The Loopback Application module allows a network manager to invoke a loopback test between applications on two nodes, thus testing all the supporting layers of the Digital Network Architecture. The Loopback Application module has two components: o The loop access module, which initiates the loopback test o The loop mirror module, which accepts connections from the remote loop access modules and mirrors any data sent to it back to the sender. The Loopback Application module has only one entity: the loopback application entity. This loopback application entity describes features of the Loopback Application module which allows you to run a loopback test between two nodes or itself. The loopback application entity is created and deleted automatically with the node entity, and is always enabled.