We just use the command line, and don't seem to need to do much management as the devices are plug and play. Occasionally we power something down and up to reset it and occasionally we have to check on a power issue, but it seems to mostly take care of itself. I can't say I have ever missed not having a GUI for this purpose, and it definitely make sense to get rid of the midspans if the switches take care of it.
Pete Morrissey From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watters, John Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:22 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Power Management I have been using the PowerDsine PoE inserters (6, 12, & 24 ports) for years and am generally very pleased with them. We started using them before VoIP caught on and before our switches had built-in PoE. I am now getting pressure to abandon the PowerDsine devices since all of our new switches do have PoE (mostly using Cisco 3750x/3850x for distribution now). The problem I have with abandoning the PowerDsine units is the lack of a nice graphical management tool for the PoE on my Cisco switches. Has anyone found a nice tool for power management of Cisco switches? At a minimum I need to see the interface name, the interface description, and the current power usage; and be able to easily toggle power off and back on. It would be very nice to be able to only show the interfaces that have a description matching a specified mask so I could look at only APs, only phones, all, etc., based on my mask. We don't really want to turn on HTTP for the switches, but we could if this would provide what we need for power management. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. -jcw [UA Logo] John Watters The University of Alabama Office of Information Technology 205-348-3992 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
