Poe Alive Check Configuration - Planet GS-5220 User Manual

4.7.1.8 PoE Alive Check Configuration

The GS-5220 series PoE Switch can be configured to monitor connected PD's status in real-time via ping action. Once the PD
stops working and without response, GS-5220 series PoE Switch is going to restart PoE port port power, and bring the PD back
to work. It will greatly enhance the reliability and reduces administrator management burden.
This page provides you how to configure PD Alive Check.The screen in Figure
The page includes the following fields:
Object
• Mode
• Ping PD IP Address
• Interval Time (10~300s)
• Retry Count (1~5)
• Action
• Reboot Time (30~180s)
User's Manual of GS-5220 PoE Series Managed Switch
Figure 4-7-1-7: PD Alive Check Configuration Screenshot
Description
Allows user to enable or disable per port PD Alive Check function. As default value
all ports are disabled.
This coulumn allows user to set PoE device IP address here for system making ping
to the PoE device. Please be noticed that the PD's IP address must be set to the
same network segment with GS-5220 series PoE Switch.
This column allows user to set how long system should be issue a ping request to
PD for detecting PD is alive or dead. Interval time range is from 10 seconds to 300
seconds.
This column allows user to set how many times system rerry ping to PD. For
example, if we set count 2, the meaning is that if system retry ping to the PD and the
PD doesn't response continuously, the PoE port will be reset.
Allows user to set which action will be apply if the PD witout any response. GS-5220
series PoE Switch offers 3 actions as following.
1. PD Reboot: It menas system will reset the PoE port that connected the
PD.
2. Reboot & Alarm: It means system will reset the PoE port and issue an
alarm message via Syslog, SMTP.
3. Alarm: It means system will issue an alarm message via Syslog, SMTP.
This column allows user to set the PoE device rebooting time, due to there are so
many kind of PoE device on the market and theyhave different rebooting time. The
PD Alive-check is not a defining standard, so the PoE device on the market doesn't
report reboots done information to GS-5220 series PoE Switch, so user has to make
sure how long the PD will be finished to boot, and then set the time value to this
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4-7-1-7 appears.