This Recommendation ｜ International Standard defines a Systems Management Function that may be used by an application process in a centralized or decentralized management environment to interact for the purpose of systems management, as defined by CCITT Rec. X.700 I ISO/IEC 7498-4. This Recommendation I International Standard defines a function which consists of generic definitions, services and functional units. This function is positioned in the application layer of the OSI reference model (CCITT Rec. X.200 I ISO 7498) and is defined according to the model provided by ISO/DEC 9545. The role of systems management functions is described by CCITT Rec. X.701 I ISO/EC 10040. The alarm notifications defined by tiis function provides information that a manager may need to aet upon pertaining to a system's operational condition and quality of service.