This value both issues and reports the state of a management command for a router entry: manage(1) and delete(2) and reset(6) are write-only actions to begin management, end management, or reset the remote router, while ok(3), undefined(4), and error(5) are read-only outcomes reporting whether the last command succeeded. Admins write manage(1) to start managing a newly added router, or read the object afterward to confirm the command's outcome. Setting this to manage(1) begins the management process for that equipment entry, and a subsequent read returning error(5) would tell the admin that attempt failed.