This object specifies an arbitrary name associated with the alarm filter profile by the management client, and provides a non-volatile 'handle' for the alarm filter profile.

On the first instantiation of an alarm filter profile, the value of this object is a zero-length string. However, an agent may choose to set the value to a locally unique default value.

If an implementation supports write access to this object, then the agent is responsible for ensuring the retention of any value written to this object until a management client deletes it. The level of retention must span reboots and reinitializations of the network management system, including those that result in different assignments to the value of the entPhysicalIndex associated with the physical entity.