Microsemi rolls IEEE 802.3at compliant 60W multiport PoE midspans

Microsemi Corp. announced two multi-port additions to its 60W PoE midspan family of IEEE 802.3at standards-compliant high-power PoE products that include four-pair powering and gigabit switching support.

The PowerDsine 6-port PD-9506G and 12-port PD-9512G midspans deliver up to 60W of power over all four pairs of Ethernet cabling, cutting power dissipation in half when compared to conventional two-pair solutions and providing 15 percent less energy consumption, according to Microsemi. The midspans also include a gigabit interface to more easily support high-power devices such as PTZ cameras and thin clients; and implement 2-event classification as specified in the IEEE 802.3at specifications for communications with connected devices.

Key highlights:

• High Power over 4-pairs - 72W per port
• 100% IEEE 802.3at-2009 compliant
• High efficiency, dissipating 50% less power than 2-pair switches and Midspans
• Supported data rates: 10/100/1000BaseT
• Scalable 6 & 12-port models
• Power redundancy:
  - Mutual midspan-to-midspan backup
  - DC backup via external PowerDsine RPS products
• PowerView Pro secure, remote SNMPv3 and Web-based management
• Supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
• PoE 802.3af backward compatible

Pricing: Starts at $1199.

Availability: Production volumes.

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