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Monitoring PoE Power Consumption (CLI Procedure)

You can monitor Power over Ethernet (PoE) power consumption, both for the switch as a whole and for individual PoE interfaces.

This topic describes how to monitor:

PoE Power Consumption on a Switch

Purpose

Determine the current PoE power consumption on a switch.

Action

Enter the following command:

user@switch> show poe controller
Controller  Maximum   Power         Guard    Management  Status   Lldp
index       power     consumption   band                          Priority
   0        405.00W   130.00W         0W     Class       AT_MODE  Disabled

Meaning

At the time the command was executed, the PoE interfaces on the switch were consuming 130 W out of the PoE power budget of 405 W.

Current Power Consumption for PoE Interfaces

Purpose

Determine the current power consumption for individual PoE interfaces.

Action

To monitor the power consumption of all PoE interfaces on the switch, use the following command:

user@switch> show poe interface
Interface Admin        Oper        Max       Priority Power             Class
          status       status      power              consumption
 ge-0/0/0 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      7.4W                0
 ge-0/0/1 Enabled       ON         15.4W     High     12.0W               0
 ge-0/0/2 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      12.4W               0
 ge-0/0/3 Enabled       ON         7.0W      Low      5.3W                2
 ge-0/0/4 Enabled       ON         4.0W      Low      4.0W                1
 ge-0/0/5 Enabled       ON         7.0W      Low      6.1W                2
 ge-0/0/6 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      12.3W               3
 ge-0/0/7 Disabled     Disabled    0.0W      Low      0.0W                not-
applicable

To monitor the power consumption of the PoE interfaces on a specific EX6200 or EX8200 line card, use the following command:

user@switch> show poe interface fpc-slot 3
Interface Admin        Oper        Max       Priority Power             Class
          status       status      power              consumption
 ge-3/0/0 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      20.3W                 4
 ge-3/0/1 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      17.8W                 4
 ge-3/0/2 Enabled       ON         30.0W     High     16.3W                 4
 ge-3/0/3 Enabled       ON         30.0W     High     16.2W                 4
 ge-3/0/4 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      25.9W                 4
 ge-3/0/5 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      10.1W                 4
 ge-3/0/6 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      16.2W                 4
 ge-3/0/7 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      6.4W                  4
 ge-3/0/8 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      5.2W                  4
 ge-3/0/9 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      5.2W                  4
ge-3/0/10 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      21.5W                 4
ge-3/0/11 Enabled       ON         30.0W     Low      21.7W                 4
ge-3/0/12 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/13 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/14 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/15 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/16 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/17 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/18 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/19 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/20 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/21 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/22 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/23 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/24 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/25 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/26 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/27 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      9.4W                  0
ge-3/0/28 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      7.0W                  0
ge-3/0/29 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/30 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/31 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/32 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.0W                  1
ge-3/0/33 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.0W                  1
ge-3/0/34 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/35 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/36 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/37 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/38 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1
ge-3/0/39 Enabled       ON         15.4W     Low      2.2W                  1

To monitor the power consumption of an individual PoE interface (for example, ge-0/0/3), use the following command:

user@switch> show poe interface ge-0/0/3
PoE interface status:
PoE interface                :  ge-0/0/3
Administrative status        : Enabled
Operational status           :  ON
Power limit on the interface : 7.0W
Priority                     : Low
Power consumed               : 5.3W
Class of power device        :   2
PoE Mode                     : 802.3at

Meaning

At the time the command was executed, the individual PoE ports were consuming the amount of power shown. For example, interface ge-0/0/3 was consuming 5.3 W at the time the command was executed.

Power Consumption for PoE Interfaces over Time

Purpose

Monitor the power consumption of a PoE interface over a period of time. The records collected remain available for future viewing.

You can specify the intervals at which power consumption data is collected, from once every minute to once every 30 minutes. The default is once every 5 minutes. You can also specify the duration over which the records are collected, from 1 hour (default) to 24 hours.

Action

To collect historical records of PoE interface power consumption and display those records:

  1. Add the telemetries statement to the PoE interface configuration:
    [edit]
    user@switch# set poe interface ge-0/0/5 telemetries interval (Power over Ethernet) 10

    When you commit the configuration, record collection begins.

  2. Display the collected records:
    user@switch> show poe telemetries interface ge-0/0/5 count all
    Sl No    Timestamp                Power    Voltage
       1     03-19-2010 13:00:07 UTC  3.9W     50.9V
       2     03-19-2010 12:50:07 UTC  3.9W     50.9V
       3     03-19-2010 12:40:07 UTC  3.9W     50.9V
       4     03-19-2010 12:30:07 UTC  3.9W     50.9V
       5     03-19-2010 12:20:07 UTC  3.9W     50.9V
       6     03-19-2010 12:10:07 UTC  3.9W     50.9V

To start another session of record collection on the interface, you must delete the existing telemetries configuration on the interface and then reconfigure telemetries. Deleting the telemetries configuration also clears the power consumption history data.

To clear the history of PoE power consumption without deleting the telemetries configuration, use the command clear poe telemetries interface.

Meaning

Over the hour in which the PoE power consumption data on ge-0/0/5 was collected, the connected powered device consistently consumed 3.9 W.

Published: 2012-12-07