Suspension and disabling of faulting devices powered through power over ethernet

One or more non-transitory machine-readable media having program code stored thereon, the program code comprising instructions to:

• detect a first fault for a first device that is powered via an Ethernet cable;
• update a fault count maintained for the first device to reflect the first fault, wherein the fault count indicates a number of faults detected for the first device within a first period of time;
• determine whether the updated fault count maintained for the first device satisfies a criterion for temporary suspension;
• and
• based on a determination that the updated fault count satisfies the criterion for temporary suspension, suspend the first device for a second period of time.

Power sourcing equipment (PSE) comprising:

• a plurality of ports, wherein the PSE sources power to a plurality of powered devices connected to the PSE on corresponding ones of the plurality of ports;
• a processor;
• and
• a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to cause the PSE to:
• detect a first fault for a first powered device of the plurality of powered devices;
• determine that a number of faults detected for the first powered device within a first period of time satisfies a first criterion;
• determine if the first powered device should be temporarily suspended or indefinitely disabled, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to cause the PSE to determine if the first powered device should be temporarily suspended or indefinitely disabled comprise instructions executable by the processor to cause the PSE to determine if a number of suspensions of the first powered device satisfies a second criterion;
• based on a determination that the number of suspensions of the first powered device does not satisfy the second criterion, suspend the first powered device for a second period of time;
• and
• based on a determination that the number of suspensions of the first powered device satisfies the second criterion, disable the first powered device.