Uninterruptible Power Supply (upsmib)




Charter



Status: Concluded April, 1999 











Chair(s):







 Jeffrey Case 



 Maria Greene 







Description of Working Group:



This working group will produce a document that defines MIB objects



for use in monitoring and (possibly) controlling both high- and low-end 



UPSs and related systems (e.g., power distribution systems or power 



conditioning systems). Related devices may be addressed in this effort 



to the extent that the primary focus on UPSs is not compromised.







The MIB object definitions produced will be for use by SNMP and will be 



consistent with existing SNMP standards and framework.







At its discretion, the working group may fulfill its charter by the



development of distinct MIB definitions for UPS systems of differing



capabilities, but the number of MIB definitions produced by the



working group will not exceed two.







At its discretion, the working group may produce an additional document 



defining traps that support the management of UPSs.







Although the working group may choose to solicit input or expertise



from other relevant standards bodies, no extant standards efforts or



authorities are known with which alignment of this work is required.







Because the structure of UPS implementations varies widely, the



working group shall take special care that its definitions reflect a



generic and consistent architectural model of UPS management rather



than the structure of particular UPS implementations.







It was decided (May-Aug 98) to take the UPS MIB off the standards



track because of lack of initiative for the work required to allow the



document to advance to Draft Standard status. (Namely, gathering data



for and publishing an implementation/interoperability report. See RFC



2026 for details.) The MIB has been widely implemented by UPS vendors,



however, and the working group considers it useful for management. The



plan to re-issue the MIB as an Informational RFC reflects a compomise



which keeps the MIB available and "mordernizes" it to reflect changes



in the SNMP management framework.

Request for Comments:

  • RFC1628 UPS Management Information Base (Informational)