[asterisk-users] Re: POE draw on Aastra 480i

[Allen Casteran]

Drew Gibson wrote:
> Allen Casteran wrote:
> 
>> Anyone know what the POE draw is for the Aastra 480i phones?
>>
>> We have switches that will do 15 watts on 12 ports but only do 7.7 
>> watts on all 24 ports. A Cisco 3560 switch will do 15.6 watts on all 
>> 24 ports.
>>
>> Just trying to find out if we need that much power.
>>
> According to Aastra tech support, 5 watts (peak) per 480i.
> We are testing five phones running on a Linksys SRW208P that will only 
> support full 15W on up to 4 of 8 ports. I can power up the switch while 
> all phones are connected without any issues.
> I would expect your lower power switch will provide ample power.
> 

Thanks to Drew and everyone else that responded. Your assistance is 
greatly appreciated.

Allen