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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric Jahfei Won Yam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Calvin Cyphers, Fremont, CA (US);
Charles Melvin Aden, Berkeley, CA (US);
Eudean Michael Sun, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Dipankar Bhatt Acharya, Saratoga, CA (US);
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing power for a Power over Ethernet (PoE) device are disclosed herein. The method may include obtaining, by a supervisor, power information from a plurality of power supply units (PSUs) to obtain total power consumption information; obtaining, by the supervisor, a total system power capacity value for the plurality of PSUs; and making a determination, by the supervisor, using the total power consumption information, and the total system power capacity value, whether a powered device should stop receiving power.