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Please note:

• CHARON supports VLAN adapters. If used, proceed with their installation and configuration according to the network adapter vendor User's Guide and then use the resulting VLAN interface the same way as the regular network interface. 

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• The AlphaServer DS15 and DS25 contain two built-in PCI Ethernet adapters. Models and names (EI* or EW*) of them depend on configuration addon. Choose one of the two or none, but not both. The first instantiates onboard network interfaces as EIA and EWA. While the second - EWA and EWB (enabled by default for backward compatibility)

  Example:

  #include ds25-onboard-nics.icfg
include ds25-onboard-nics-ew.icfg

Follow this link for more details of CHARON-AXP network controllers configuration.

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

  • "<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, for example: "C:\My disks\my_boot_disk.vdisk". If the path is not specified, the disk images are expected to be in the CHARON VM home directory.

    WarningUsing

    Important note: using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported

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• Physical disk
  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive<N>"
    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.

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• Physical disk by its WWID
  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID =XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-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:

    set PKA 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>)"
    
    

    Parameter	Description
    iScsiTarget	Addresses the disk by its iSCSI target name.
    LUN	Specifies the LUN on the connected iSCSI disk.

    Example:

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

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• SCSI device unknown to Windows for direct mapping, for example, a SCSI disk or tape reader

  • "\\.\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

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• CD-ROM device
  • "\\.\CdRom<N>"
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• ISO file for reading distribution CD-ROM image
  • "<file-name>.iso"
    Mapping may also include the full path, for example: "C:\My disks\vms_distributive.iso". If the path is not specified, the CD-ROM images are expected to be in the CHARON VM home directory.
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• Host tape device
  • "\\.\Tape<N>"
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• File representing the tape (tape image)
  • Using

    "<file-name>.vtape"
    These files are created automatically.
    Mapping may also include a full path, for example: "C:\My tapes\backup.vtape". If the path is not specified, the tape images are expected to be in the CHARON VM home directory.
    

    Warning

    
    

    Important note: using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported.
    

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• Floppy drive
  • "\\.\A:"
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• Other type of drive, for example magneto-optical drive
  • "\\.\<N>:"
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Follow this link for details on the KGPSA-CA controllers configuration.

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KGPSA-CA mapping to the host resources

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

  • "<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, for example: "C:\My disks\my_boot_disk.vdisk". If the path is not specified, the disk images are expected to be in the CHARON VM home directory.

    WarningUsing

    Important note: using compressed folders to store virtual disks and tapes is not supported.

    .

• Physical disk
  • "\\.\PhysicalDriveN"
    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.
    .

• Physical disk by its WWID
  • "\\.\PhysicalDrive(DevID =XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-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:

    set PKA 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 the connected iSCSI disk.

    Example:

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

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Optionally it is possible to configure the folIowing models of PBXDA-xx family controllers.

VIrtual PBXDA-xx

Syntax for loading PBXDA-xx family serial lines adapters:

Example:

The adapter instance name ("TXA" in the example above) is used then for parametrization, for example:

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