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Please note: All Linux and HP-UX sample commands in this section are performed as the root user (prompt = #). This may not be necessary for all commands in all environments depending on the local permission settings. The commands can be executed on the Charon host graphical console or via a non-graphical login (e.g., SSH). However, for accessing the running emulator, the use of PuTTY is strongly recommended because it works best with the emulator environment.
The Charon-PAR/PA9-32 functionality of Charon-PAR emulates historic 32-bit PA-RISC hardware. This section shows a sample installation of a 32-bit guest system.
HP-UX ISO Installation Medium
To install a basic HP-UX
Emulator Licensing Considerations
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HP-UX ISO Installation Medium
To install a basic HP-UX system running as a guest system in an emulator instance, you need to provide an HP-UX ISO installation medium.
Charon-PAR/PA9-32 for the model 720 currently supports HP-UX 9.05, 9.07, 10.20, and 11.00. The installation procedure for versions 10.20 and 11.00 is very simiar similar to the one for Charon-PAR/PA9-64. However, the procedure for the older HP-UX is versions can be quite different. Hence, it 9.07 is used for this example. For this version of HP-UX, two ISO files are required:
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Copy the ISO files to the directory you prepared for the disk containers of your emulated instance.
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Creating a Virtual Disk Container for the System Disk
The emulated system requires a disk on which the HP-UX system will be installed. Create a system disk as shown in the following example:
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| 1 | Change to the directory where you store your virtual disks. | # cd /data/Stromasys/host1/Data/Disk/ |
| 2 | Create an empty disk container. Note that the actual size of the disk will depend on the requirements of your emulated system. The disk name shown is just an example. Please note: HP-UX 9.07 allows a maximum root disk size of 2GB. The number of blocks should be a multiple of 512. | With
With fallocate (very fast alternative):
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Adapting the Configuration File Template
The configuration file template must be adapted to the customer environment and the required guest system characteristics. This section describes the minimum number of changes required to configure a Charon-PAR/PA9-32 emulator instance. Please refer to Configuration File Reference for a detailed description of the configuration file options.
Perform the following steps to create a basic configuration file for a Charon-PAR/PA9-32 emulated system:
Example:
# cd /data/Stromasys/host1/
# cp /opt/charon/cfg/pa9-32.cfg host1.cfg
# vi host1.cfg
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# gedit host1.cfg
model "720"
Configured model must be covered by your license.
Please note: the size of the disk must be such that it is aligned to a 512-byte boundary. You can check this with the following bash expression: |
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Adapting the Configuration File Template
The configuration file template must be adapted to the customer environment and the required guest system characteristics. This section describes the minimum number of changes required to configure a Charon-PAR/PA9-32 emulator instance. Please refer to Configuration File Referencefor a detailed description of the configuration file options.
Perform the following steps to create a basic configuration file for a Charon-PAR/PA9-32 emulated system:
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| 1 | Create a copy of the configuration file template. | Example:
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| 2 | Open the configuration file in a text editor. |
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| 3 | Configure the system model. | model "720" Configured model must be covered by your license. |
| 4 | Configure the RAM for the emulated system (in MB). | memory 64 |
| 5 | Configure the serial console for telnet via PuTTY. | Use the method 2 of the serial line section in the configuration file and make sure the definition of the asp.uart0.device is:
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| 6 | Configure disk 1 (system disk). | Change definition of DKA0 to:
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| 7 | Add a definition for disk 2 (ISO file) or (if it already exists) modify the definition to point to your ISO installation file for the mini-system (the install disk). |
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| 8 | Configure a network card based on a physical host NIC. This NIC is dedicated to the guest operating system and cannot be used for network communication by the host system. To share an interface, a virtual bridge would have to be used (see Ethernet configuration sections in this document). | In the configuration file template, comment out the dummy interface and the tap interface configuration. Then uncomment the interface configuration of the physical interface example. Change the definition of EWA0 to the interface that is assigned to the emulated system (example: eth1) and disable the offload parameters for the interface:
Please note: Depending on the capabilities of the Ethernet device, not all off-load offload parameters maybe be available. This will create a warning message. The variable IFACE is set by the system before executing the initialize commandis set by the system before executing the initialize command. For cloud environments, please note:
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| 9 | Save the configuration file. |
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Starting the Emulated System and Installing the Guest System
This section shows how to start the emulator and install a HP-UX system.
Please note:
- The examples in this section assume that a graphical interface is used, on which a PuTTY session can be run.
