Power over ethernet on 2950 switch?

[Ibbywannit]

Hi to all my respected friends and gurus,

You guys have saved my butt numerous times - and i thank you all for that. Here's another one for you. I had a customer that couldn't reach his switch (2950)and we deduced that he may be running a standard image instead of an enhanced one. He's now asking me whether the enhanced image will support power over ethernet. i was under the impression that the IOS revision wouldn't make a difference - any clarification on that?

The IOS is 12.1 (6) by the way...

[mattcalderon]

You are correct. that model of switch does not support Power over Ethernet. You need to upgrade your hardware.

2960s do support POE

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/index.html

[Ibbywannit]

What about if he's using a "power injector?" (I don't know what one is but i heard someone saying that they managed to use POE with a power injector and some form of manual configuration)....

[mattcalderon]

That is an option, but depending on how many phones you have, this could be a maintenance headache.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6788/phones/ps379/ps6951/product_data_sheet0900aecd804b4649.html

Here is some Q and A on the injector.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/voicesw/ps6788/phones/ps379/ps6951/prod_qas0900aecd804b4694.html

[Ibbywannit]

Thanks for all your help there Matt and i appreciate the swift reply. Please see the reflection in the ratings...

[mattcalderon]

No problem and thanks for the kind rating. I hope that you have gotten all of your questions answered.