Old WS-C2960S-48FPS-L PoE issue

[bonne]

I can connect to the cli, and the SPF ports are working, but no cobber ports are working... does not even flash after boot. Log says:

*Jan 2 00:03:00.323: %PLATFORM_ENV-3-ILP_PORT_POST_ERR: Gi1/0/1 can't be brought up because it failed POST in Inline Power test.

on every ports and a diag all says:

POST: Inline Power Controller Tests : Begin
POST: inline power post failed for port 0
POST: inline power post failed for port 1
...

It is pretty clear that the PoE PSU is dead... but can I:

1) disable the PSU and use the switch as a non PoE switch
or
2) change the PSU? If that makes sense on such and old (but other than that great) switch.

Regards, Lars.

[Reza Sharifi]

If the PSU is dead than you have to replace it to get the switch to work.

HTH

[bonne]

Yeah, ok... but the PSU apparently works to keep mainboard, OS, cli and SPF working. Only the PoE part is not working. No way to have the switch working just without PoE?

[Reza Sharifi]

No way to have the switch working just without PoE?

Well, that switch is a POE switch, and so ports might not light up if POE isn't working. If everything else works well and the PSU is healthy, the issue may be a software bug or a hardware issue rather than a PSU issue. The simplest solution to try is to change the current IOS; if that does not work, a hardware problem exists.

HTH