Manage EnergyWise Nodes

Offers the ability to enable and configure Cisco EnergyWise nodes. The following fields are available:

IOS version

Provides the IOS version running on the selected device. It is possible that an IOS update is needed to enable EnergyWise capabilities.

EnergyWise Features

Allows you to disable or enable and configure your EnergyWise functionality.

EnergyWise Name

Allows you to specify an EnergyWise-specific name to identify the device. The default name for a switch is the hostname, while the default name for a Power over Ethernet (PoE) port is a shortened version of the port name. EnergyWise name values cannot include spaces. Modifying the EnergyWise name does not change the hostname of the device or the port name on the device. Omit spaces and refrain from using asterisks (*) in your name designations. Valid characters include alphanumeric characters and symbols, including #, (, %, !, or &.

Keywords

Allows you to specify a keyword or set of keywords. Keywords describe the specific device or interface and help differentiate it from others in your domain. If you set more than a single keyword, ensure you separate the values with a comma and omit all spaces.

Default Power Level

Allows you to specify the default power level for the device. Power levels range from 0 to 10, where 0 is off and 10 is full.

Level	Label	Category	Color	Color Code
10	Full	Operational (1)	Red	FF0000
9	High
8	Reduced		Yellow	FFFF00
7	Medium
6	Frugal		Green	00FF00
5	Low
4	Ready	Standby (0)	Blue	0000FF
3	Standby
2	Sleep		Brown	A52A2A
1	Hibernate
0	Shut	Nonoperational (-1)	Black	000000

Importance

Allows you to specify a number from 1 to 100 as an importance value. The higher the value, the more important the device and less likely it is to be changed by energy policy modifications. Use the importance value to exempt entities from policy changes. For example, if your emergency phones are all on this switch, they should never go into standby mode, and the switch has an importance of 100, then policies with an importance of 99 and lower will not affect the phone switch.

Role

Allows you to specify a role for the device or interface to help distinguish them from one another. The default role for a PoE port is Interface, while the default for a switch is the model number. You can use a role to make locating an entity easier or describe the use of the entity. For example, you can specify the role of a device as MeetingRoom212 or PhonesForLevel2. Omit spaces and refrain from using asterisks (*) in your role designations.

Domain

Allows you to specify the EnergyWise Domain for the device or switch. Grouped EnergyWise entities are referred to as a domain and are managed together in a distributed model. Switches are used to receive and send messages to and from domain entities. Omit spaces and refrain from using asterisks (*) in your name designations. Valid characters include alphanumeric characters and symbols, including #, (, %, !, or &.

Encryption

Specifies whether or not you want to enable encryption for the traffic between entities in your domain.

Shared Secret

Allows you to specify the shared secret used between entities in your domain when communicating. Omit spaces and refrain from using asterisks (*) in your name designations. Valid characters include alphanumeric characters and symbols, including #, (, %, !, or &.

Verify Shared Secret

Retype the shared secret you specified in the previous field. This does not verify that the secret you specified is the correct secret for your domain, but it does ensure you specify the same password in both fields.

Write to NVRAM after execute

Check to ensure your EnergyWise configuration is not lost if the device reboots. Checking Write to NVRAM After Execute may cause the device to power cycle.