Page Comparison

User shell access to host OS

Y (limited)

Linux operating system upgrades from distribution repositories

Y

Restricted (kernel version dependencies)

N

N (package installation is possible if agreed by Stromasys)

Special GUI for host management

N

N

Special user accounts for Charon

N ⁽⁴⁾

Y⁽⁵⁾

Y ⁽⁶⁾

Licensing general

HL/SL/Network license

Cloud license server

License upgrade to more Changes to number of host CPUs / more amount of memory possible

Y
(if software license is used, new license may be needed)

N
(invalidates license, requires setup of new AWS instance)

Internet connection required

N

Y

Jumpstart

Y

N

Network interface sharing (not recommended)

Y

N

Configurable log path

Y

N

N

Additional tools

X11, iSCSI, NFS

X11, iSCSI, NFS, VNC

X11, iSCSI, NFS, VNC

X11

Emulated HW differences

4U+ and 4V+ support

N

Y

Y

Y

PCI pass-through devices (Digi and GPIB)

N

Y ⁽²⁾

Y ⁽²⁾

N

Digi AccelePort emulation

Y ⁽²⁾

N

Additional on-board serial lines

Y

N

USB devices

Y ⁽²⁾

N

Parallel port

Y ⁽³⁾

N

Floppy drive

Y ⁽³⁾

N

Physical SCSI devices

disk, tape, CD-ROM, generic

disk

External serial console via TCP

Y

N

Physical serial ports

Y

Only via terminal server

Host HW differences

Customer selectable hypervisor support

Y ⁽¹⁾

N ⁽⁷⁾