Re: [8023-POEP] Endspan on Alt-B?

[David Schwarzenberg <dws2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,

 

At the UNH-IOL, of the 19 endpoint PSEs in our testbed, 5 of them are Alternative B.

 

-David Schwarzenberg

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stds-802-3-poep@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-poep@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Robbins
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:31 PM
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Subject: [8023-POEP] Endspan on Alt-B?

Guys,

 

Someone just pointed out to me that an endspan PSE can use Alt-A, Alt-B, or both.  (See paragraph 33.2.1)  I had forgotten about this, assuming endspans were always Alt-A.

 

This would seem to complicate our plans to have endspans and midspans share the load.  Midspans always use Alt-B, so they can share ONLY if the endspan uses Alt-A.

 

Does anyone know of any endspans that actually use Alt-B (the spare pairs)?  If so, please reply.

 

Steve