An SNMP-Based Energy Management Framework for ICT Devices

[[abstract]]資通設備已成為人們工作生活不可或缺的工具，它帶來了許多方便，但也對環境保護帶來威脅。全球產業中，資通產業的碳排放量佔全球之2%。鑑於資通設備耗能管理之重要性，IETF新制定一個基於SNMP協定的能源管理標準，該標準採用SNMPv3並引用許多複雜的管理資訊庫標準，導致降低了該標準的接受度。本論文提出同樣採用SNMP但較為簡易的資通設備能源管理機制，並考慮現有許多能源監控設備並不支援SNMP標準，另提出一個基於可擴充代理程式的監測架構，使得現有能源監控設備得以納管在SNMP的標準架構。為驗證本論文所提監測機制之可行性，本論文亦進行相關雛型系統之實作，成功地自智慧電表讀取耗電資訊，並配合電費計算，以網頁介面呈現。[[abstract]]ICT products have been an indispensable part of our modern lives. They bring much convenience, but also introduce threats in our environment. Among all industries, 2% of carbon dioxide emissions come from the ICT industry. Therefore, the energy consumed by data centers should be monitored and controlled effectively. For this, IETF recently defined an SNMP-based energy management standard (EMAN). The EMAN standard, based on SNMPv3, includes a number of MIBs, which are too complicated to be implemented. In this thesis, we will propose a simplified SNMP-based energy management framework for ICT devices. The proposed framework also allows the use of non-SNMP devices involved in energy management by an extensible agent scheme. To verify our approach, we will implement a system prototype, which successfully reads data of electric energy consumption from smart meters without the SNMP support. Together with bill estimation, the data obtained by periodical polling are available in the web interface of our implementation.[[note]]碩