Network Working Group J. Quittek Internet-Draft R. Winter Intended status: Standards Track T. Dietz Expires: April 25, 2013 NEC Europe Ltd. October 22, 2012 Definition of Managed Objects for Battery Monitoring draft-ietf-eman-battery-mib-07 Abstract This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols in the Internet community. In particular, it defines managed objects that provide information on the status of batteries in managed devices. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Design of the Battery MIB Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.1. MIB Module Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.2. Battery Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.3. Charging Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6.1. SMI Object Identifier Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6.2. Battery Technology Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7. Open Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7.1. Entity MIB augmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7.2. Kind of entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7.3. Voltage and temperature per cell? . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7.4. Notifications for removable batteries . . . . . . . . . . 28 7.5. Notification for battery charging state changes? . . . . . 28 7.6. Support for ACPI critical battery state? . . . . . . . . . 28 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 1. Introduction Today, more and more managed devices contain batteries that supply them with power when disconnected from electrical power distribution grids. Common examples are nomadic and mobile devices, such as notebook computers, netbooks, and smart phones. The status of batteries in such a device, particularly the charging status is typically controlled by automatic functions that act locally on the device and manually by users of the device. In addition to this, there is a need to monitor battery status of these devices by network management systems. This document defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) that provides a means for monitoring batteries in or attached to managed devices. The Battery MIB module defined in Section 4 meets the requirements for monitoring the status of batteries specified in [I-D.ietf-eman-requirements]. The Battery MIB module provides for monitoring the battery status. According to the framework for energy management [I-D.ietf-eman-framework] it is an Energy Managed Object, and thus, MIB modules such as the Power and Energy Monitoring MIB [I-D.ietf-eman-energy-monitoring-mib] could in principle be implemented for batteries. The Battery MIB extends the more generic aspects of energy management by adding battery-specific information. Amongst other things, the Battery MIB enables the monitoring of: o the current charge of a battery, o the age of a battery (charging cycles), o the state of a battery (e.g. being re-charged), o last usage of a battery, o maximum energy provided by a battery (remaining and total capacity). Further, means are provided for battery-powered devices to send notifications when the current battery charge has dropped below a certain threshold in order to inform the management system of needed replacement. The same applies to the age of a battery. Many battery-driven devices have existing instrumentation for monitoring the battery status, because this is already needed for local control of the battery by the device. This reduces the effort for implementing the managed objects defined in this document. For many devices only additional software will be needed but no additional hardware instrumentation for battery monitoring. Since there are a lot of devices in use that contain more than one battery, means for battery monitoring defined in this document Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 support addressing multiple batteries within a single device. Also, batteries today often come in packages that can include identification and might contain additional hardware and firmware. The former allows to trace a battery and allows continuous monitoring even if the battery is e.g. installed in another device. The firmware version is useful information as the battery behavior might be different for different firmware versions. Not explicitly in scope of definitions in this document are very small backup batteries, such as for example, batteries used on PC motherboard to run the clock circuit and retain configuration memory while the system is turned off. Other means may be required for reporting on these batteries. However, the MIB module defined in Section 3.1 can be used for this purpose. A traditional type of managed device containing batteries is an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system; these supply other devices with electrical energy when the main power supply fails. There is already a MIB module for managing UPS systems defined in RFC 1628 [RFC1628]. This module includes managed objects for monitoring the batteries contained in an UPS system. However, the information provided by these objects is limited and tailored the particular needs of UPS systems. The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. 2. The Internet-Standard Management Framework For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of RFC 3410 [RFC3410]. Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB. MIB objects are generally accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Objects in the MIB are defined using the mechanisms defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI). This memo specifies MIB modules that are compliant to the SMIv2, which is described in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579 [RFC2579] and STD 58,RFC 2580 [RFC2580]. