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 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 CCITTRec. 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.