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Hardware Requirements
Number of CPU cores
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| CHARON-VAX model | Minimal number of CPU cores | Recommended number of CPU cores |
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VAX 6610 | 2 | 4 |
VAX 6620 | 3 | 4 |
VAX 6630 | 4 | 6 |
VAX 6640 | 6 | 8 |
VAX 6650 | 8 | 12 |
VAX 6660 | 8 | 12 |
| Other models | 2 | 2 |
When starting, the CHARON-VAX software checks the available number of host CPU cores. This check is based on the maximum number of VAX CPUs that can be emulated. Therefore the number of host CPU cores recommended for the maximum number of emulated CPUs - as shown in the right column of the table above - must be available. If the available number of host CPU cores is below this number, CHARON-VAX will issue a warning message. The CHARON-VAX software will work despite this warning.
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Hyper-threading must be switched off completely. Disable hyper-threading 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 Hyper-threaded Core Sharing mode to None. |
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CPU type and speed
Since CHARON-VAX utilizes LAHF instruction in VAX CPU emulation please avoid usage of early AMD64 and Intel 64 CPUs in CHARON host system since they lack it. AMD introduced the instruction with their Athlon 64, Opteron and Turion 64 revision D processors in March 2005 and Intel introduced it with the Pentium 4 G1 stepping in December 2005.
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The Software Licenses (SL) are always network licenses, they have no restrictions with respect to being displayed or accessed via a remote connection. |
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A "Provisional" (demo) license does not require collecting a fingerprint. For its installation start at step 3 in the sequence above |
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Removing licenses can be done by physical disconnection of the corresponding USB HASP keys from CHARON host and physical disconnection of the network HASP keys from all hosts on the local network (or by disabling remote access to network licenses from the CHARON host - see detailed explanations below).
For license servers accessible only via non-broadcast search it is also possible to disable access to network licenses if only a local license is to be used: Click on the "Configuration" link to open the "Configuration for Sentinel Manager" page.
Uncheck the "Allow Access to Remote Licenses" checkbox from the "Access to Remote License Managers" tab then press the "Submit" button to apply changes.
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Let's dedicate the interface "eth1" to CHARON-VAX.
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Enter "1" then "eth1":
Specify the interface to dedicate to CHARON:eth1
select action:
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Now the interface "eth1" is dedicated to CHARON-VAX:
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Now "eth1" can be used by CHARON-VAX.
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Manual Configuration
Choosing network interface
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- Ensure your license allows you to upgrade to that version. If not, please generate a C2V file and send it to STROMASYS for update. See CHARON-VAX for Linux utilities - 'hasp_srm_view' utility
- Prepare the new kit RPM files as it is described in "Before installation695426244" and "Distribution preparation695426244" sections.
- Stop all running CHARON-VAX instances.
- Make sure that no template files (i.e. "mv3k6.cfg.template") have been used for your specific configuration otherwise copy those files to a dedicated folder.
- Login as "root" user.
- Remove the old CHARON-VAX version as described in the "CHARON-VAX for Linux deinstallation" chapter and reboot the Linux server.
- Proceed with the same instructions on the new kit installation as described in the "Installation695426244" section.
- Once installation is completed, it is recommended to reboot the Linux server (possible issues with licenses detection could occur).
Install the license for the new CHARON-VAX as described in the "License installation695426244" section.
- Start all the CHARON-VAX services stopped at step #3.
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