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Possible values of the parameter are strings in one of the following forms:

• Physical disk

  •  "\\.\PhysicalDrive<X>", where X is 0, 1, … 
    Be careful not to destroy all the information from the disk dedicated to CHARON VM by mistake. 
    These disks must not be formatted by the host OS. 
    Example:

    set DIA container[0]="\\.\PhysicalDrive1"

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• Physical disk by its WWID 

  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID=XXX-...-XXXX)"
    

    Be careful not to destroy all the information from the disk dedicated to CHARON VM by mistake.

    These disks must not be formatted by the host OS.

    DevID addresses the target physical disk by its WWID (hexadecimal 128-bit identifier assigned to the disk drive by its manufacturer/originator).

    Example:

    Div class small set DIA container[100]="\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID=6008-05F3-0005-2950-BF8E-0B86-A0C7-0001)"

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• iSCSI disks
  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive(iScsiTarget = <iSCSI target>, LUN = <LUN number>)"
    

    iScsiTarget addresses the disk by its iSCSI target name.

    LUN specifies LUN on connected iSCSI disk.

    Example:

    Div class small set DIA container[200]="\\.\PhysicalDrive(iScsiTarget=iqn.2008-04:iscsi.charon-target-test1, LUN= 1)"

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• dddSCSI disk unknown to Windows for direct mapping

  • "\\.\Scsi<N>:<X>:<Y>:<Z>" 
    The values of N, X, Y and Z can be collected using special utility "Host Device Check" included in the CHARON distributive - or manually by investigation of the devices connected to CHARON host in the "Device Manager" applet.
    
    

    Parameter	Description
    N	A logical number assigned by host operating system (Microsoft Windows) to logical or host’s physical storage resource such as physical SCSI HBA
    X	An internal SCSI bus number (usually 0) on host’s physical SCSI HBA
    Y	A SCSI ID of physical SCSI target device attached to host’s physical SCSI HBA
    Z	A logical unit number inside physical SCSI target device attached to host’s physical SCSI HBA

    Example: 

    set DIA container[202]="\\.\Scsi1:0:1:0"

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• ISO file for reading distribution CD-ROM image
  • [<drive>":\"<path-name>"\"]<file-name>[".iso”]  
    Mapping may also include the full path (recommended), for example: "C:\My disks\vms_distribution.iso"  

    Example:

    set DIA container[600]="C:\My disks\vms_distribution.iso"

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• File representing a physical disk of the HP Alpha system (disk image)

  • [<drive>":\"<path-name>"\"]<file-name>[".vdisk"] 
    These files can be created from scratch with "MkDisk" utility. Data and OS disks backups are transferred from the original system via tapes or network and restored into these container files.   
    Mapping may also include the full path (recommended), for example: "C:\My disks\my_boot_disk.vdisk"   
    Example: 
    

    set DIA container[401]="tru64-v51-system.vdisk"

    Warning
    Using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported

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• Other type of drive, for example magneto-optical drive

  • "\\.\<N>:" 
    Example:
    

    set DIA container[300]="\\.\Z:"

    Warning
    Using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported

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This parameter is initially not set, thus creating NO storage elements on the controller..