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Some entities rely on the existence of other entities, as in the case of Ports, which cannot exist without a Device. Similarly, Links, and by extension, Topologies, cannot exist without Ports serving as endpoints to the Link. We therefore consider Devices to be a first-class entity in ONOS's network representations.
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