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CHARON-AXP V4.8 for Windows

Users Guide

November, 2017

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CHARON-AXP for Windows installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Running and managing CHARON-AXP for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

CHARON-AXP for Windows configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Migration to CHARON-AXP for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

CHARON-AXP for Windows licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

CHARON-AXP for Windows utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Host Device Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Network Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

MkDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

MkDskCmd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

HASP View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

License Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

License expiration check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

mtd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

CHARON Log Monitor and Dispatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

HOSTPrint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

CHARON Guest Utilities for OpenVMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

CHARON-AXP for Windows configuration details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Core Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Placement of peripheral devices on PCI bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Disks and tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

KZPBA PCI SCSI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

KGPSA-CA PCI Fibre Channel adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Acer Labs 1543C IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

PCI I/O Bypass controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

PBXDA-xx series PCI serial adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Sample configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

HP AlphaServer 800 configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

HP AlphaServer 4000 configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

HP AlphaServer DS20 configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

HP AlphaServer ES40 configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

HP AlphaServer GS80 configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

"configuration_name.icfg" configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

CHARON-AXP for Windows deinstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Log monitoring - logmond best practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

How to implement time synchronisation between CHARON-AXP Host OS and Guest OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

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Introduction

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General Description The principles of HP Alpha Hardware Virtualization

Virtualized hardware Host platform

General Description

HP Alpha Hardware Virtualization allows users of HP Alpha (Previously known as DIGITAL Alpha) computers to move application software and user data to a modern Intel or AMD based x64 compatible platform without having to make changes to software and data. HP Alpha Hardware Virtualization is a software solution that replaces HP Alpha hardware.

This approach is best understood when the HP Alpha Hardware Virtualization Software is viewed as a special interface between the old HP Alpha software and a new hardware platform. Basically, the CHARON software presents a HP Alpha hardware interface to the original HP Alpha software, so that the existing software cannot detect a difference. This means no changes have to be made to the existing software. User programs and data can be copied to a new modern industry standard server (64-bit Intel or AMD) and continue to run for many more years.

The HP Alpha virtualization software is designed to replace single and multi-CPU HP Alpha computer systems, including:

AlphaServer 400 AlphaServer 800 AlphaServer 1000 AlphaServer 1000A AlphaServer 1200 AlphaServer 2000 AlphaServer 2100 AlphaServer 4000 AlphaServer 4100 AlphaServer DS10 AlphaServer DS10L AlphaServer DS15 AlphaServer DS20 AlphaServer DS25 AlphaServer ES40 AlphaServer ES45 AlphaServer GS80

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AlphaServer GS160 AlphaServer GS320

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The principles of HP Alpha Hardware Virtualization

Virtualized hardware

CHARON-AXP virtualizes various HP Alpha architectures and meets or exceeds the performance level of these HP Alpha systems when run on the recommended hardware platform.

The following table shows which hardware boards CHARON virtualizes:

Subsystem Covered HP Alpha hardware

Serial Lines Controllers On-board serial line port COM2, Family of PCI controllers: PBXDA-BA, PBXDA-BB, PBXDA-AC, PBXDA-AC

IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM Controller Virtual Acer Labs 1543C

PCI Fibre Channel Controller KGPSA-CA PCI SCSI Controller KZPBA PCI FDDI Controller DEFPA PCI Network Controllers DE435, DE450, DE500AA, DE500BA, DE602, DE602AA

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Host platform

The Virtualization Software presents standard HP Alpha devices to the HP Alpha operating system, allowing the OS to function as though it were still running on a HP Alpha computer. For example, virtual disk container files in a directory or physical devices of the host Windows platform are presented by the Virtualization Software to the HP Alpha OS as emulated SCSI disks attached to a PCI SCSI adapter.

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With the use of current storage technology, disks do not have to be physically attached to the Host platform, they can also reside on a SAN or iSCSI storage structure.

A similar translation process is also valid for other emulated hardware devices.

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Conventions

Throughout the document(s) these conventions are followed

Notation Description

$ The dollar sign in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for VMS.

The dollar sign can also indicate non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. # The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. > The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe). User input Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input.

< >path Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. Output Monospace type in interactive examples, indicates command response output.

[ ] In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. ... In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. dsk0 Italic monospace type, in interactive examples, indicates typed context dependent user input.

