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This document applies to Charon-AXP/VAX Linux Toolkit versions 1.5558.

Kit download

To download the kit, you must issue a request via email to the Stromasys support team (support@stromasys.com) or ask your reseller

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• Basic knowledge of Unix commands
  
  
• Basic knowledge of Charon products
  
  

• Charon qualified versions:

  	Charon-AXP V4.8 Build 183-02 (+ patches) Charon-AXP V4.9 Build 194-02 (+ patches) Charon-AXP V4.10 Build 202-03 (+ patches) Charon-AXP V4.11 Build 204-0406
  	Charon-VAX V4.8 Build 183-02 (+ patches) Charon-VAX V4.9 Build 194-02 (+ patches) Charon-VAX V4.10 Build 202-03 (+ patches) Charon-VAX V4.11 Build 204-0406

  
  

• Scripts have been tested and validated on the following Linux distributions/versions:

  • CentOS 7.x
  • CentOS 8.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 8.x

  • Only Linux installations setup with English language are supported. It is however possible to use an experimental option if necessary for non English languages (see the Release Notes, kit chapter "Kit version V1.54")

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• Some packages have to be installed on the Charon server:

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  • Mandatory packages:
    • glibc.i686
    • bc
    • perl
    • at
      
      
  • Recommended packages:
    • telnet : recommended for connection from the Charon server to the virtual machine console
    • putty : recommended for connection from the Charon server to the virtual machine console (telnet or putty can be defined in the preferences)
    • expect : recommended if ssh cannot be used to execute shutdown commands from the console
    • rsh: recommended if rsh method is to be used for Charon instance clean shutdown
    • evince : recommended for reading online documentation
    • postfix : recommended, Mail Transport Agent used to send emails

    • firefox : recommended for checking and updating licenses, accessing online documentation
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• All described operations will have to be performed on the Charon server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported). 

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  • The 'menu' can be executed as a non root user but with limited possibilities. In this case "Not root!" will be displayed on the top left on the menu.
  • To run the 'menu' via a sudo command, so without the restrictions mentioned above, use: $ sudo /opt/charon/utils/charon_menu

  • To use the 'menu' alias as a non root user, it is possible to add this line: alias menu='sudo /opt/charon/utils/charon_menu' to the .bashrc script of the user.
  • The 'menu' must be used by one user at a time only
    
    
• Charon-AXP and Charon-VAX installations are supported when installed in /opt/charon folder only
  
  
• Mail service must have been configured. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...
  
  
• Within the Charon virtual machines configuration files:
  • do not use spaces or tabs between a parameter and its value as the toolkit does not handle this correctly for disks, tapes and network devices. That is: parameter=value is correct, parameter = value is not correct.

  • do not add devices parameters on the same line for disks, tapes and network devices, please split the line in 2 lines

    Unsupported	set PKA container[600]= "/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" media_type[600]="RRD47"
    Supported	set PKA container[600]="/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" set PKA media_type[600]="RRD47"

    
    

  • For OPA0 console settings, the line defining OPA0 and the port name must not be split. Use either "load virtual_serial_line OPA0 port=<port>" (depending on Charon version) or the new syntax "set COM1 alias = OPA0 port = <port>"

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