1. After establishing a configuration, such as that of a telecommunications or computer system, the evaluating and approving changes to the configuration and to the interrelationships among system components.
2. In distributed-queue dual-bus (DQDB) networks, the function that ensures the resources of all nodes of a DQDB network are configured into a correct dual-bus topology.
Note: The functions that are managed include the head of bus, external timing source, and default slot generator functions.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C