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 3. Design of the Battery MIB Module 3.1. MIB Module Structure The Battery MIB module defined in this document defines objects for reporting information about batteries. All managed objects providing information of the status of a battery are contained in a single table called batteryTable. The batteryTable contains one conceptual row per battery. If there is an implementation of the Entity MIB module [RFC4133] that identifies the batteries to be reported on by individual values for managed object entPhysicalIndex, then it is REQUIRED that these values are used as index values for the batteryTable. The kind of entity in the entPhysicalTable of the Entity MIB module is indicated by the value of enumeration object entPhysicalClass. Since there is no value called 'battery' defined for this object, it is RECOMMENDED that for batteries the value of this object is chosen to be powerSupply(6). The batteryTable contains three groups of objects. The first group (OIDs ending with 2-11) provides information on static properties of the battery. The second group of objects (OIDs ending with 12-19) provides information on the current battery state, if it is charging or discharging, how much it is charged, its remaining capacity, the number of experienced charging cycles, etc. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 batteryTable(1) +--batteryEntry(1) [batteryIndex] +-- --- Integer32 batteryIndex(1) +-- r-n SnmpAdminString batteryIdentifier(2) +-- r-n SnmpAdminString batteryFirmwareVersion(3) +-- r-n Enumeration batteryType(4) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryTechnology(5) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryDesignVoltage(6) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryNumberOfCells(7) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryDesignCapacity(8) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryMaxChargingCurrent(9) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryTrickleChargingCurrent(10) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryActualCapacity(11) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryChargingCycleCount(12) +-- r-n DateAndTime batteryLastChargingCycleTime(13) +-- r-n Enumeration batteryChargingOperState(14) +-- rwn Enumeration batteryChargingAdminState(15) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryActualCharge(16) +-- r-n Unsigned32 batteryActualVoltage(17) +-- r-n Integer32 batteryActualCurrent(18) +-- r-n Integer32 batteryTemperature(19) +-- rwn Unsigned32 batteryAlarmLowCharge(20) +-- rwn Unsigned32 batteryAlarmLowVoltage(21) +-- rwn Unsigned32 batteryAlarmLowCapacity(22) +-- rwn Unsigned32 batteryAlarmHighCycleCount(23) +-- rwn Integer32 batteryAlarmHighTemperature(24) +-- rwn Integer32 batteryAlarmLowTemperature(25) The third group of objects in this table (OIDs ending with 20-25) indicates thresholds which can be used to raise an alarm if a property of the battery exceeds one of them. Raising an alarm may include sending a notification. The Battery MIB defines four notifications. One indicating a low battery charging state, one indicating an aged battery that may need to be replaced and two dealing with battery temperature. The temperature-related notifications are either indicating the battery temperature to have risen above or fallen below a predefined value. 3.2. Battery Technologies Static information in the batteryTable includes battery type and technology. The battery type distinguishes primary (not rechargeable) batteries from rechargeable (secondary) batteries and capacitors. The battery technology describes the actual technology of a battery, which typically is a chemical technology. Since battery technologies are subject of intensive research and Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 widely used technologies are often replaced by successor technologies within an few years, the list of battery technologies was not chosen as a fixed list. Instead, IANA has created a registry for battery technologies at http://www.iana.org/assignments/eman where numbers are assigned to battery technologies (TBD). The table below shows battery technologies known today that are in commercial use with the numbers assigned to them by IANA. New entries can be added to the IANA registry if new technologies are developed or if missing technologies are identified. Note that there exists a huge number of battery types that are not listed in the IANA registry. Many of them are experimental or cannot be used in an economically useful way. New entries should be added to the IANA registry only if the respective technologies are in commercial use and relevant to standardized battery monitoring over the Internet. +----------------------------+----------+ | battery technology | assigned | | | number | +----------------------------+----------+ | Unknown | 1 | | Other | 2 | | Zinc-carbon | 3 | | Zinc chloride | 4 | | Nickel oxyhydroxide | 5 | | Lithium-copper oxide | 6 | | Lithium-iron disulfide | 7 | | Lithium-manganese dioxide | 8 | | Zinc-air | 9 | | Silver oxide | 10 | | Alkaline | 11 | | Lead acid | 12 | | Nickel-cadmium | 13 | | Nickel-metal hybride | 14 | | Nickel-zinc | 15 | | Lithium-ion | 16 | | Lithium polymer | 17 | | Double layer capacitor | 18 | +----------------------------+----------+ 3.3. Charging Cycles The lifetime of a battery can be approximated using the measure of charging cycles. A commonly used definition of a charging cycle is the amount of discharge equal to the design (or nominal) capacity of the battery [SBS]. This means that a single charging cycle may include several steps of partial charging and discharging until the amount of discharging has reached the design capacity of the battery. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 7] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 After that the next charging cycle immediately starts. 