Patent ID: 11971765
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
detecting, at the PSE, that the first Ethernet cable has been unplugged from the first port and plugged into a second port on the PSE;
detecting, at the PSE, that a second Ethernet cable has been plugged into the first port and that the second Ethernet cable connects the PSE to a second PD;
receiving, at the PSE, second identification information from the second PD;
assigning, at the PSE, a second priority level to the second PD by electronically comparing the second identification information to the set of rules;
determining that the present level of available power for the portion of the network that includes the PSE is insufficient to power both the first PD and the second PD concurrently; and
upon determining that the second priority level assigned to the second PD is lower than the first priority level assigned to the first PD:
supplying power from the PSE to the first PD via the second port and the first Ethernet cable; and
refraining from supplying power from the PSE to the second PD via the first port and the second Ethernet cable.