VTAM® Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) services is an implementation of the OSI standards for network and system management known as CMIP. VTAM CMIP services provides an API that enables application programmers to write application programs for network management.

CMIP application programs are defined to VTAM in an application program major node. For information about creating CMIP application programs, see the z/OS Communications Server: CMIP Services and Topology Agent Guide.