FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment of components that can be provided in the RAU 14 of FIG. 6 to provide for remote power management of power provided to the power-consuming modules 152, 154, 160(1)-160(Z) and the externally connected PDs 156(1)-156(Q). The discussion of remote power management of the RAU 14 in FIG. 8 will be described in conjunction with the flowcharts in FIGS. 9-11. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary remote power management process provided by the HEC 44 in FIG. 2 to perform remote power management at an RAU 14. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary power management process provided by an RAU 14 to manage power at the RAU 14 at initialization and when configuration changes are made to the RAU 14. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary power management process provided by an RAU 14 to manage power provided to PDs 156(1)-156(Q) connected to powered communications ports 158(1)-158(Q) provided in a RAU 14.
