---
type: Sensor Reference
title: "SNMP PDU OIDs: Per-Outlet Current, Power & Energy"
description: "The SNMP OIDs for intelligent PDUs — phase and per-outlet current, power and energy via vendor MIBs (APC rPDU2, Raritan, ServerTech) and the IETF ENERGY-OBJECT-MIB."
resource: "https://snmp-monitoring.info/sensors/pdu/"
tags: [sensors]
timestamp: 2026-07-11T00:00:00Z
---

# SNMP PDU OIDs: Per-Outlet Current, Power & Energy

The SNMP OIDs for intelligent PDUs — phase and per-outlet current, power and energy via vendor MIBs (APC rPDU2, Raritan, ServerTech) and the IETF ENERGY-OBJECT-MIB.

## Related concepts

- Up: [SNMP Sensors & OID Catalog: Every Metric You Can Monitor](/sensors/index.md)

## Frequently asked questions

### Can SNMP monitor a PDU?

Yes — intelligent/metered PDUs expose rich power telemetry over SNMP, almost all of it through vendor MIBs under 1.3.6.1.4.1 (APC PowerNet rPDU2, Raritan, ServerTech Sentry). You poll phase current, per-outlet current and power, cumulative energy, and outlet state, depending on the model's metering level.

### What OID is per-outlet power?

It's vendor-specific — there's no single standard per-outlet power OID. On APC it lives in the PowerNet rPDU2 tree under 1.3.6.1.4.1.318; Raritan and ServerTech have their own. Load the vendor MIB, walk the outlet subtree, and confirm the scale (often tenths) before trusting a value.

### Is there a standard PDU MIB?

Partly. The IETF ENERGY-OBJECT-MIB (RFC 6933, 1.3.6.1.2.1.229) defines a portable energy/power object model that some PDUs implement, giving standard power and energy readings. But most PDUs expose far more through their vendor MIB, so ENERGY-OBJECT is a baseline where present, not a full replacement.

### Can I switch outlets via SNMP?

On switched PDUs, yes — via an SNMP SetRequest to the outlet-control object, which requires write access (a read-write community or SNMPv3 with write privileges). Because a wrong Set can cut power to the wrong device, scope write access tightly and prefer SNMPv3 over community-string writes.

## Source

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