Overview
ISO/IEC 10164-5:1993 - Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems management: Event Report Management Function - defines a systems management function for controlling the selection and forwarding of event reports in OSI environments. Positioned at the application layer, this standard specifies user requirements, conceptual models, services, the necessary protocol elements and conformance rules to allow centralized or decentralized managers to control which event notifications are forwarded, where, and when.
Keywords: ISO/IEC 10164-5, event report management, event forwarding discriminator, OSI systems management, CMIS, ASN.1.
Key Topics
- Scope and positioning: Defines the Event Report Management Function within the OSI application layer and the Systems Management framework (X.700 / ISO/IEC 10040).
- Models and components: Introduces the event reporting model including local event pre‑processing, Event Forwarding Discriminators (EFDs), and managed objects that represent discriminators and forwarding rules.
- Services: Describes control services for event forwarding such as initiation and termination of forwarding, modification, suspension/resumption of forwarding, and retrieval of discriminator attributes.
- Discrimination mechanics: Defines the discriminator construct and potential event report concept used to decide which notifications are forwarded to which destinations, including scheduling and confirmed/non‑confirmed modes.
- Protocol and syntax: Specifies protocol elements, Abstract Syntax (ASN.1), and encoding conventions needed to implement services and MAPDUs for event report management.
- Relationships and conformance: Describes interaction with SMI operations/notifications, relationships to other systems management functions (e.g., alarm reporting, log control), and conformance class requirements for implementations.
Applications
ISO/IEC 10164-5 is practical for organizations that need controlled, flexible event reporting across managed systems:
- Network equipment vendors and systems integrators implementing OSI-based network and systems management agents and managers.
- Enterprise IT and NOC teams that require selective forwarding, scheduling, or suppression of event notifications to primary and backup management systems.
- Software architects designing management applications that use CMIS/CMISE and ASN.1-encoded PDUs for automated event distribution and policy-based alerting.
- Developers creating interoperability and conformance test suites for event-reporting functions.
Practical benefits include centralized policy control of event forwarding, ability to suspend/resume or redirect events, scheduled reporting windows, and support for backup destinations.
Related Standards
This standard is essential when implementing interoperable, policy-driven event reporting in OSI-based management environments.