4. Definitions BATTERY-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, NOTIFICATION-TYPE, mib-2, Integer32, Unsigned32 FROM SNMPv2-SMI -- RFC2578 SnmpAdminString FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB -- RFC3411 DateAndTime FROM SNMPv2-TC -- RFC2579 MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP, NOTIFICATION-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF; -- RFC2580 batteryMIB MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "201106261200Z" -- 26 june 2010 ORGANIZATION "IETF EMAN Working Group" CONTACT-INFO "General Discussion: eman@ietf.org To Subscribe: http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/eman Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/eman Editor: Juergen Quittek NEC Europe Ltd. NEC Laboratories Europe Kurfuersten-Anlage 36 69115 Heidelberg Germany Tel: +49 6221 4342-115 Email: quittek@neclab.eu" DESCRIPTION "This MIB module defines a set of objects for monitoring batteries of networked devices and of their components. Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 8] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). This version of this MIB module is part of RFC yyyy; see the RFC itself for full legal notices." -- replace yyyy with actual RFC number & remove this notice -- Revision history REVISION "201106261200Z" -- 26 June 2010 DESCRIPTION "Initial version, published as RFC yyyy." -- replace yyyy with actual RFC number & remove this notice ::= { mib-2 zzz } -- zzz to be assigned by IANA. --****************************************************************** -- Top Level Structure of the MIB module --****************************************************************** batteryNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { batteryMIB 0 } batteryObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { batteryMIB 1 } batteryConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { batteryMIB 2 } --================================================================== -- 1. Object Definitions --================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 1.1. Battery Table -------------------------------------------------------------------- batteryTable OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF BatteryEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This table provides information on batteries. It contains one conceptual row per battery." ::= { batteryObjects 1 } batteryEntry OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX BatteryEntry MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "An entry providing information on a battery." INDEX { batteryIndex } ::= { batteryTable 1 } Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 9] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 BatteryEntry ::= SEQUENCE { batteryIndex Integer32, batteryIdentifier SnmpAdminString, batteryFirmwareVersion SnmpAdminString, batteryType INTEGER, batteryTechnology Unsigned32, batteryDesignVoltage Unsigned32, batteryNumberOfCells Unsigned32, batteryDesignCapacity Unsigned32, batteryMaxChargingCurrent Unsigned32, batteryTrickleChargingCurrent Unsigned32, batteryActualCapacity Unsigned32, batteryChargingCycleCount Unsigned32, batteryLastChargingCycleTime DateAndTime, batteryChargingOperState INTEGER, batteryChargingAdminState INTEGER, batteryActualCharge Unsigned64, batteryActualVoltage Unsigned32, batteryActualCurrent Integer32, batteryTemperature Integer32, batteryAlarmLowCharge Unsigned32, batteryAlarmLowVoltage Unsigned32, batteryAlarmLowCapacity Unsigned32, batteryAlarmHighCycleCount Unsigned32, batteryAlarmHighTemperature Integer32, batteryAlarmLowTemperature Integer32 } batteryIndex OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 (1..2147483647) MAX-ACCESS not-accessible STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object identifies a battery for which status is reported. Index values MUST be locally unique. If there is an instance of the entPhysicalTable (defined in the ENTITY-MIB module, see RFC 4133) with an individual entry for each battery, then it is REQUIRED that values of batteryIndex match the corresponding values of entPhysicalIndex for the batteries. Otherwise, index values may be chosen arbitrarily." ::= { batteryEntry 1 } batteryIdentifier OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS read-only Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 10] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object contains an identifier for the battery. Many manufacturers deliver not pure batteries but battery packages including additional hardware and firmware. Typically, these modules include an identifier that can be retrieved by a device at which a battery has been installed. The identifier is useful when batteries are removed and re-installed at the same or other devices. Then the device or the network management system can trace batteries and achieve continuity of battery monitoring. If the battery identifier cannot be represented using the ISO/IEC IS 10646-1 character set, then a hexadecimal encoding of a binary representation of the battery identifier must be used. The value of this object must be an empty string if there is no battery identifier or if the battery idenitfier is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 2 } batteryFirmwareVersion OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the version number of the firmware that is included in a battery module. Many manufacturers deliver not pure batteries but battery packages including additional hardware and firmware. Since the bahavior of the battery may change with the firmware, it may be useful to retrieve the firmware version number. The value of this object must be an empty string if there is no firmware or if the version number of the firware is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 3 } batteryType OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { unknown(1), other(2), primary(3), Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 11] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 rechargeable(4), capacitor(5) } MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the type of battery. It distinguishes between primary (not rechargeable) batteries, rechargeable (secondary) batteries and capacitors which are not really batteries but often used in the same way as a battery. The value other(2) can be used if the