Monitoring solution components

An external Zabbix monitoring system is used for monitoring of CPE devices, as well as virtual and physical network functions. You must deploy a Zabbix server on one of your locations, or connect an existing server, and deploy Zabbix proxy servers.

Zabbix proxy servers are used for receiving monitoring results at individual locations and sending these results to the Zabbix server. The Zabbix server processes the monitoring results, after which they are displayed in the web interface of the orchestrator.

The orchestrator uses an API to integrate with the Zabbix server. When you register a CPE device, add a VNF or PNF to the network service topology, or deploy a network service, a host is automatically created on the Zabbix server. This host corresponds to a CPE device, VNF, or PNF. You can specify the groups on the Zabbix server in which you want hosts to be placed.

Two monitoring methods are supported:

• Monitoring using Zabbix agents involves a component automatically sending monitoring data to a Zabbix proxy server.
• Monitoring via SNMP involves the Zabbix proxy server automatically connecting to a component via SNMP and receiving monitoring data.

For details about configuring the monitoring system, see the official documentation of the Zabbix solution.