AS/NZS 4152.

4:1994
ISO/IEC 10164-4:1992

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Open Systems Interconnection—
Systems management

Part 4: Alarm reporting function

 AS/NZS 4152.4:1994

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee IT/1, Information Systems—Interconnection. It was approved on behalf of
the Council of Standards Australia on 31 May 1994 and on behalf of the Council of
Standards New Zealand on 27 May 1994. It was published on 19 September 1994.
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The following interests are represented on Committee IT/1:

Australian Bankers’ Association

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Committee of Directors and Principals
Australian Computer Society
Australian Computer Users Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Vice Chancellors Committee
Department of Defence, Australia
Department of Industry, Science and Technology, Australia
Government Computing Service, New Zealand
Information Exchange Steering Committee, Australia
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, CSIRO, Australia
OPTUS Communications, Australia
Telecom Australia
Telecom New Zealand

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 AS/NZS 4152.4:1994

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Information technology—
Open Systems Interconnection—
Systems management
Part 4: Alarm reporting function

First publi shed as Joint Standard AS/NZS 4152.4:1994.

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY:

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
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STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee IT/1 on
Information Systems—Interconnection. It is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 10164-4:1992,
Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Systems Management: Alarm reporting function.

This Standard is issued as a Joint Standard under the terms of the Active Cooperation Agreement between
Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.

The objective of this Standard is to provide users of OSI network management with a model and the definition
of the services provided for the alarm reporting function.

This Standard is Part 4 of AS/NZS 4152, Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Systems

management, which is published in the following parts (additional parts are being prepared):
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Part 1: Object management function

Part 2: State management function
Part 3: Attributes for representing relationships
Part 4: Alarm reporting function
Part 5: Event report management function
Part 6: Log control function
Part 7: Security alarm reporting function
Part 8: Security audit trail function

This 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 providing, through the OSI Help Desk, a service to
coordinate and disseminate information concerning difficulties which are identified in using this Standard.

Users of this Standard are advised by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, under arrangements made
with ISO and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, that the number of this Standard is not
reproduced on each page; its identity is shown only on the cover and title pages.

For the purpose of this Standard, the source text should be modified as follows:

(a) Terminology The words ‘this Australian/New Zealand Standard’ should replace the words ‘this International
Standard’ wherever they appear.

(b) Decimal marker Substitute a full point for a comma where it appears as a decimal marker.

(c) References The references to international Standards should be replaced by references, where appropriate,
to the following Australian or Joint Australian/New Zealand Standards:

Reference to International Standard Australian or Joint

or other publication Australian/New Zealand Standard
ISO AS
7498 Informat ion processi ng syst ems— 2777 Informat i on processi ng systems—
Op en S y st e ms In t er con ne ct i on— Op e n S ys t em s I n t e rc o nn e ct i o n —
Basic Reference Model Basic reference model
ISO/IEC
7498 Informat ion processi ng syst ems— 2777 Informat i on processi ng systems—
Op en S y st e ms In t er con ne ct i on— Op e n S ys t em s I n t e rc o nn e ct i o n —
Basic Reference Model Basic reference model
7498-4 Part 4: Management framework 2777.4 Part 4: Management framework
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ISO AS
8824 Information technology—Open Systems 3625 Information technology—Open Systems
In t er c on ne c t i o n— S p e ci f i c at i on of Interconnection—Specification of Abstract
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
9545 Information technology—Open Systems 4021 Information technology—Open Systems
Interconnect i on— Appl i cat i on L ayer Int erco nnec t i on — App l i ca t i on l aye r
structure structure
9595 Information technology—Open Systems 3965 Information technology—Open Systems
Interconnection—Common management Interconnection—Common management
information service definition information service definition
AS/NZS
9646 Information technology—Open Systems 4103 Information technology—Open Systems
Interconnection—Conformance testing Int erconnection—Conformance t esti ng
methodology and framework methodology and framework
9646-1 Part 1: General concepts 4103.1 Part 1: General concepts
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10040 Information technology—Open Systems 3692 Information technology—Open Systems

Interconnection—Systems management Interconnection—Systems management
overview overview
10164 Information technology—Open Systems 4152 Information technology—Open Systems
Interconnection—Systems Management Interconnection—Systems management
10164-2 Part 2: State management function 4152.2 Part 2: State management function
10164-3 P art 3: At t ri butes for represent i ng 4152.3 P art 3: At t ri but es for represent i ng
relationships relationships
10164-5 Part 5: Event report management function 4152.5 Part 5: Event report management
function
10165 Information technology—Open Systems 4151 Information technology—Open Systems
Interconnection—Structure of manage- Interconnection—Structure of manage-
ment information ment information
10165-1 Part 1: Management information model 4151.1 Part 1: Management information model
10165-2 P art 2: Defi ni t i on of management 4151.2 P ar t 2: De fi ni t i on of man agem ent
information information
10165-4 Part 4: Guidelines for the definition of 4151.4 Part 4: Guidelines for the definition of
managed objects managed objects
ISO/TR AS
8509 Information processing systems—Open 3620 Information processing systems—Open
S y s t e m s In t e r co n ne ct i on — S e rv i ce S ys t e ms I n t e r c on n e ct i o n— S e rv i c e
conventions conventions
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CONTENTS

Page

1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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

2.1 Identical CCITT Recommendations International Standards . . . .. 2
2.2 Paired CCITT Recommendations International Standards
equivalent in technical content . . . . .. ... .. ..... ..... ... .. 2
2.3 Additional references . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ..... .......... .. 3

3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . .... . ... . 3

3.1 Basic reference model definitions . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . ... . . ... 3
3.2 Management framework definitions . . . . . . . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. 3
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3.3 CMIS definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .... . .... 3

3.4 Systems management overview definitions . . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. 3
3.5 Event report management function definitions ..... . . ... . . .... 3
3.6 OSI conformance testing definitions . . . . . . ... .. . . ... . . ... . 4
3.7 Additional definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . ... . . .... 4

4 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

5 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

6 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

7 Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

8 Generic definitions . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8.1 Generic notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8.2 Managed objects . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.3 Compliance . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

9 Service definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9.2 Alarm reporting service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

10 Functional units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

11 Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . 12
11.1 Elements of procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . 12
11.2 Abstract syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . 13
11.3 Negotiation of the alarm reporting functional unit . . . . .. .. . . . . . 16
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12 Relationships with other functions .... .. ... .. ..... ..... ..... 16

13 Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
13.1 General conformance class requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
13.2 Dependent conformance class requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ANNEX A Example Probable cause usage .... .. ... .. ..... ..... .. 18

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AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND STANDARD

Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—

Systems management

Part 4:
Alarm reporting function

1 Scope
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
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systems management, as defined by CCITT Rec. X.700 ISO/IEC 7498-4. This Recommendation 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 ISO 7498) and is defined
according to the model provided by ISO/IEC 9545. The role of systems management functions is described by
CCITT Rec. X.701 ISO/IEC 10040. The alarm notifications defined by this function provides information that
a manager may need to act upon pertaining to a system’s operational condition and quality of service.

This Recommendation International Standard

— establishes user requirements for the alarm reporting function;

— establishes a model that relates the service and generic defintions provided by this function to user
requirements;

— defines the service 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 service;

— specifies the abstract syntax necessary to identify and negotiate the functional unit in protocol;

— defines the relationship between this service and SMI 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 Alarm Reporting function;

— specify the manner in which management is accomplished by the user of the Alarm Reporting
function;

— define the nature of any interactions which result in the use of the Alarm Reporting 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.

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