Enhanced PoE is included with current Catalyst 3750 and 3560 switches, and will be included on the Catalyst 6500 and 4500 switches from the middle of this year, Cisco said.

Cisco has also built PoE capability into its 2960 switches, but the feature will incur a substantial price premium. A 24-port 2960 with eight PoE ports is priced at US$1,795, while the same switch ...