I really like to change the power settings on each port to a lower rate than what the default is on the Brocade POE switches. I personally find that if I do that, I have less power issues one the switches. The default is 30W per port. I like to run them down to 7W per port. I find that most IP phones and APs generally like less than 7W. Here is a cut and paste on a ICX switch I changed today.
nt-swi-02# sh inline power
Power Capacity: Total is 740000 mWatts. Current Free is 710000 mWatts.
Power Allocations: Requests Honored 2 times
Port Admin Oper ---Power(mWatts)--- PD Type PD Class Pri Fault/
State State Consumed Allocated Error
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ommited for brievity...
1/1/46 On On 282 30000 Legacy n/a 3 n/a
1/1/47 Off Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/47 Off Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 282 30000
nt-swi-02#config t
nt-swi-02(config)#int eth 1/1/1 to 1/1/46
nt-swi-02(config-mif-1/1/1-1/1/46)#inline power power-by-class 2
Warning: Inline power configuration on port 1/1/46 has been modified.
nt-swi-02(config-mif-1/1/1-1/1/46)#exit
nt-swi-02(config)#exit
nt-swi-02#sh inlin power
Power Capacity: Total is 740000 mWatts. Current Free is 418000 mWatts.
Power Allocations: Requests Honored 47 times
Port Admin Oper ---Power(mWatts)--- PD Type PD Class Pri Fault/
State State Consumed Allocated Error
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ommited for brievity...
1/1/43 On Off 0 7000 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/44 On Off 0 7000 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/45 On Off 0 7000 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/46 On On 282 7000 Legacy n/a 3 n/a
1/1/47 Off Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/47 Off Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 282 322000
nt-swi-02#
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