How many Probes can a Manager Support?
The is no set probe limit, as the Manager does not maintain a permanent connection with the Probes, the Remote Manager has the resources to process 96 connections simultaneously. Connections are only opened if a Probe has an alarm report or update information to send (it is then closed when the alarm/update receipt is acknowledged), and if the Manager is currently asking the Probe for information, e.g., requesting statistics to fill a History Template or asking for all the Alarms in a log, or retrieving frames. Alarm reporting includes a retry facility, so even if a connection was not available the probe can retry for delivery of alarm report. All the information is stored on the Probe, the information is only provided to the Manager on request.
