Question 330
The design record describes this issue: IP phones and access points draw more total PoE power than a new access switch’s available budget. Which technical principle BEST explains the design decision?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Per-port support does not guarantee the chassis can supply simultaneous power across all endpoints. The correct engineering response is: Calculate aggregate PoE demand including startup spikes and choose switches with adequate supported power budgets. The observable check is: All devices boot concurrently without power-denial events and the switch retains measurable headroom.
Incorrect Answers
Per-port support does not guarantee the chassis can supply simultaneous power across all endpoints. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: Ordinary local broadcast frames do not propagate across a Layer 3 boundary without an explicit WoL relay design. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Per-port support does not guarantee the chassis can supply simultaneous power across all endpoints. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: Loop Guard helps protect against unidirectional BPDU loss causing unexpected spanning-tree forwarding. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.
Per-port support does not guarantee the chassis can supply simultaneous power across all endpoints. The offered choice instead concerns a different principle: LACP requires peer participation and compatible member parameters before an aggregated bundle can form reliably. Those technical conditions are not interchangeable.