- Should this not be possible, you can access the console of the emulated system by using, for example, a telnet client and pointing it to the TCP port on the Charon host defined for the serial console port in the configuration file. The default port is 30000
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- . Sample command to connect to an emulator on the local system:
$ telnet localhost 30000).
In this case, do not start the PuTTY program automatically from the emulator configuration.
Starting the Emulator
To start the emulated Charon-PAR/PA9-32 system, perform the following steps:
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If everything works, you will see log output in the current terminal window ending an and eventually a pa9-32> prompt. This is the Charon-PAR emulator console. It displays log information, allows to set configuration parameters and to stop the emulator. Please note: the prompt may be obscured by log messages and not be immediately visible. In this case, press the Enter key once to display the prompt.
At the same time, a green PuTTY console window will open.
Please note: Should there be an error from PuTTY about missing fonts, start PuTTY as the root user, load the PAR-Telnet-VT100 profile, set a font that is available on the host system, save the configuration.
Booting from the Install ISO File
In green PuTTY console window perform the following steps to boot the installation ISO file (containing a very basic system):
- Press the Enter key.
- This should produce the prompt Main Menu: Enter command or menu >.
- Enter the command
boot 2/0/1.1.0to boot from the ISO and confirm by pressing the Enter key. - At the prompt Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> answer N.At the next prompt, select VT100 as the terminal
- At the next prompt, press the Enter key to proceed to the installation overview. Please note that it may take a little while until this prompt is displayed.
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HP-UX 9.07 Installation Phase 1: Installing the Basic System
During this phase, a basic system is installed to the root disk that will enable the installation of the rest of the operating system.
After booting the install ISO file as described above, you will eventually see an overview of the installation steps:
After you've read the information, press any key to continue with the next step: the root disk selection.
The following image shows a sample:
In the above sample, select the offered disk by entering its number and press Return.
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Before the installation starts, you have to select if the root disk should support long file names:
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Type exit at the pa9-32> prompt to stop the emulator.
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HP-UX 9.07 Installation Phase 2: Installing the Operating System Filesets
During this step, the basic system will be used to install the other components of the operating system.
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- Confirm that you have the correct ISO installed.
- Enter your choice for the fileset selection (normally all filesets of the Core OS).
- You will be asked to confirm your choice twice.
- Then, the loading of the filesets begins.
- At the end, the HP-UX system is shut down and returns to the console environment.
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HP-UX 9.07 Installation Phase 3: Booting and Configuring
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Upon boot, you will be asked a few questions for the initial configuration of your system.
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If you answer yes to this question, you will be lead through a series of questions and dialogs allowing you to configure
- hostname
- IP address and netmask
IP address and netmaskFor cloud environments, please note: in case of a dedicated Ethernet interface, the IP address of the emulator must be set to the value assigned by the cloud provider to the corresponding host NIC. - default gateway
- DNS
- fontserver
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After the above steps have been completed, you will be able to login as the root user and start using the system. At the beginning, you have to select your terminal settings.
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Stopping the Emulator
In order to stop the emulator in an orderly manner, perform the following steps:
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Starting with Charon-PAR version 3.0.5 this will, by default, automatically stop the emulator when it detects that the operating system has been halted. See the system.stop_on_halt parameter in the Configuration File Reference. If the emulator is not stopped automatically, continue with step 2 below.
2. After . Starting with version 3.0.5, the emulator is stopped automatically after the guest operating system shutdown is complete , stop the emulator (if it (unless the configuration parameter system.stop_on_halt has been set to false). If the emulator is not stopped automatically after the shutdown of the guest operating system). Different , different methods must be used for to stop it in different situations:
- The emulator was started in interactive mode and the Charon-PAR console is available in current terminal: enter the exit command at thepa9-32>prompt and hit Enter. This will cause the emulator to close the disk images of the emulated system and to exit.
- The Charon-PAR console is available on a local TCP port (emulator started with -c or --console-port parameter): this situation will exist most frequently if the emulator has been started as a daemon or service. To stop the emulator access the Charon-PAR console via telnet to localhost on the port specified when starting the emulator, enter the exit command at the pa9-32> prompt, and hit Enter.
Access to the Charon-PAR console via a TCP port is available starting with Charon-PAR version 3.0.1. The CTRL+B key combination has been disabled on the emulator console starting with this version.
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For more information about the Charon-PAR console, please refer to Charon-PAR Console. For more information about the Charon-PAR command-line options, please refer to Charon-PAR Command-Line Options.
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