Monitoring

SNMP

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a great choice for anynode when you need a standardized, lightweight, and centralized monitoring solution that integrates with existing tools and allows for proactive management. Collect metrics from anynode (e.g., active calls, session statuses) and analyze them in your existing NMS.

Benefits

1. Centralized Monitoring in a Complex Network: If you manage multiple devices and services within a network, SNMP allows you to centralize monitoring for the entire infrastructure, including anynode. By integrating with an SNMP-compatible Network Management System (NMS) like Zabbix, Nagios, or PRTG, you can gather real-time statistics about the SBC and its environment.

2. Proactive Issue Detection: SNMP traps can alert you to issues like high CPU usage, packet loss, or registration problems on anynode. These notifications enable proactive responses before they escalate into critical outages.

3. Integration with Existing Monitoring Tools: If your organization already uses SNMP for monitoring other systems, integrating anynode via SNMP ensures compatibility and reduces the need for additional tools.

4. Lightweight and Standardized Protocol: SNMP is lightweight, well-supported, and works with almost all major monitoring solutions. It provides a standardized way to extract data, making it an efficient choice for environments where simplicity and reliability are priorities. Monitor the health of your anynode in resource-constrained environments where installing custom agents isn't feasible.

5. Long-Term Performance Analysis: Using SNMP with a Network Management System (NWS) allows you to collect historical data, enabling long-term performance analysis of anynode. This can help identify trends and guide capacity planning. Evaluate call traffic patterns over time and ensure anynode can handle peak loads without degradation.

anynode SNMP MIB Definition

The anynode Managed Information Base (MIB) allows you to monitor and manage anynode instances via SNMP. A Managed Information Base (MIB) is a data structure used to manage network devices via SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). The MIB defines the Managed Objects (MOs) — specific data points or variables that a device or software can monitor and control. These objects are identified by unique identifiers called OIDs (Object Identifiers). MIBs use the ASN.1 Syntax (Abstract Syntax Notation One), a standard for describing data structures. This ensures the MIB is universally readable and compatible with SNMP tools.

anynode has its own MIB file named anynode.mib. This file contains all the specific OIDs relevant for monitoring anynode, such as statistics, statuses, or error codes.

By loading the MIB file into an appropriate tool, OIDs can be interpreted more easily and used for network monitoring tools like Zabbix, PRTG, or SolarWinds. The anynode.mib file alone provides the foundation for monitoring, but additional configuration is required to enable a monitoring tool like Paessler PRTG to display a dashboard and collect data from anynode.

On Windows, the MIB file is located in the directory:

C:\Program Files\TE-SYSTEMS\anynode monitor\res

On Linux, the MIB file is located in the directory:

/opt/tesystems/anynodemon/res