The following definitions apply

Term Description

Host The system on which the emulator runs, also called the Charon server Guest The operating system running on a Charon instance, for example, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Solaris or MPE

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CHARON-AXP for Windows installation

Table of contents

Introduction Hardware Requirements

Number of CPU cores CPU type and speed Operative memory Disk storage

Ethernet adapters Software Requirements Host system preparation Before installation Distribution preparation Installation CHARON-AXP home directory License installation

Regular HASP USB dongle

Network HASP USB dongle

Software license License validity verification

Troubleshooting Network configuration After installation

Introduction

The CHARON-AXP product is distributed in the form of a zip file that contains the CHARON-AXP installation executable ("InstallShell.exe"). The InstallShell procedure offers the option to select which modules to install (optionally). It is recommended to install all modules (the default) by not selecting "Display components" checkbox.

Before installing CHARON-AXP, please perform all hardware and software host system checks to ensure the host platform meets minimum

CHARON-AXP installation requirements Optionally, create a specific CHARON username with administrative privileges CHARON-AXP installation steps:

Extract the CHARON-AXP installation procedure files from its archive Install CHARON-AXP by running the "InstallShell.exe" installer and follow the instructions Install CHARON-AXP license (hardware dongle or software license) Configure CHARON-AXP host system, for example, network adapter, disable some Windows features (see further), etc.Host system preparation

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Hardware Requirements

Number of CPU cores

Each CHARON-AXP emulated CPU requires a corresponding physical core. The total number of host CPUs must exceed the number of emulated CPUs since some of the host CPUs must be dedicated to serving CHARON I/O operations and fulfil host operating system needs. If several CHARON instances run in parallel, the required number of CPU cores is cumulative.

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The following table shows the minimum and number of CPUs required for each models for one instance (note that each model instance isrecommended able to run on 2 CPU cores hosts, but this configuration does not support emulation of all the virtual CPUs):

CHARON-AXP models Minimum number of host CPU cores Recommended number of host CPU cores

HP AlphaServer 400 - HP AlphaServer 4100 2 2 HP AlphaServer DS10 2 2 HP AlphaServer DS20 4 4 HP AlphaServer ES40 6 8 HP AlphaServer GS80 10 16 HP AlphaServer GS160 18 32 HP AlphaServer GS320 34 48

CPU type and speed

Since CHARON-AXP utilizes LAHF instructions in the HP Alpha CPU emulation, please avoid using early (pre-2005) AMD64 and Intel 64 CPUs for the CHARON host system since they lack this capability. AMD Athlon 64, Opteron and Turion 64 revision D processors from March 2005 and Intel Pentium 4 G1 stepping from December 2005 are LAHF instruction capable.

Concerning CPU speed, the general recommendation is that higher CPU frequency is better since it allows better emulated HP Alpha performance. The minimum recommendation is at least 3 GHz.

Operative memory

The minimum host memory size depends on the amount of HP Alpha memory to be emulated and the number of CHARON-AXP instances to be run on one host. The minimum host memory is calculated according to the following formula:

The minimum host memory = (2Gb + the amount of HP Alpha memory emulated) per CHARON-AXP instance.

Disk storage

The total amount of disk space required for CHARON-AXP can be calculated as a sum of all the disk/tape image sizes plus 50 MB for the CHARON software plus space required for the normal host OS. Temporary disk storage is often needed when setting up a new server, for saveset storage, software installation kits, etc.

Ethernet adapters

CHARON-AXP networking requires dedicated host Ethernet adapters; their number must be equal to the emulated adapters to be configured in CHARON-AXP. One adapter (optionally) can be left to the host for TCP/IP networking etc.

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Hyperthreading must be switched off completely. Disable hyperthreading in the BIOS settings of the physical host or, for a VMware virtual machine, edit the virtual machine properties, select the Resources tab then select Advanced CPU. Set the Hyperthreaded Core Sharing mode to .None

For VMware-based CHARON hosts it is mandatory to use the "E1000" virtual network adapter. Please avoid usage of the "E1000E" adapter since it may lead to problems with some TCP/IP services!

