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Chapter 2 Campus Infrastructure Considerations
Power to IP Phones
Figure 2-8 External Power Through the Power Patch Panel
As shown in Figure 2-8, pairs 2 and 3 from the switch are patched straight through
to pairs 2 and 3 coming from the phone. Pairs 1 and 4 from the phone terminate
at the patch panel (Ethernet does not use pairs 1 and 4) and power is applied across
them to power the phone. The actual conductors used are pins 4 and 5 (pair 1) and
pins 7 and 8 (pair 4) for power and ground return. This means that all four pairs
in the Category 5 cable need to be terminated at the user’s desk and in the wiring
closet.
The Cisco power patch panel operates in discovery mode. In discovery mode, the
patch panel tries to verify if the device connected to it is a Cisco IP Phone. It does
this by using the phone discovery mechanism used in the inline power method,
except that here the patch panel, rather than the switch, generates the test tone.
Everything else about the process is identical to that described in the
“Establishing Power to the IP Phone” section on page 2-12.
Switch side
RJ-45
Switch port
without
inline power
Phone side
RJ-45
Power
Pair 4
Pair 1
Cisco IP phone
Category
5 cable
Pair 2
Pair 3
AC
Source
IP
Power patch panel port
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