausnog.net> <br><b>Subject</b>: [AusNOG] POE and patch cables and panels <br></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Hey Noggers,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been thinking about how to make cabinets cleaner and neater and we use a lot of POE injectors so my plan to clean up the racks is this:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>External cable runs get patched into a panel </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>0.5m patches from the panel to the poe </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>0.5m patches from the poe to the switch</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">So my question is this, now it may seem a little dumb however:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">When using POE up to 48v is there any additional risks in using a patch panel? It’s another couple of break points in the run between devices and the switch, has anyone had any bad experiences at all using the above methods or any recommendations?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">bruce</p></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br>AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br></blockquote><br><span><br><br>-- <br><span name="x"></span>Peter Tonoli <peter@medstv.unimelb.edu.au><br>IT Manager<br>The University of Melbourne St. Vincent's Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute<span name="x"></span><br></span></div></div></body></html>