Problem
A POE enabled network interface shows ridiculously high usage.
e.g. POE usage (32000W/1800W): : 1777% (warn/crit at 90.0%/95.0%)
Reason
Some hardware vendors violate the SNMP RFC and output milliwatts instead of watts for pethMainPseConsumptionPower
.
Solution
As the bug lies within SNMP implementation of the affected device, the hardware vendor needs to fix this bug in the firmware.
Please open a ticket with the vendor and ask them to fix the bug.
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