This Recommendation International Standard defines a systems management function which may be used by an application process in a centralized or decentralized management environment to interact for the purposes of systems management, as defined by CCITT Rec. X.700 ISO/IEC 7498-4. This Recommendation International Standard defines the object management function that consists of services, functional units, and generic definitions. It is positioned in the application layer of CCITT Rec. X.200 ISO 7498 and is defined according to the model provided by ISO/IEC 9545. The role of systems management functions are described by CCITT Rec. X.701 ISO/IEC 10040.This Recommendation International Standard:- establishes user requirements for the object management function;- establishes a model that relates the services and generic definitions provided by this function to user requirements; - defines the services provided by the function; - defines generic notification types and parameters documented in accordance with CCITT Rec. X.722 ISO/IEC 10165-4; - specifies the protocol that is necessary in order to provide the services; - defines the relationship between these services and management operations and notifications; - specifies compliance requirements placed on other Standards that make use of these generic definitions; - defines relationships with other systems management functions; - specifies conformance requirements.This Recommendation International Standard does not:- define the nature of any implementation intended to provide the object management function; - specify the manner in which management is accomplished by the user of the object management function; - define the nature of any interactions which result in the use of the object management function; - specify the services necessary for the establishment, normal and abnormal release of a management association; - preclude the definition of further notification types; - define managed objects.

First published as Joint Standard AS/NZS 4152.1:1994.