-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/2011 09:52 AM, Brad Belton wrote: > And here I am thinking all this time that I was the only one who would > appreciate a device like this! I spoke with someone at Streakwave a few > months ago about this and basically got a blank stare response. He had no > idea why I would want such a thing..<sigh> > > > > So, to any manufacturers up to the task, here is (IMO) a starting point of a > bullet point list for the PoE device I'm envisioning: > > > > (1) Multi-port models. (e.g. 6, 12 & 24 ports)
Of course. > > (2) SNMP & Web Interface Management with ACL firewall. Explain more? What do you want to query via SNMP? Write via SNMP? Why does it need an ACL system? Why not just use your existing network security system to keep people out? You do have a dedicated infrastructure management network right? > > (3) Redundant power supplies with separate power cords. (e.g. UPS "Blue" & > UPS "Red") Of course. How much power would need to come in? Would the power supplies be hot swappable? > > (4) Dip switch DC polarity selectable per port. (e.g. Trango/Canopy vs. > UBNT, etc.) > > (5) Dip switch 12VDC, 24VDC, 48VDC passive and standard 802.3af selectable > per port. Hmmm. Why not just do this via software interface (like cisco poe switch for example). That would make the most sense to me. > > (6) 1U shallow depth form factor. Naturally > > (7) Auto-Ping per port. What does this mean? Is this like an iboot where if it doesn't receive a heartbeat in specified time period it cycles power on the port? Of course you would be able to disable this when doing maintenance that is a longer outage (like say flashing firmware or something) > > (8) LED Status indicators per port. Why? Just give it via SNMP/web interface. (Guess I'm just so used to being a remote support person that I never expect to have local access. Have managed 10s of thousands of remote systems that I never saw). > > (9) Optional DC power source model for solar sites? DC power is a requirement I think. On every model. > > (10) Optional Trango Apex/Orion GigE model? Don't know what this is. Maybe others on the list will? > What else would be beneficial in the design of this PoE controller? Think you about covered it. One thinks Cisco would do something like this and make it fairly dumb/cheap. They already meet all your above requirements (well don't know about redundant power supply on 1U but I imagine that could easily be done). > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mark Nash > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:53 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNbBdHAAoJEMvvG/TyLEAtz2UP/1UBbIBjHfM7T5Z0tzO2GtJY 27ztWSH8X826ii+0Q7msSBJxASHFP3wlQFQKP1KiHy/W4GxhJDXeFnFiZKeV+IFp GKsID3Xn7Og83ttVIMRKzX8DMhLwc31GoPkeEh7qix/a1JUACHgH9P9yZSOKCCmZ wD1msdvgop07Q6USTMiiMxe0OCbzzkQbIc0ERmdNjclvlZkJ0Ya0feLeEeag5LoQ 53wolRkpY6MA0lt0VH+3wXb1/mbQxklL9ezKDhmn9s/wwte8CqCL795aBfkVI4Z/ oZuw+00FI5gJGQpQti04MoO0lou6N1N7MEVsFMc6f895rscGXNmjViWTX6QKgplL a7ncy9dQpbc7XQOJSUrSHn5S4O3K/vgpnJ+pK+3TiPTd9YVhOOGUIMA3vwz5BeQ/ gGi8mWrtvaffAeEptQObfx1yf29Vk8qJbpwpXGo1eY+sE4rqeuBeYzPt06lyuSyc fU27hnc52xYulcTVeHXGPFBw+a97m+xbw6Rd7wqHTXEs8WWTFErUQ5+zQdYIMilG u8v95euKSPT7zicvIZubxjLgPwWTQIgSc2/kFkxDW5Z5j3l/JM/7MW72h8WfVN4w AjhVTJbP75VpkazJeLTfsBH8mdGyE21yY8fi35u7U9yh1jyy+OSvOtoeUfssG8CC 8587g27Ezu02NaT2E1cJ =r5jL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
