Nortel 2526t POE not working - - ideas?

I just picked up an old 10/100 Nortel for $20 for my home camera system, but the POE is giving me issues.

I finally managed to get it connected with telnet (the serial adapter I bought isn't working for direct access), but the "no poe-shutdown" command is not working.

Here's what I do after connecting to telnet:

enable

config terminal

interface fastethernet 1-12

no poe-shutdown

ctrl+z

exit

Am I missing something? I don't get any POE. In an attempt to troubleshoot, I used a working POE switch and went:

[Test Camera] > {Working POE Switch} > {Nortel 2526t Port 6 (POE)}

And with that, I was able to get the camera working. So that determines the ports work, but POE isn't enabled.

Ideally, I'd just hard reset the switch, but (apparently) that's only possible with a direct COM port connection and I'm not able to get the DB9 to ethernet cable working (even with a crossover cable).

Any ideas?