battery type is known but none of the ones above. Value unknown(1) is to be used if the type of battery cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 4 } batteryTechnology OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the technology used by the battery. Numbers identifying battery types are registered at IANA. A current list of assignments can be found at . Value 0 (unknown) MUST be used if the type of battery cannot be determined. Value 1 (other) can be used if the battery type is known but not one of the types already registered at IANA." ::= { batteryEntry 5 } batteryDesignVoltage OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "millivolt" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the design (or nominal) voltage of the battery in units of millivolt (mV). Note that the design voltage is a constant value and typically different from the actual voltage of the battery. A value of 0 indicates that the design voltage is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 6 } Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 12] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 batteryNumberOfCells OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the number of cells contained in the battery. A value of 0 indicates that the number of cells is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 7 } batteryDesignCapacity OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "milliampere hours" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the design (or nominal) capacity of the battery in units of milliampere hours (mAh). Note that the design capacity is a constant value and typically different from the actual capacity of the battery. Usually, this is a value provided by the manufacturer of the battery. A value of 0 indicates that the design capacity is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 8 } batteryMaxChargingCurrent OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "milliampere" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the maximal current to be used for charging the battery in units of milliampere (mA). Note that the maximal charging current may not lead to optimal charge of the battery and that some batteries can only be charged with the maximal current for a limited amount of time. A value of 0 indicates that the maximal charging current is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 9 } batteryTrickleChargingCurrent OBJECT-TYPE Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 13] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "milliampere" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the recommended current to be used for trickle charging the battery in units of milliampere (mA). Typically, this is a value recommended by the manufacturer of the battery or by the manufacturer of the charging circuit. A value of 0 indicates that the recommended trickle charging current is unknown." ::= { batteryEntry 10 } batteryActualCapacity OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "milliampere hours" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the actual capacity of the battery in units of milliampere hours (mAh). Typically, the actual capacity of a battery decreases with time and with usage of the battery. It is usually lower than the design capacity Note that the actual capacity needs to be measured and is typically an estimate based on observed discharging and charging cycles of the battery. A value of 'ffffffff'H indicates that the actual capacity cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 11 } batteryChargingCycleCount OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the number of completed charging cycles that the battery underwent. In line with the Smart Battery Data Specification Revision 1.1, a charging cycle is defined as the process of discharging the battery by a total amount equal to the battery design capacity as given by object batteryDesignCapacity. A charging cycle Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 14] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 may include several steps of charging and discharging the battery until the discharging amount given by batteryDesignCapacity has been reached. As soon as a charging cycle has been completed the next one starts immediately independent of the battery's current charge at the end of the cycle. For batteries of type primary(1) the value of this object is always 0. A value of 'ffffffff'H indicates that the number of charging cycles cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 12 } batteryLastChargingCycleTime OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX DateAndTime MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The date and time of the last charging cycle. The value '0000000000000000'H is returned if the battery has not been charged yet or if the last charging time cannot be determined. For batteries of type primary(1) the value of this object is always '0000000000000000'H." ::= { batteryEntry 13 } batteryChargingOperState OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { unknown(1), charging(2), fastCharging(3), maintainingCharge(4), noCharging(5), discharging(6) } MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object indicates the current charging state of the battery. Value unknown(1) indicates that the charging state of the battery cannot be determined. Value charging(2) indicates that the battery is being Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 15] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 charged in a way that the charge of the battery increases. Value fastCharging(3) indicated that the battery is being charged rapidly, i.e. faster than in the charging(2) state. If multiple fast charging states exist, all of these states are indicated by fastCharging(3). Value maintainingCharge(4) indicates that the battery is being charged with a low current that compensates self-discharging. This includes trickle charging, float charging and other methods for maintaining