Product and Software: This article applies to all Aruba controllers and ArubaOS versions.
The Aruba 5000 or 6000 chassis needs a 400W PSU to enable the POE on the line card.
A 200W PSU disables POE on the controller.
The following error message is posted in the errorlogs:
show log errorlog all
Aug 19 22:57:47 <fpapps 314811> <ERRS> |fpapps| Power Supplies only support 200W, disabling POE
The following "show inventory" output is for a controller that is powered with 200W PSU:
show inventory
Supervisor Card slot : 0
Supervisor FPGA : SCCI Rev 0x6
SC Assembly# : 2010004D (Rev:06.00)
SC Serial# : F00260166 (Date:12/24/06)
Crypto Assembly# : 2010005C (Rev:01.00) (SC-I)
Crypto Serial# : F00245018
Mgmt Port HW MAC Addr : 00:0B:86:FF:0D:78
HW MAC Addr : 00:0B:86:09:3B:80 to 00:0B:86:09:3B:FF
CPLD Version : 1 (Rev: 1)
PEER Supervisor Card : Absent
Line Card 1 : Absent
Line Card 2 : Present
Line Card 2 FPGA : LCCI Rev 0x6
Line Card 2 Switch Chip : SwitchCore CXE-1000 Rev 0xA
Line Card 2 Mez Card : Present
Line Card 2 SPOE : Present (Disabled)
Line Card 2 Sup Card 0 : Present ( Active )