Small access switch budget
Poe Power Budget
Calculates total Power over Ethernet demand from device count and per-device power draw, then compares it with the switch PoE budget. The deterministic check reports utilization, available headroom, required headroom allowance, and remaining headroom margin.
4 fields
2 archetypes
with-tool
5 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
4 inputs to 5 scored outputs
device_count
floatNumber of PoE powered devices
1 to 96power_draw_per_device_w
floatPower draw per device
1 to 90Wswitch_poe_budget_w
floatAvailable switch PoE budget
30 to 3000Wrequired_headroom_pct
floathidden in hardRequired headroom as a percentage of connected PoE load
0 to 50%
Total PoE power requirement
PoE budget utilization
Unused PoE budget
Required headroom allowance
Margin after required headroom
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
Access or high-power PoE switch
Headroom allowance hidden in design context
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
access_switch
2 contextsAccess switch serving cameras and wireless access points
station-comms-room / campus-access-switch
high_power_switch
2 contextsHigh-power PoE switch serving PTZ cameras or field devices
roadside-cabinet / security-headend
rendered task
Generation Preview
roadside-cabinet-high-power-switch-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- high_power_switch
- site context
- roadside-cabinet
visible fields
- device_count8 to 96
- power_draw_per_device_w20 to 75 W
- switch_poe_budget_w740 to 3000 W
withheld schema
High-power PoE switch serving PTZ cameras or field devices. roadside-cabinet. Required outputs: total_power_requirement_w, utilization_pct, available_headroom_w, required_headroom_w, headroom_margin_w