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 purpose of systemsmanagement as defined by CCITT Rec. X.700| ISO/IEC 7498-4. This Recommendation | International Standard defines the attributes for representing relationships and consists of services and generic definitions. It is positioned in the application layer of CCITT Rec. X.200| ISO/IEC 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.