In this document the term CHARON-AXP is
used to refer to all the products below:
10. New functionality introduced in the previous Production version
2.3 build 108-00
- A new product, CHARON-AXP/4100, has been introduced.
It supports the emulation of AlphaServer 2000, 2100, 4000, and 4100. The
earliest supported guest OS versions are: VMS 6.2-1H3 and Tru64 4.0F. SPD is
available from http://www.stromasys.com. Please refer to the CHARON-AXP manual
for details.
- CHARON-AXP is now delivered with half of the CPUs
available for the particular model by default. For example, CHARON-AXP/GS80
can have up to eight AXP CPUs, hence the base license includes four CPUs.
- Support for 64bit Windows Server 2008 Standard and
Enterprise (SP2) Editions, and 64bit Windows Vista Business (SP2) Edition.
- Multiple instances of CHARON-AXP can run on a hosting
server simultaneously. Please refer to the CHARON-AXP manual for details.
- Connection to a physical FDDI network is supported
using pass-through mechanism with physical DEPFA FDDI network adapter in the
hosting server.
- Emulated AXP CPU performance has been improved.
Please see SPDs and Product Announcements for the details, which are available
from http://www.stromasys.com
- Significant network stability and performance gains
after fixing a problem in the rx sequencer delay algorithm.
- DE435 network adapter emulation has been introduced,
supporting VMS versions 6.2-1H3 and later.
- For disk and tape containers on KZPBA a particular
type (for example, HSZ80) can be set using the media_type parameter, which may
be necessary in order for Tru64 to recognize them.
- The Internal disk table had been extended to recognize RZ1ED,
RZ1EF
disk types.
11. New functionality introduced in the previous Production version
2.2 build 104-00
- Fiber Channel (SAN attached) storage can be used with
emulated PCI KGPSA adapter if a specific Emulex HBA is used in the hosting
server. Please refer to the User Manual for the details. The SAN target has to
be configured for CHARON-AXP guest operating system. The configuration has
been tested with both OpenVMS and Tru64.
- SRM console functionality had been improved to
include FC configuration and booting commands.
- On Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP physical SCSI disks and SAN
LUNs can be attached to CHARON-AXP using \\.\ScsiN:X:Y:Z notation.
Please check the manual for details. There are three formats supported:
\\.\SCSI<port-no>:<target-id>
\\.\SCSI<port-no>:<target-id>:<lun>
\\.\SCSI<port-no>:<path-no>:<target-id>:<lun>
- iSCSI disks can be attached to KZPBA SCSI controller
using \\.\PhysicalDrive notation provided that they are created with Microsoft
iSCSI Initiator (other initiators have not been tested).
- CHARON-AXP has Simplified Chinese interface and
logfile if installed on Windows with Simplified Chinese
localization.
12. Distribution and Installation
The kit is distributed as a standard CHARON installation. The installer
version is 5.0.
Make sure there are no CHARON-AXP configurations running before the
installation.
Run
the "InstallShell.exe" file in the CHARON-AXP installation folder. Choose
the products to install and proceed with suggested steps. Note that
the distribution media may contain more products than allowed by your license.
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Document: 60-017-014-007
Updated: 25 August 2011