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Software Requirements

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter Editions, 64 bit version Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter Editions, 64 bit version (please notice that only R2 revision is supported) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1) Standard and Enterprise Editions, 64 bit version (please notice that only R2 revision is supported) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate (SP1) Editions, 64 bit version Windows 8.1 Professional Edition, 64 bit version Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise Editions, 64 bit version VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.x up to 6.5 (requires a supported Windows operating system on top of a ESXi virtual machine) Microsoft Hyper-V (requires a supported Windows operating system on top of a Hyper-V virtual machine)

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Host system preparation

If a network-wide license (red dongle or software license) is going to be used, do the following:

On server side (where the network license will reside): open port 1947 for both TCP and UDP

, if broadcast search for remote licenses is to be used, UDP traffic from port 1947 of the license server to ports On the client side 30000-65535 of

the client must be permitted.

: sBoth on server and client sides et default gateway

Please consult with your Windows User's Guide for details.

If any magneto-optical (MO) drive installed on host system is going to be used with CHARON (mapped as "\\.\PhysicalDrive<N>" to CHARON emulated disk controllers) the host "MediaChangeNotification" (MSN) service must be switched off manually for these drives according to the following procedure:

Type "regedit" in the search field under "Start" menu or press Windows+R and enter "regedit"; press Enter to run the program. Find the "AlwaysDisableMCN" parameter in the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE + SYSTEM + CurrentControlSet + Enum + SCSI + Disk&Ven_DEC&Prod_RWZ53_____(C)DEC This one depends on Vendor and Model of your MO drive <- + 5&fd233cf&0&000500 This one depends on hardware connection (SCSI ID of MO drive, location of SCSI HBA<-

on the host's mainboard, etc ...)

+ Device Parameters + MediaChangeNotification + AlwaysDisableMCN = DWORD:00000000

Change the "AlwaysDisableMCN" parameter to "1", for example: "AlwaysDisableMCN = DWORD:00000001". Reboot the host system.

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All antivirus, screen saver, automatic (scheduled) backup and any other CPU consuming software as well as software that is able to temporarily lock CHARON files (such as automatic indexing) must be turned off, uninstalled and disabled. Alternatively it is also possible to exclude all CHARON executables and material folders from scanning for viruses, but please note that scanning slows down CHARON host anyway - it may be critical for some installations requiring maximum performance.

The power scheme must be set to "High Performance" with all the "Sleep" and "Standby" modes turned off. The automatic installation of Microsoft updates must be disabled. MS updates to the CHARON host must be done only in specific service

maintenance periods established by the system administrator. Before applying new updates one must shutdown the operating system running on CHARON and stop all the running CHARON instances and services.

If stricter firewall rules are required, it is possible to open the ports 30000-65535 and 1947 only for the "Sentinel HASP License Manager" (haspl

service (installed by CHARON-AXP ).ms.exe)

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Before installation

Login as the local system administrator ("Administrator") on the host system. Create a special user for running CHARON-AXP (optional). This user must have all the administrative privileges. Please consult with your Windows User's Guide on details.

Stay logged in as local system administrator ("Administrator") or log off and login as the CHARON-AXP user having administrative privileges (if this option has been chosen). Create a special directory for the CHARON-AXP distribution kit and copy the provided files there. Due to CHARON installation procedure update, it is required to uninstall all CHARON products before installing CHARON-AXP version 4.8

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Distribution preparation

Extract the content of the distribution archive to the current directory or copy the content of the provided distribution directory to the current directory. Run the "InstallShell.exe" file:

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Installation

The following description assumes that this is the first installation of CHARON-AXP on the target host. Installation of additional CHARON products follows the same procedure.

The first dialog lists the CHARON-AXP product:

The CHARON installation procedure will create a special group called CHARON-GRP and the current user will be automatically included to this group. Do not remove this group and do not remove any CHARON user from it, otherwise a problem with virtual

memory allocation may appear on CHARON startup.

The created user may belong to some domain, but please note that in this case you have to add this user to the CHARON-GRP

,manually as described in this article and then reboot the CHARON host.

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Select , or all products, by checking the corresponding box. the CHARON-AXP product Select the "Display components page" to include the products components page if you need it. Typically it is not required.

Press the "Next" button.

s may be highlighted with a red color. This indicates that the CHARON host configuration does not meetThe CHARON product CHARON minimal requirements. To see what requirements are not met, point the mouse cursor on that product and a pop-up box with details will appear.

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Read the license, check "Agree" and press the "Next" button.

