On Catalyst 9300 the default PoE power management mode is auto: the port detects whether the device needs power and grants it first come, first served if the budget allows.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Catalyst 9300 Series Switches
Subsystem
PoE power management
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
IOS XE 17.18.x
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Voice VLAN and LLDP-MED and CDP and PoE for IP phones: source note voice-vlan-lldp-poe-c9300-poe-auto-default. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/voice-vlan-lldp-poe-c9300-poe-auto-default

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-voice-vlan-lldp-poe-c9300-poe-auto-default,
  title  = {Voice VLAN and LLDP-MED and CDP and PoE for IP phones: source note voice-vlan-lldp-poe-c9300-poe-auto-default},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/voice-vlan-lldp-poe-c9300-poe-auto-default},
  note   = {Source note voice-vlan-lldp-poe-c9300-poe-auto-default, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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