Power Management

The Power Management screen allows you to enable or disable the Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) or Green Port Management reduces power consumption on switch ports when data activity is low or idle. Regular heartbeats are sent to gauge port activity. Ports are fully enabled when data activity resumes. This function allows you to manage all site-wide Energy Efficiency features and is enabled by default.

Energy Efficient Ethernet displays a warning message immediately upon the user enabling the EEE mode.
Warning Message: Changing power efficiency preferences will reset all device ports and temporarily affect network services.

The Power Schedule option allows you to configure a schedule for Instant On switches, and PoE capable access points to supply power to devices connected to them. This setting is global and applies to all switches and PoE capable access points.

The Power Schedule configuration is applied to every PoE port with or without connected site devices.

Follow these steps to configure a power schedule for the PoE ports on the network:

  1. Tap the Devices () tile on the Instant On home page.
  2. Tap the advanced menu () icon in the Inventory page and select Power Schedule.
  3. Under Ruled by a schedule, select one of the following options:
    1. Fixed—Indicates the schedule configuration for only recurring durations (day/hour on a weekly basis) during which the switch enables the power supply for the PoE ports.
    • Select the days on which the switch should supply power to PoE ports.
    • Select one of the following options under Active hours during the day:
      • All day: The switch provides power to the PoE ports throughout the day.
      • Active between: The switch provides power to the PoE ports for the specified time period. Configure the Start Time and End Time for PoE supply as required.

    1. Variable—Indicates the schedule configuration that allows users to set up a different time range on a daily basis.

    • Follow these steps to enable the power schedule for specific days of the week:
      1. Tap the () icon for the day of the week for which you need to configure a schedule.
      2. Set the toggle switch to Active ().
      3. Select one of the following options under Active hours during the day:
        • All day: The switch provides power to the PoE ports throughout the day.
        • Active between: The switch provides power to the PoE ports for the specified time period. Configure the Start Time and End Time for PoE supply as required.

    When the End Time is configured earlier than the starting time, a Next day label is displayed, indicating that the switch will turn off power supply for the PoE ports at the configured time on the next day.

  4. You can also configure the PoE power schedule on multiple ports for devices in the inventory.
    1. Tap the Power schedule assignment link.
    2. Tap on an Instant On router or switch from the list of devices displayed.
    3. Tap on the ports for which the power schedule should be enabled. Alternatively, you can also tap on Assign to All, to enable the power schedule for all the available PoE ports on that device.
  5. Tap the back arrow () to return to the Devices screen. The Instant On devices will automatically begin to synchronize after the new configuration.

Though the Power Schedule option is global, the schedule can be turned off for individual ports. The option to turn off power schedule for individual ports is available under More Options in the Port Details page of respective port. For more information, see Switch Details.