Monitoring an Outdoor Cabinet Using SNMP Proxy
As shown in Figure 1, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) proxy and the cabinet control unit (CCU) of a managed device are placed in an outdoor cabinet. The SNMP proxy enables communication between the network management station (NMS) and managed device and allows you to manage the configurations and system software version of the managed device.
The SNMP proxy is deployed on the main device. The NMS manages each cabinet as a virtual unit that consists of the main device and monitoring device. This significantly reduces the number of NEs managed by the NMS, lowering network management costs, facilitating real-time device performance monitoring, and improving service quality.