scope:

This Recommendation specifies those equipment management function (EMF) requirements that are common to multiple (i.e., two or more) transport technologies (e.g., SDH, OTN, Ethernet, MPLS-TP, MTN, Media). Eventually this Recommendation will include all the common management functions. This Recommendation specifies the capabilities required no matter what technology and where there are differences in requirements for a given feature between technologies, the requirements will be specified in the technology-specific Recommendation. See Appendix I for an overview of common and technology-specific Recommendations. A future version of this Recommendation will elaborate on specific requirements within a given capability.

It must be noted that for a network element (NE) it is not mandatory to support all described applications, and consequently not all specified functions. Depending on the position in the network, the NE may support a subset of the functions. Packages with subsets of these functions can be found in the technology-specific Recommendations.