Recommendation ITU-T G.874 addresses management aspects of optical transport network elements containing transport functions of one or more of the layer networks of the optical transport network. The management of the optical layer networks is separable from that of its client layer networks so that the same means of management can be used regardless of the client. The management functions for fault management, configuration management and performance monitoring are specified. The 2008 revision of this Recommendation has updated the management information to align with Recommendation ITU-T G.798, reorganized the sections to align with the structure of Recommendation ITU-T G.7710/Y.1701, and replaced the generic text with pointers to Recommendation ITU-T G.7710/Y.1701. The 2010 revision of this Recommendation has added the management of new transport functions that have been introduced in the 2010 revision of Recommendation ITU-T G.798, including OPSMnk_TT, OPSM/OTUk a_A, and ODUk for k=0, 2e, 4, and flex. The 2013 revision of this Recommendation has added the management of hitless adjustment of ODUflex (GFP) (HAO), APS, Application codes, and PM data collection.