the current charge of a battery. Value noCharging(5) indicates that the battery is not being charged or discharged by electric current between the battery and electric circuits external to the battery. Note that the battery may still be subject to self-discharging. Value discharging(6) indicates that the battery is being discharged and that the charge of the battery decreases." ::= { batteryEntry 14 } batteryChargingAdminState OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER { charging(2), fastCharging(3), maintainingCharge(4), noCharging(5), discharging(6), notSet(7) } MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The value of this object indicates the desired status of the charging state of the battery. The real state is indicated by object batteryChargingOperState. See the definition of object batteryChargingOperState for a description of the values. When this object is initialized by an implementation of the BATTERY-MIB module, its value is set to notSet(7). However, a SET request can only set this object to either charging(2), fastCharging(3), maintainingCharge(4), noCharging(5), or discharging(6). Attempts to set this object to notSet(7) will always fail with an Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 16] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 'inconsistentValue' error. In case multiple fast charging states exist, the battery logic can choose an appropriate fast charging state - preferably the fastest. When the batteryChargingAdminState object is set, then the BATTERY-MIB implementation must try to set the battery to the indicated state. The result will be indicated by object batteryChargingOperState. Due to operational conditions and limitations of the implementation of the BATTERY-MIB module, changing the battery status according to a set value of object batteryChargingAdminState may not be possible. Setting the value of object batteryChargingAdminState may result in not changing the state of the battery to this value or even in setting the charging state to another value. For example, setting batteryChargingAdminState to value fastCharging(3) may have no effect when the battery logic is not allowing fast charging due to temperature constraints." ::= { batteryEntry 15 } batteryActualCharge OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned64 UNITS "milliampere hours" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the actual charge of the battery in units of milliampere hours (mAh). Note that the actual charge needs to be measured and is typically an estimate based on observed discharging and charging cycles of the battery. A value of 'ffffffff'H indicates that the actual charge cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 16 } batteryActualVoltage OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "millivolt" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the actual voltage of the battery Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 17] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 in units of millivolt (mV). A value of 'ffffffff'H indicates that the actual voltage cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 17 } batteryActualCurrent OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 UNITS "milliampere" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the actual charging or discharging current of the battery in units of milliampere (mA). Charging current is represented by positive values, discharging current is represented by negative values. A value of '7fffffff'H indicates that the actual current cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 18 } batteryTemperature OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 UNITS "deci-degrees Celsius" MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The ambient temperature at or near the battery. A value of '7fffffff'H indicates that the temperature cannot be determined." ::= { batteryEntry 19 } batteryAlarmLowCharge OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "milliampere hours" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the lower threshold value for object batteryActualCharge. If the value of object batteryActualCharge falls below this threshold, a low battery alarm will be raised. The alarm procedure may include generating a batteryLowNotification. A value of 0 indicates that no alarm will be raised for any value of object batteryActualCharge." ::= { batteryEntry 20 } Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 18] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 batteryAlarmLowVoltage OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "millivolt" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the lower threshold value for object batteryActualVoltage. If the value of object batteryActualVoltage falls below this threshold, a low battery alarm will be raised. The alarm procedure may include generating a batteryLowNotification. A value of 0 indicates that no alarm will be raised for any value of object batteryActualVoltage." ::= { batteryEntry 21 } batteryAlarmLowCapacity OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 UNITS "milliampere hours" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the lower threshold value for object batteryActualCapacity. If the value of object batteryActualCapacity falls below this threshold, a battery aging alarm will be raised. The alarm procedure may include generating a batteryAgingNotification. A value of 0 indicates that no alarm will be raised for any value of object batteryActualCapacity." ::= { batteryEntry 22 } batteryAlarmHighCycleCount OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Unsigned32 MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the upper threshold value for object batteryChargingCycleCount. If the value of object batteryChargingCycleCount rises above this threshold, a battery aging alarm will be raised. The alarm procedure may include generating a batteryAgingtNotification. A value of 0 indicates that no alarm will be raised for any value of object