Inference: turning on 802.3bt mode on an in-service Catalyst 9300 needs a maintenance window, because the command power-cycles the switch and so drops every PoE phone connected to it.

inferred · Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Catalyst 9300 Series Switches
Subsystem
IEEE 802.3bt mode
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
IOS XE 17.18.x
Status
inferred
Checked
2026-09-24

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

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

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