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If the "Display components page" option was selected, the setup procedure will display a dialog for the CHARON-AXP product components:

It is strongly recommended to leave the selection as it is unless you clearly understand what the impact is if you uncheck some modules.

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Select a directory to be used for the CHARON installation or use the default. The path can either be entered manually or selected using the "Browse" button.

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Once done, press the "Next" button to start the installation of the selected components.

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During the CHARON installation procedure, you will have to confirm the installation of the CHARON-specific network driver. Press the "Install" button:

Once the installation is done, the following dialog will be displayed:

It is strongly recommended to reboot the CHARON host system immediately: leave the "Reboot computer now" box checked and press the "Finish"

button. Once the host system is up again, you will notice a new shortcut, "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager", created on the desktop during the installation

procedure:

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The CHARON Virtual Machines Manager is an essential utility for CHARON management. CHARON installation always keeps most up-to-date version of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager provided by all the installed kits.

The CHARON installation procedure creates the following simple structure under the "Start" menu:

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CHARON-AXP home directory

By default CHARON-AXP is installed in the "C:\Program Files\CHARON" directory. It has the following sub-directories:

Directory Description

Build_XXX\x64 Contains product executables and libraries Drivers Contains the CHARON drivers InstallShell Contains the CHARON installation procedure executables Logs Contains the CHARON installation log Redistributables Contains the redistributables needed for CHARON running (already installed) Virtual Machines Manager Contains the most up-to-date version of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager Virtual Machine Templates Contains templates for creating CHARON Virtual Machines Virtual Machines Contains the CHARON Virtual Machines Virtual Disk Images Contains the CHARON virtual disk images, for example "idle_vms_pkg_v3.0"

The " " directory contains template configuration files to build CHARON virtual machines using Virtual Machine Templates the CHARON Virtual Machines

. We will focus our attention on this subject in the next chapter.Manager

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License installation

Regular HASP USB dongle

If the CHARON license is stored on a regular USB dongle, just connect it to a host USB port.

Network HASP USB dongle

If the CHARON license is a network license (red USB dongle), it is possible either to connect it to the host USB port (to use it locally and provide it to other hosts on the local network at the same time) or to install it on a local network "license server" for remote access from this particular host.

If a remote license server is to be used:

Copy the file " " from the CHARON distribution to any directory on thehasp_install\Sentinel_LDK_Run-time_cmd_line_ .zipX.XX server, for example " ".C:\Temp Extract the contents of this archive to the same directory. Login as " " on the server and open " " from the "Start" menu.Administrator cmd.exe Switch to that directory. Install the extracted file:

Example:

...> cd c:\temp

> c:\temp haspdinst.exe -fr -kp -nomsg > c:\temp haspdinst.exe -install -cm

Connect the network HASP dongle to the server USB port.

If the CHARON host is accessed remotely, please note that the contents of a regular HASP license cannot be displayed using RDP. ILO or iDRAC, some other console-capable program must be used.

Network HASP (red dongles) licenses have no restrictions with respect to remote access.

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Software license

If the CHARON license is a software license (SL), it is installed on the host using the following procedure:

Double click the "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager" icon on the desktop or select this utility in the tray menu; select the "Host Information and Utilities" section and press the "License Update Tool" button:

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:The following default dialog window will appear

Ensure no license dongle is connected, select the "Installation of new protection key" radio-box and press the "Collect Information" button. The following window will appear:

If you're installing a "Provisional" (demo) license, jump to step 5

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Specify the directory and name of the system "fingerprint" file to be created the press the "Save" button. The " " will save the fingerprint file under the given name and will report the status:License Update Service

Send the resulting file to STROMASYS. In return STROMASYS will provide you with a ".v2c" file, for example "Your License.v2c". Copy the received v2c file to the CHARON host in a folder of your choice and select the "Apply License File" tab:

Press the "..." button and browse for the received v2c file.

Example:

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Press the "Open" button to apply the license. From the "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager" utility (see above) select the "Host Information and Utilities" section and press the "Sentinel

Admin Control Center" button or (optionally) invoke the system default web browser and enter the URL to display the "http://localhost:1947 Senti

" ( ) web interface. This interface allows you to view and manage the CHARON licenses.nel Admin Control Center ACC

Ensure that the software license is now visible in the " " section of the .Sentinel Keys ACC

Software licenses are always network licenses. Hence, they have no restrictions with respect to being displayed or accessed via a remote connection.

