scope:

This Recommendation I International Standard defines the scheduling function. The scheduling function is a systems management function which may be used by an application process in a centralized or decentralized management environment to exchange information and commands for the purpose of systems management, as defined by CCITT Rec. X.700 | ISO/IEC 7498-4. This Recommendation I International Standard is positioned in the application layer of CCITT Rec. X.200 | ISO 7498 and is defined according to the model provided by ISO/lEC 9545. The role of systems management functions is described by CCITT Rec. X.701 | ISO/IEC 10040.

This Recommendation I International Standard: 

- identifies a set of requirements satisfied by the function;

- provides a model for scheduling;

- specifies the management requirements of the function and how these are realized by specification of managed objects and their behaviour;

- defines the conformance requirements to be met by implementations of this Recommendation I International Standard; 

- defines managed objects.

This Recommendation I International Standard does not define: 

- the manner in which management is to be accomplished by the user of the scheduling function; the nature of any implementation intended to provide the scheduling function;

- the nature of any interactions which result in the use of the scheduling function;

- the interactions which result by the simultaneous use of several management functions;

- the occasions where the use of the scheduling function is appropriate;

- the services necessary for the establishment, normal and abnormal release of a management association.