The entity hierarchy for the OSI Transport module is:
_Application (OpenVMS)
|
Node___OSI_Transport___|_Local_NSAP______________Remote_NSAP
|
|_Port
|
|_Template
The OSI TRANSPORT entity is the top-level entity in the hierarchy
of entities belonging to the OSI Transport module.
An OSI TRANSPORT APPLICATION entity stores information about an
end user that is activated for receipt of an incoming connection
request when the request contains that end user's name in its
Destination Name field. The application-name refers to the
application managed by this command.
An OSI TRANSPORT LOCAL NSAP entity is automatically created for
each NSAP address used by the osi transport entity. Local NSAPs
are used primarily to group together remote NSAPs (see the OSI
transport local NSAP remote NSAP entity). The nsap-address refers
to the local NSAP managed by this command.
An OSI TRANSPORT LOCAL NSAP REMOTE NSAP entity maintains
the transport counters and generates events resulting from
interactions between its superior local NSAP and a remote
transport service. The nsap-address refers to the remote NSAP
managed by this command.
An OSI TRANSPORT PORT entity represents one end of a transport
connection and maintains status information about that
connection. Although the connectionless transport protocol
does not create transport connections, ports are still used to
maintain status information.
On Tru64 UNIX, a port can also represent a listener, which is
a passive endpoint awaiting connect requests from the remote
transport service provider. Normally, ports exist only when
OSI transport is enabled. However, the port that represents the
session control listener (local transport selector 'DEC'0'H) is
a special case. This port can exist even when OSI transport is
disabled.
The port attributes type, and for Tru64 UNIX direction, can be
used to distinguish the various uses of ports. The port-name
refers to the name of the port managed by this command.
An OSI TRANSPORT TEMPLATE entity provides a collection of
characteristics that supply default values for certain parameters
that influence the operation of a port on a transport connection.
One template, with the reserved identifier default, is
automatically created when the osi transport entity is created.
This template is used by default when a user does not specify
a template identifier in a call to establish a connection.
The default template is automatically deleted when the osi
transport entity is deleted. Similarly, the initial values of
the attributes in a template are the same as the current values
in the default template. The template-name refers to the template
managed by this command.
For Tru64 UNIX, the only attributes that apply to CLTS are
checksum, network service, and local nsap.