AS 2777.

4—1990
ISO 7498-4: 1988

Australian Standard
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Information processing systems—

Open Systems Interconnection—
Basic reference model

Part 4: Management framework

 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/1, Information
Systems—Interconnections. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards
Australia on 14 August 1990 and published on 12 November 1990.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/1:

Aussat
Australian Association of Permanent Building Societies
Australian Bankers’ Association
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Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Committee of Directors and Principals
Australian Computer Equipment Manufacturers Association
Australian Computer Society
Australian Computer Users Association
Australian Computing Services Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
CSIRO, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
Department of Defence
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
Information Exchange Steering Committee
Life Insurance Federation of Australia
OTC
Public Service Board, N.S.W.
Telecom Australia
Additional interests participating in preparation of Standard:
Computer consultants

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 AS 2777.4—1990

Australian Standard
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Information processing systems—

Open Systems Interconnection—
Basic reference model

Part 4: Management framework

First published as AS 2777.4—1990.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Information Systems —
Interconnection. It is identical with and has been reproduced from International Standard
ISO 7498-4 — 1988. Information processing systems — Open Systems Interconnection —Basic
Reference Model — Part 4: Management framework.
The Standard is one of a series of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Standards which are
currently under development. Since OSI Standards are developmental, there may be some minor
difficulties encountered in their implementation. For this reason, Standards Australia will be
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concerning difficulties which are identified in using this Standard.
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For the purpose of this Australian Standard, the text of the ISO Standard given herein should be
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(i) Terminology The words ‘Australian Standard’ should replace the words ‘International
Standard’ wherever they appear.
(ii) References The references to International Standards should be replaced by references to
Australian Standards as follows:
Reference to International Standard Australian Standard
ISO/IEC AS
7498 Information processing systems— 2777 Information processing systems —
Open Systems Interconnection — Open Systems Interconnection —
Basic Reference Model Basic reference model
7498-2 Information processing systems— 2777.2 Information processing systems —
Open Systems Interconnection — Open Systems Interconnection —
Basic Reference Model — Part 2: Basic reference model — Part 2:
Security Architecture Security architecture

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CONTENTS
Page

Introduction ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... ............ .. 4

1 Scope ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... ............ .. . 5

2 Normative references ........... ... .. .... ........ .... .. ... ... 5

3 Definitions and abbreviations ........... ... .. .... ........ .... . 5

4 Concepts in OS I Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 6
4.1 Users’ requirements of OSI Management . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 6
4.2 The OS I Management environment . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . 6
4.3 Managed objects, their attributes and operations .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . 6
4.4 Management relationships between open systems . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 6
4.5 OS I Management functional areas . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . 6
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5 Model for OSI Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2 OS I Management structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.3 Supporting functionality required by OS I Management ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.4 Management Information Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.5 Flow of management control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.6 Flow of management information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6 OS I Management specifics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. 9
6.1 OS I Management standardization .......... . ... . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. 9
6.2 OS I Management operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. 9
6.3 The form of management information exchanges ... . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . 10
6.4 OS I Management conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . 10

Annex A — Comments relating to the OS I Management Framework ....... 11

A.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A.2 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A.3 Brief Overview of OSI Management Scope and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A.4 Systems Management Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A.5 Management Information and the Management Information Base . . . . . . . . 13
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Introduction
The Basic Reference Model of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), ISO /IEC 7498,
provides a description of the activities necessary for systems to interwork using
communication media. This part of ISO /IEC 7498 forms Part 4 of ISO /IEC 7498 and
provides a description of the framework and structure of OS I Management in a way that
supplements and clarifies the description of management contained in ISO/IEC 7498.

The purpose of this part of ISO/IEC 7498 is to provide a common basis for the
coordinated development of management standards.

It is also the purpose of this part of ISO/IEC 7498 to identify areas for developing or
improving standards, and to provide a common reference for maintaining consistency of
all related standards. It is not the intent of this part of ISO /IEC 7498 either to serve as an
implementation specification, or to be a basis for appraising the conformance of actual
implementations, or to provide a sufficient level of detail to define precisely the services
and protocols of the management architecture. Rather, this part of ISO/IEC 7498 provides
a conceptual and functional framework which allows independent teams of experts to work
productively on the development of management standards.
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This part of ISO /IEC 7498 provides an extension to ISO/IEC 7498 and therefore assumes
as a basis the concepts and terminology included therein. The objective of this document
is to describe a framework for those management activities pertinent to OSI, and to
identify the management services which are supported by OS I Management protocols.

The description of the Management Framework given in this part of ISO/IEC 7498 is
developed in stages:

Clause 1 defines the scope of this part of ISO/IEC 7498.

Clause 2 lists related OSI Standards.

Clause 3 defines terms and abbreviations used in this part of ISO /IEC 7498.

Clause 4 provides the description of general concepts relating to management.

Clause 5 defines a model for OS I Management.

Clause 6 introduces the areas of OS I Management standardization, specifies how each

of the component parts of OS I Management operate and defines the form of management
information exchanges.

Management is manifest in a number of ways. Management is related to activities which

control or monitor the use of resources. Within Open Systems the resources can be those
which provide data storage or processing capabilities, or they can be those which provide
interconnection capabilities. It is only the latter and the communications concerning their
management which fall within the scope of OS I Management standardization.

Human beings are ultimately responsible for managing the OS I Environment, although
responsibilities may be delegated to automated processes.
 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD
Information processing systems — Open Systems
Interconnection— Basic reference model—
Part 4: Management framework
1 Scope
This part of ISO/IEC 7498 establishes a framework for
coordinating the development of existing and future
standards for OS I Management, and is provided for
reference by those standards.
It
a) defines terminology of and describes concepts for
OS I Management;
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b) provides a structure for OS I Management together
with an overview of the objectives of and facilities
provided by OSI Management; and
c) describes OSI Management activities.
This part of ISO/IEC 7498 does not specify services or
protocols for OS I Management. It is neither an
implementation specification for systems, nor a basis
for appraising the conformance of implementations.
2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provisions of
this part of ISO/IEC 7498. At the time of publication,
the editions indicated were valid. All standards are
subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on
this part of ISO /IEC 7498 are encouraged to investigate
the possibility of applying the most recent editions of
the standards listed below. Members of IEC and ISO
maintain registers of currently valid International
Standards.
ISO/IEC 7498:1984, Information processing systems —
Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference
Model.
ISO/IEC 7498-2:1988, Information processing
systems— Open Systems Interconnection — Basic
Reference Model — Part 2: Security Architecture.
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 This part of ISO/IEC 7498 makes use of the OSI
terminology defined in ISO /IEC 7498, specifically:
a) (N)-entity
b) (N)-layer
c) (N)-protocol
d) (N)-protocol-data-unit
e) open system
f) systems management
3.2 Terms defined in ISO/IEC 7498 which are
redefined for the purposes of this part of ISO/IEC 7498:
3.2.1 Systems management application-entity: An
application-entity for the purpose of systems
management communication.
3.3 For the purpose of this part of ISO /IEC 7498, the
following definitions apply:
3.3.1 OSI Management: The facilities to control,
coordinate and monitor the resources which allow
communications to take place in the OSI Environment.
3.3.2 (N)-layer operation: The monitoring and control
of a single instance of communication.
3.3.3 Managed object: The OS I Management view of
a resource within the OSI Environment that may be
managed through the use of OS I Management
protocol(s).
3.3.4 M anagem ent Information B ase: The
conceptual repository of management information within
an open system.
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