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License validity verification

Check the CHARON license validity by invoking the " " utility to make sure that the CHARON license is visible and is correct. Charon License Details Doubl e click the "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager" icon on the desktop or select this utility in the tray menu; select the "Host Information and Utilities" section and press the "HASP License Details" button:

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Verify the the license content is displayed correctly and no error message is shown Verify the content of the license looks correct. Check for example the license number, the major and minor versions, the minimum and maximum build numbers, the CHARON-AXP products and allowed hardware (CHARON-AXP models). More details on the license content can be found in the of this Guide.CHARON-AXP Licensing chapter

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Troubleshooting

If the CHARON license content cannot be displayed by the " " utility or is incorrect, check that the license is available andCHARON License Details correctly used:

From the "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager" utility (see above) select the "Host Information and Utilities" section and press the "Sentinel Admin Control Center" button or (optionally) invoke the system default web browser and enter the URL to display the "http://localhost:1947 Senti

" ( ) web interface.nel Admin Control Center ACC Click on the " " link to open up the " " pageSentinel Keys Sentinel Keys Section Make sure that one and only one CHARON HASP or SL license is present.

Problem Action

No license is displayed Make sure that all the recommendations above about remote access to the host are fulfilled (if remote access takes

place) and the HASP USB key is not broken and its LED indicator is lit (meaning that it is used by the host).

Only one License key / SL is seen and its content is incorrect

Contact STROMASYS to request a new license update.

Several License keys / SLs are displayed

Remove all of them except the one provided by STROMASYS for the installed version of CHARON.

Removing licenses can be done by physical disconnection of the corresponding USB HASP keys from the CHARON host and physical disconnection of the network HASP keys from all hosts on a local network (or by disabling remote access to network licenses from the CHARON host - see detailed explanation below).

Software licenses can also be uninstalled using the method, described in the " " chapter of this GuideRemoving CHARON-AXP Software Licenses It is also possible to disable access to network licenses if only a local license is to be used: open the Sentinel ACC and click on the " " link toConfiguration

open up the " " page.Configuration for Sentinel Manager Uncheck the " " and the " " checkboxes from the "Allow Access to Remote Licenses Broadcast Search for Remote Licenses Access to Remote

" tab then press the " " button to apply changes.License Managers Submit

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It is possible to have several licenses available to CHARON-AXP at the same time. In this case you have to specify in the CHARON-AXP configuration file the license key ids to be used.

Example:

set session license_key_id[0]=1877752571

It is also possible to have one "main" and one "backup" license in case the main license becomes unavailable:

set session license_key_id[0]=1877752571 license_key_id[1]=354850588

CHARON-AXP checks its licenses from time to time starting with the main license. If it is not available, it attempts to access the backup license.

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Network configuration

If the CHARON virtual machine needs access to the network, one or more dedicated network interfaces cleared from any other protocols including TCP/IP will have to be defined.

Configuring the network is done with the " " (NCC) utility. Network Control Center Double click the "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager" icon on the desktop or select this utility in the tray menu; select the "Host Information and Utilities" section and press the "Network Control Center" button:

In the appearing dialog, select " ":Configure NIC

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he following dialog will appear:Press the "Next" button, t

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Select the interface to be dedicated to CHARON (in our example it is Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller named "Charon") and press the "Dedicate adapter to CHARON" button.

CHARON supports VLAN adapters. If you are going to use them, proceed with their installation and configuration according to the network adapter vendor User's Guide and then select the VLAN interface in the dialog shown above, the same as you would for a regular network interface. There is no difference in configuring a regular network adapter and a VLAN one, so all the provided instructions are fully applicable for VLAN adapters as well.

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After a few seconds the chosen interface will be assigned to CHARON:

It is possible to release the interface back to the CHARON host by selecting the target interface and pressing the "Release adapter to HOST" button.

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displays the text to be included in the CHARON configuration file for the interface dedicated to CHARON. Select the target interface andThe next step

press the "Next" button. The following dialog will appear:

Selecting the target emulated network interface displays the configuration lines specific for the selected CHARON host network interface. Press the "Copy suggestions to clipboard" button to copy the suggested configuration lines. They can be pasted into the CHARON-AXP configuration file during the next editing session by pressing "Ctrl-V".

Press the "Cancel" button to exit from the " " utility.Network Control Center

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