An instance of a managed object can be created on the agent system by the manager system using the  CREATE operation. A managed object instance is created with a name binding relationship to an already existing managed object instance. .

The mode of the CREATE operation is always confirmed.

The NAME BINDING template specifies whether a create operation is supported when that name binding relationship is employed. The name binding relationship employs a naming attribute to uniquely identify the newly created managed object instance relative to the existing managed object instance, so the value of the naming attribute must be unique in that context and cannot be changed for the lifetime of the managed object instance

A CREATE operation is invoked by the system acting in the manager role. A message is sent using a CMIP INVOKE request from the manager system to the system acting as an agent. The CMIP INVOKE request includes the information defined in the CreateArgument syntax of the CREATE definition. The agent will attempt to perform the operation that was requested on the selected managed objects indicated by the CMIP INVOKE.

If the operation is successful, the agent system will return a CMIP RESULT response to the manager to indicate that the operation was successful. The CMIP RESULT includes information defined in the CreateResult syntax of the CREATE definition.

If the operation fails, a CMIP ERROR is returned. If an error occurs because the APDU could not be decoded, either due to stack failure or an unrecognised syntax, then a CMIP REJECT is returned to the manager.

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