Defines a systems management function which may be used by an application process to interact for the purpose of systems management. Among others, establishes user requirements for attributes, establishes a model that relates the service and generic definitions provided by this function to user requirements, defines the services provided by the function, specifies the protocol that is necessary in order to provide the services, defines the relationship between the service and management operations and notifications, defines relationships with other systems management functions, specifies conformance requirements.