Re: [8023-POEP] System Architecture
Hi Yair,
Here are some thoughts on what you have suggested.
Regards,
David
1. A single PD in a PoE system can get power from each 2P simultaneously.
I'm not sure I would look at things from the point of view of the PD as I
thought we were going to treat the 2 PDs that can be behind a single RJ45
as two separate PDs. I would therefore suggest we look at things from the
point of the RJ45, or using the correct Clause 33 terminology, the PI.
Based on this, and including support for legacy Clause 33 as well, I would
suggest:
[1] A single PI can support either [a] a single Low Power PD powered
through either pairs AB or pairs CD, [b] a single Medium Power PD powered
through pair AB or [c] two independent Medium Power PDs, one power through
pair AB and one powered through pair CD.
2. It is possible that a PD system will get power from N x Ports=RJ45 by
utilizing a PD system that is constructed fron N PDs.
3. item 2 is out of scope of the standard due to the fact that the
standard define what happen in a single port.
I'm not sure I would call this a 'PD system'. I would certainly agree that
a 'system' could get power through N x RJ45 connectors, each of which
would be a PI, with either 1 or 2 PDs 'behind' each of these PIs. I would
therefore suggest:
[2] It is possible for a 'system' to be powered through N x PIs with each
PI supporting either one or two PDs (see item [1] above).
[3] Specification for Item 2 is out of scope as the standards defines what
happens at a PI which is the conformance test point.
"Yair Darshan" <YairD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 14/06/2006 13:11:34:
> Hi David,
> I agree with your observation from the RJ45 connector point of view.
> It is actually a basic rule that we are using in the standard i.e. to
> define a port not a system.
> In short you are saying that:
> 1. A single PD in a PoE system can get power from each 2P
> simultaneously.
> 2. It is possible that a PD system will get power from N x Ports=RJ45 by
> utilizing a PD system that is constructed fron N PDs.
> 3. item 2 is out of scope of the standard due to the fact that the
> standard define what happen in a single port.
> I'll revise the presentation accordingly.
> Thanks
> Yair
>
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> Subject: Re: [8023-POEP] System Architecture
> Hi Yair,
> I'm not sure about this idea of N x 2P. The case of 2 x 2P PDs behind a
> single RJ45 (or 8 pin connector to use the term used in your slides) is
> certainly a special case we need to look at. But since the RJ45 has only
> 8-pins you cannot provide any more than 2 x 2P PDs behind a single RJ45.
> Anything from 3 x 2P upwards requires multiple RJ45s.
> However I would not classify the case of a system with multiple RJ45s
> that
> chooses to implement PDs behind N of these connectors as a case of N x
> 2P.
> This is simply a case of multiple PDs that happen to be located within
> the
> same system. The fact that these multiple PDs happen to be located in
> the
> same system should have no impact on the specification. I would go as
> far
> as to suggest that such system (however system can be defined - within
> same box/chassis/packaging) specifications, certainly in respect to
> Detection and Classification, are beyond the scope of the project.
> There are products that ship today that provide two RJ45 and implement
> two
> PDs behind them to provide redundancy. I believe these are compliant
> with
> Clause 33 of IEEE Std 802.3-2005 and certainly would not agree with
> retrospectively imposing requirements on these.
> Regards,
> David
>
> owner-stds-802-3-poep@xxxxxxxx wrote on 14/06/2006 00:14:40:
> > Hi all,
> > Please find my action item for tomorrow's meeting.
> > It is revised presentation from May meeting that focus on the concept
> > 4P=2x2P and the more general case of N Pairs = Nx2P..
> > Please feel free to comment.
> > Thanks
> > <<Flexible PD implementation driven Architecture 002.pdf>>
> > Yair
> > Darshan Yair
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