Electronic – Need help to identify SMD component

I imagine there are a bunch with the same pinning. They usually call this package a SOT-23-6 (for 6 leads..).

Generally you'd want 100V or so for PoE switch, for when the mosfet lets go of the coil, it will spring up some. If there is some snubbing maybe not too much, but I think 100V would be a safe bet.

What IC is used to control the FET? They usually are current mode and will sense the current in a small resistor from the switching FET's source to ground, <1 ohm usually. If we know the sense resistor and the SMPS IC, we can figure what the maximum current is also, to select a fet. :)

Edit: maybe I misinterpreted - is this switching the primary of the transformer? or just randomly somewhere in the circuit on the primary side? Might be for enabling PoE power to downstream parts, for example, after uh.. initiation. In that case, the protocol IC most likely limits current too - have to see it's datasheet to see if it switches the high side or the low side, etc.

Diode

You can tell becasue:

• The identifier on the PCB starts with D
• It has a white band printed on one end of the case, marking the cathode
• The case it is in (rectangular plastic, pins stick out the ends and are folded under) is typical of a diode.

Unfortunately there are a great many types and values of diode out there, and working out which it is will be trickier. You may have to reverse engineer some of the surrounding circuit and infer what it is from that, then check if the markings match.

TVS diode, in fact

From your comments, I see those red and black wires are probably power supplies, and the diode is connected across them. Here are a couple of common reasons to connect diodes on power rails:

• Overvoltage protection. One can put a diode across a power line in order to catch overvoltages. The diode is normally non-conducting, but when there's a higher-than-intended voltage, it becomes conducting and shorts it out. Of course, this means lots of power dissipated in the diode and the tracks leading to it. If the overvoltage is a very short spike (transient) then the diode survives. If not, then the diode can burn out, and the overvoltage reaches the circuit it was supposed to be protecting. To stop that, one should use a fuse - so that the high current passing through the diode blows the fuse, disconnecting the circuit from the high voltage. If there is no fuse, it could easily burn out the track in a similar way to the photo. The types of diode used for this are called TVS diodes.

• Reverse polarity protection. Especially when you're using batteries, it sometimes makes sense to protect against reverse polarity. One cheap but not very efficient way to do that is with diodes. But then you'd expect them in series with the battery, not connected across.

• Rectifiers. If you have AC and want DC, then you'd see one to four diodes working as a rectifier. But that's probably not what you have here - from the manual, it sounds like it's DC powered.

The actual part, and it's values

So now we know that we're probably looking for a TVS diode. At this point, it really helps to know common part numbers, in which case you might know that 1N56xx is a series of TVS diodes. Otherwise, it's off to google with searches like "tvs diode 5657" and see what you find. Todor's answer probably has it right there. He's found a 100V TVS diode, which might sound like quite a high voltage, but maybe it's there to soak up the really big spikes and there's something else further along which can take the smaller ones.