batteryChargingCycleCount." ::= { batteryEntry 23 } batteryAlarmHighTemperature OBJECT-TYPE Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 19] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 SYNTAX Integer32 UNITS "deci-degrees Celsius" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the upper threshold value for object batteryTemperature. If the value of object batteryTemperature rises above this threshold, a battery high temperature alarm will be raised. The alarm procedure may include generating a batteryHighTemperatNotification. A value of '7fffffff'H indicates that no alarm will be raised for any value of object batteryTemperature." ::= { batteryEntry 24 } batteryAlarmLowTemperature OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 UNITS "deci-degrees Celsius" MAX-ACCESS read-write STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object provides the lower threshold value for object batteryTemperature. If the value of object batteryTemperature rises above this threshold, a battery low temperature alarm will be raised. The alarm procedure may include generating a batteryLowTemperatNotification. A value of '7fffffff'H indicates that no alarm will be raised for any value of object batteryTemperature." ::= { batteryEntry 25 } --================================================================== -- 2. Notifications --================================================================== batteryLowNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { batteryActualCharge, batteryActualVoltage } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This notification can be generated when the current charge (batteryActualCharge) or the current voltage (batteryActualVoltage) of the battery falls below a threshold defined by object batteryAlarmLowCharge or object batteryAlarmLowVoltage, respectively. The notification can Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 20] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 only be sent again when the current voltage or the current charge become higher than the respective thresholds through charging before falling below the thresholds again (to avoid fluctuations through e.g. temperature). The notification can also be sent again when a charging process is interrupted and either the battery charge (batteryActualCharge) or battery voltage (batteryActualVoltage) is still below either the value of the object batteryAlarmLowCharge or the value of object batteryAlarmLowVoltage." ::= { batteryNotifications 1 } batteryAgingNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { batteryActualCapacity, batteryChargingCycleCount } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This notification can be generated when the actual capacity (batteryActualCapacity) falls below a threshold defined by object batteryAlarmLowCapacity or when the charging cycle count of the battery (batteryChargingCycleCount) exceeds the threshold defined by object batteryAlarmHighCycleCount." ::= { batteryNotifications 2 } batteryHighTemperatNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { batteryTemperature } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This notification can be generated when the measured temperature (batteryTemperature) rises above a threshold defined by object batteryAlarmHighTemperature." ::= { batteryNotifications 3 } batteryLowTemperatNotification NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { batteryTemperature } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This notification can be generated when the measured temperature (batteryTemperature) falls below a threshold defined by object batteryAlarmLowTemperature." ::= { batteryNotifications 4 } Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 21] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 --================================================================== -- 3. Conformance Information --================================================================== batteryCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { batteryConformance 1 } batteryGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { batteryConformance 2 } -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 3.1. Compliance Statements -------------------------------------------------------------------- batteryCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The compliance statement for implementations of the POWER-STATE-MIB module. A compliant implementation MUST implement the objects defined in the mandatory groups batteryDescriptionGroup and batteryStatusGroup." MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { batteryDescriptionGroup, batteryStatusGroup } GROUP batteryAlarmThresholdsGroup DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation does not have to implement the batteryAlarmThresholdsGroup." GROUP batteryNotificationsGroup DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation does not have to implement the batteryNotificationsGroup." GROUP batteryAdminGroup DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation does not have to implement the batteryAdminGroup." OBJECT batteryAlarmLowCharge MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "The agent is not required to support set operations to this object." OBJECT batteryAlarmLowVoltage Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 22] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "The agent is not required to support set operations to this object." OBJECT batteryAlarmLowCapacity MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "The agent is not required to support set operations to this object." OBJECT batteryAlarmHighCycleCount MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "The agent is not required to support set operations to this object." OBJECT batteryHighTemperatNotification MIN-ACCESS read-only DESCRIPTION "The agent is not required to support set operations to this object." ::= { batteryCompliances 1 } -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 3.2. MIB Grouping -------------------------------------------------------------------- batteryDescriptionGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { batteryIdentifier, batteryFirmwareVersion, batteryType, batteryTechnology, batteryDesignVoltage, batteryNumberOfCells, batteryDesignCapacity, batteryMaxChargingCurrent, batteryTrickleChargingCurrent } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation MUST implement the objects contained in this group." ::= { batteryGroups 1 } batteryStatusGroup OBJECT-GROUP Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 23] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 OBJECTS { batteryActualCapacity, batteryChargingCycleCount, batteryLastChargingCycleTime, batteryChargingOperState, batteryActualCharge, batteryActualVoltage, batteryActualCurrent, batteryTemperature } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation MUST implement the objects contained in this group." ::= { batteryGroups 2 } batteryAdminGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { batteryChargingAdminState } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation does not have to implement the object contained in this group." ::= { batteryGroups 3 } batteryAlarmThresholdsGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { batteryAlarmLowCharge, batteryAlarmLowVoltage, batteryAlarmLowCapacity, batteryAlarmHighCycleCount, batteryAlarmHighTemperature, batteryAlarmLowTemperature } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation does not have to implement the objects contained in this group." ::= { batteryGroups 4 } batteryNotificationsGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP NOTIFICATIONS { batteryLowNotification, batteryAgingNotification, batteryHighTemperatNotification, batteryLowTemperatNotification } Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 24] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A compliant implementation does not have to implement the notifications contained in this group." ::= { batteryGroups 5 } END 5. Security Considerations There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB module with a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write. Such objects may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. The support for SET operations in a non-secure environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. These are the tables and objects and their sensitivity/vulnerability: o batteryChargingAdminState Setting the battery charging state can be beneficial for an operator for various reasons such as charging batteries when the price of electricity is low. However, setting the charging state can e.g. be used by an attacker to discharge batteries of devices and thereby swiching these devices off if they are powered solely by batteries. In particular, if the batteryAlarmLowCharge and batteryAlarmLowVoltage can also be set, this attack will go unnoticed (i.e. no notifications are sent). o batteryAlarmLowCharge and batteryAlarmLowVoltage These objects set the threshold for an alarm to be raised when the battery charge or voltage falls below the corresponding one of them. An attacker setting one of these alarm values can switch off the alarm by setting it to the 'off' value 0 or modify the alarm behavior by setting it to any other value. The result may be loss of data if the battery runs empty without warning to a receipient expecting such a notification. o batteryAlarmLowCapacity and batteryAlarmHighCycleCount These objects set the threshold for an alarm to be raised when the battery becomes older and less performant than required for stable operation. An attacker setting this alarm value can switch off the alarm by setting it to the 'off' value 0 or modify the alarm behavior by setting it to any other value. This may either lead to a costly replacement of a working battery or too old or too weak batteries are used. The consequence of the latter could e.g. be that a battery cannot provide power long enough between two scheduled charging actions causing the powered device to shut down and potentially loose data. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 25] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 o batteryAlarmHighTemperature and batteryAlarmLowTemperature These objects set thresholds for an alarm to be raised when the battery rises above/falls below them. An attacker setting one of these alarm values can switch off these alarms by setting them to the 'off' value '7fffffff'H or modify the alarm behavior by setting them to any other value. The result may e.g. be an unnecessary shutdown of a device if batteryAlarmHighTemperature is set to too low or damage to the device by too high temperatures if switched off or set to too high values or by damage to the battery when it e.g. is being charged. Batteries can also be damaged e.g. in an attempt to charge them at too low temperatures. Some of the readable objects in this MIB module (i.e., objects with a MAX-ACCESS other than not-accessible) may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus important to control even GET and/or NOTIFY access to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of these objects when sending them over the network via SNMP. These are the tables and objects and their sensitivity/vulnerability: All potentially sensible or vulnerable objects of this MIB modules are in the batteryTable. In general, there are no serious operational vulnerabilities foreseen in case of an unauthorized read access to this table. However, privacy issues need to be considered. It may be a trade secret of the operator o how many batteries are installed in a managed node (batteryIndex) o how old these batteries are (batteryActualCapacity and batteryChargingCycleCount) o when the next replacement cycle for batteries can be expected (batteryAlarmLowCapacity and batteryAlarmHighCycleCount) o what battery type and make are used with which firmware version (batteryIdentifier, batteryFirmwareVersion, batteryType, and batteryTechnology) SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 did not include adequate security. Even if the network itself is secure (for example by using IPsec), even then, there is no control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB module. It is RECOMMENDED that implementers consider the security features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8), including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for authentication and privacy). Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT RECOMMENDED. Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to enable cryptographic security. It is then a customer/operator Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 26] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to the objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate rights to GET or SET (change/create/delete) them. 6. IANA Considerations 6.1. SMI Object Identifier Registration The Battery MIB module defined in this document uses the following IANA-assigned OBJECT IDENTIFIER value recorded in the SMI Numbers registry: Descriptor OBJECT IDENTIFIER value ---------- ----------------------- batteryMIB { mib-2 xxx } [NOTE for IANA: Please allocate an object identifier at http://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers for object batteryMIB.] 6.2. Battery Technology Registration Object batteryTechnology defined in Section 4 reports battery technologies. Eighteen values for battery technologies have initially been defined. They are listed in a table in Section 3.2. For ensuring extensibility of this list, IANA has created a registry for battery technologies at http://www.iana.org/assignments/eman and filled it with the initial list given in Section 3.2. New assignments of numbers for battery technologies will be administered by IANA through Expert Review ([RFC5226]). Experts must check for sufficient relevance of a battery technology to be added. [NOTE for IANA: Please create a new registry under http://www.iana.org/assignments/eman for battery types. Please fill the registry with values from the table in Section 3.2] 7. Open Issues 7.1. Entity MIB augmentation Alignment with Entity MIB version 4 is need as soon as it becomes stable. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 27] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 7.2. Kind of entity In section 3.1 we recommend to use a value of powerSupply(6) for object entPhysicalClass, if the entity is a battery. This sections needs to be updates once we have values for entPhysicalClass maintained by IANA. We should then register a new value "battery(xy)" at IANA and replace "powerSupply(6) in this section. 7.3. Voltage and temperature per cell? For lithium-ion batteries it is common to measure voltage not just in total but also per cell. Also temperature per cell is sometimes of interest. Shall we support this? It would require a cell table. 7.4. Notifications for removable batteries PCs and other devices offer battery replacement at runtime. We need to specify events for added a batteries and removed batteries (batteryAddedNotification, batteryAddedNotification). The energy management system should get informed about such events, because they either create a new entry in the battery table or they remove one from it. 7.5. Notification for battery charging state changes? Do we need a notification for battery charging state changes? 7.6. Support for ACPI critical battery state? The ACPI has a 'critical' battery state. This is when the battery is in a state that it cannot be used anymore and must be charged. We already have a batteryLowNotification. Would we also need a batteryCriticalNotification? 8. Acknowledgements We would like to thank Steven Chew and Bill Mielke for their valuable input. 9. References 9.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 28] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 [RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226, May 2008. [RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999. [RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Ed., Perkins, D., Ed., and J. Schoenwaelder, Ed., "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999. [RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., and J. Schoenwaelder, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999. [RFC4133] Bierman, A. and K. McCloghrie, "Entity MIB (Version 3)", RFC 4133, August 2005. 9.2. Informative References [I-D.ietf-eman-requirements] Quittek, J., Chandramouli, M., Winter, R., Dietz, T., and B. Claise, "Requirements for Energy Management", draft-ietf-eman-requirements-09 (work in progress), October 2012. [I-D.ietf-eman-framework] Claise, B., Parello, J., Silver, L., Quittek, J., and B. Nordman, "Energy Management Framework", draft-ietf-eman-framework-05 (work in progress), July 2012. [I-D.ietf-eman-energy-monitoring-mib] Chandramouli, M., Silver, L., Quittek, J., Dietz, T., and B. Claise, "Power and Energy Monitoring MIB", draft-ietf-eman-energy-monitoring-mib-03 (work in progress), July 2012. [RFC1628] Case, J., "UPS Management Information Base", RFC 1628, May 1994. [RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D., and B. Stewart, "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet- Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002. [SBS] "Smart Battery Data Specification", Revision 1.1, December 1998. Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 29] Internet-Draft Battery MIB October 2012 Authors' Addresses Juergen Quittek NEC Europe Ltd. NEC Laboratories Europe Network Research Division Kurfuersten-Anlage 36 Heidelberg 69115 DE Phone: +49 6221 4342-115 Email: quittek@neclab.eu Rolf Winter NEC Europe Ltd. NEC Laboratories Europe Network Research Division Kurfuersten-Anlage 36 Heidelberg 69115 DE Phone: +49 6221 4342-121 Email: Rolf.Winter@neclab.eu Thomas Dietz NEC Europe Ltd. NEC Laboratories Europe Network Research Division Kurfuersten-Anlage 36 Heidelberg 69115 DE Phone: +49 6221 4342-128 Email: Thomas.Dietz@neclab.eu Quittek, et al. Expires April 25, 2013 [Page 30]