diff --git a/bitelab/__init__.py b/bitelab/__init__.py
index 51c0509..cf49659 100644
--- a/bitelab/__init__.py
+++ b/bitelab/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ from functools import lru_cache, wraps
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer
 from httpx import AsyncClient, Auth
+from mock import patch, AsyncMock, Mock
 from pydantic import BaseModel
-from starlette.status import HTTP_200_OK, HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
+from starlette.status import HTTP_200_OK, HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, \
+    HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 from . import config
 from . import data
@@ -29,18 +31,65 @@ def new_parse_socket_addr(domain, addr):
 
 tcp_server.parse_socket_addr = new_parse_socket_addr
 
+async def snmpget(host, oid, type):
+	p = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec('snmpget', '-Oqv', host, oid)
+
+	res = (await p.communicate()).strip()
+
+	if type == 'bool':
+		if res == 'true':
+			return True
+		elif res == 'false':
+			return False
+
+		raise RuntimeError('unknown results for bool: %s' % repr(res))
+
+	raise RuntimeError('unknown type: %s' % repr(type))
+
+async def snmpset(host, oid, value):
+	return await _snmpwrapper('set', host, oid, value=value)
+
+class Attribute:
+	defattrname = None
+
+class Power(Attribute):
+	defattrname = 'power'
+
+class SNMPPower(Power):
+	def __init__(self, host, port):
+		self.host = host
+		self.port = port
+
+	# Future - add caching + invalidation on set
+	async def getvalue(self):
+		return await snmpget(self.host,
+		    'pethPsePortAdminEnable.1.%d' % self.port, 'bool')
+
+	async def setvalue(self, v):
+		pass
+
 class BoardClassInfo(BaseModel):
 	clsname: str
 	arch: str
 
 class BoardImpl:
-	def __init__(self, name, cls):
+	def __init__(self, name, brdclass, options):
 		self.name = name
-		self.brdclass = cls
+		self.brdclass = brdclass
+		self.options = options
+		self.attrmap = {}
+		for i in options:
+			self.attrmap[i.defattrname] = i
+
+		self.attrcache = {}
+
+	async def update(self):
+		for i in self.attrmap:
+			self.attrcache[i] = await self.attrmap[i].getvalue()
 
 	@property
 	def attrs(self):
-		return {}
+		return dict(self.attrcache)
 
 class Board(BaseModel):
 	name: str
@@ -54,19 +103,23 @@ class BoardManager(object):
 	board_class_info = {
 		'cora-z7s': {
 			'clsname': 'cora-z7s',
-			'arch': 'arm64-aarch64',
+			'arch': 'arm-armv7',
 		},
 	}
 
 	# Naming scheme:
 	#  <abbreviated class>-<num>
 	#
-	boards = {
-		'cora-1': BoardImpl('cora-1', 'cora-z7s'),
-	}
+	board_gen = [
+		dict(name='cora-1', brdclass='cora-z7s', options=[
+			SNMPPower(host='poe', port=2),
+		]),
+	]
 
 	def __init__(self, settings):
 		self._settings = settings
+		self.boards = dict(**{ x.name: x for x in
+		    (BoardImpl(**y) for y in self.board_gen)})
 
 	def classes(self):
 		return self.board_class_info
@@ -122,7 +175,8 @@ def get_boardmanager(settings: config.Settings = Depends(get_settings)):
 
 oauth2_scheme = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl='/nonexistent')
 
-async def lookup_user(token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme), data: data.DataWrapper = Depends(get_data)):
+async def lookup_user(token: str = Depends(oauth2_scheme),
+    data: data.DataWrapper = Depends(get_data)):
 	try:
 		return (await data.APIKey.objects.get(key=token)).user
 	except orm.exceptions.NoMatch:
@@ -147,7 +201,11 @@ async def foo(user: str = Depends(lookup_user),
 @router.get('/board_info',response_model=Dict[str, Board])
 async def foo(user: str = Depends(lookup_user),
     brdmgr: BoardManager = Depends(get_boardmanager)):
-	return brdmgr.boards
+	brds = brdmgr.boards
+	for i in brds:
+		await brds[i].update()
+
+	return brds
 
 @router.get('/')
 async def foo(board_prio: dict = Depends(board_priority),
@@ -221,7 +279,8 @@ class TestBiteLab(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 		    self.get_settings_override
 		self.app.dependency_overrides[get_data] = self.get_data_override
 
-		self.client = AsyncClient(app=self.app, base_url='http://testserver')
+		self.client = AsyncClient(app=self.app,
+		    base_url='http://testserver')
 
 	def tearDown(self):
 		self.app = None
@@ -250,17 +309,48 @@ class TestBiteLab(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 		    auth=BiteAuth('thisisanapikey'))
 		self.assertEqual(res.status_code, HTTP_200_OK)
 		self.assertEqual(res.json(),  { 'cora-z7s': BoardClassInfo(**{
-		    'arch': 'arm64-aarch64', 'clsname': 'cora-z7s', }) })
+		    'arch': 'arm-armv7', 'clsname': 'cora-z7s', }) })
+
+	@patch('asyncio.create_subprocess_exec')
+	async def test_snmpwrapper(self, cse):
+		proc = Mock()
+		proc.communicate = AsyncMock()
+		proc.communicate.return_value = 'false\n'
+		cse.return_value = proc
+
+		r = await snmpget('somehost', 'snmpoid', 'bool')
+
+		self.assertEqual(r, False)
+
+		cse.assert_called_with('snmpget', '-Oqv', 'somehost', 'snmpoid')
 
-	async def test_board_info(self):
+		proc.communicate.return_value = 'true\n'
+		r = await snmpget('somehost', 'snmpoid', 'bool')
+
+		self.assertEqual(r, True)
+
+	@patch('bitelab.snmpget')
+	async def test_board_info(self, sg):
+		# that when snmpget returns False
+		sg.return_value = False
+
+		# that getting the board info
 		res = await self.client.get('/board_info',
 		    auth=BiteAuth('thisisanapikey'))
+
+		# calls snmpget w/ the correct args
+		sg.assert_called_with('poe', 'pethPsePortAdminEnable.1.2',
+		    'bool')
+
+		# that it is successful
 		self.assertEqual(res.status_code, HTTP_200_OK)
+
+		# and returns the correct data
 		info = {
 			'cora-1': {
 				'name': 'cora-1',
 				'brdclass': 'cora-z7s',
-				'attrs': {},
+				'attrs': { 'power': False },
 			},
 		}
 		self.assertEqual(res.json(), info)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb24e13..82c1fc2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ setup(
 	'aiokq @ git+https://www.funkthat.com/gitea/jmg/aiokq.git'
 	'orm',
 	'databases[sqlite]',
+	'mock',
     ],
     extras_require = {
         'dev': [ 'coverage' ],