The entity hierarchy for the DDCMP module is: Node___DDCMP____Link___Logical_Station | |_Port The DDCMP entity is the top-level entity in the hierarchy of entities belonging to the DDCMP module. The DDCMP LINK entity defines the attributes of a link to a communications port that uses the DDCMP protocol. The link-name refers to the link managed by this command. The DDCMP LINK LOGICAL STATION entity manages a link to a remote station. The link-name is the DDCMP link associated with the logical station and the station-name refers to the logical station managed by this command. A DDCMP PORT entity represents an access point to the Data Link layer service offered by ddcmp. Ports are created and deleted automatically when a client of ddcmp uses the link. The port-name refers to the port managed by this command.