Controlled access telecommunications equipment cabinet

摘要

A controlled access telecommunications equipment cabinet is a generally rectilinear enclosure having a plurality of external sides and interior partitions defining a plurality of separate, individual compartments interiorly of the enclosure. At least one access panel on each of the external sides provides access to one and only one of the compartments, such that different compartments are accessible from respective different ones of the access panels. Each access panel is further provided with an associated locking mechanism requiring a corresponding mating unlocking mechanism for opening of the associated access panel. The respective unlocking mechanisms are each of a different type such that controlled access to each of the individual compartments through an associated access panel may be achieved by controlling the distribution of the respective unlocking mechanisms.