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General Description

The "Network Control Center" utility is used to configure, verify dedicated network interfaces and trace network trace the network activity for a CHARON network.

Open the CHARON Virtual Machines Manager, switch to the "Host Information & Utilities" tab and press the "Network Control Center" button:

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Installation of CHARON network drivers

By default a CHARON network driver is automatically installed by the CHARON installation procedure.

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When it is needed to install a modified driver, use the following procedure. Select "Install/Upgrade" and press the "Next" button:

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Browse for the target "sripacket.inf" file (which is by default it is located in the "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Drivers\NDIS6_X.X.X.XXXXX" directory), select it and press the "Open" button:

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If the CHARON network driver has been acquired directly from STROMASYS, put it in a temporary directory and choose the "sripacket.inf" file from this directory in the dialog above.

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Review the log, make sure it is correct.  Save You can save the log to a file by pressing the "Save Log in file" button in case the log file has to be sent to Stromasys Customer Support.

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Press the "Finish" button to exit.

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Deinstallation of the CHARON network driver

Start the utility and select "Install/Upgrade"; press the "Next" button:

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Review the log for errors.  Save You can save the log to a file by pressing the "Save Log in file" button in case the log file has to be sent to Stromasys Customer Support.

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Press the "Finish" button to exit.

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Configuring the host network interfaces for CHARON

Start the utility and , select "Configure NIC" ; and press the "Next" button:

Select the host interface to be dedicated to CHARON (in the example below it's its name is "Charon"), press the "Dedicate adapter to CHARON" button:

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The next dialog helps to define the correct lines for the CHARON configuration file. Select the target emulated network adapter and press the "Copy suggestions to clipboard" button:

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Review the log for errors.  Save You can save the log to a file by pressing the "Save Log in file" button in case the log file has to be sent to Stromasys Customer Support.

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Press the "Finish" button to exit.

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Release of the host network interfaces

Start the utility and , select "Configure NIC" ; press and press the "Next" button:

Select the interface to be released back to the host (in the example below it's its name is "Charon"), press the "Release adapter to HOST" button:

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Press the "Next" button and review the log of this operation:

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Press the "Finish" button to exit.

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Troubleshooting the CHARON network interfaces configuration

Start the utility and , select "Troubleshoot NIC dedicated for CHARON" ; and press the "Next" button:

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In the example below, there is an issue with the host TCP/IP being enabled on the CHARON interface. Review the problem description, press the select "Fix the adapter configuration" then press the "Next" buttonsbutton.

The utility will fix any fix issues and report a good status for the interface. Press the "Next" button, the following dialog will appear:

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Once the checking check is completed, if there are any issues, the utility will abort the test and display a log containing information about the issues found:

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Enter the IP address and subnet mask to be used by the CHARON guest , then press the "Next" button:

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Select "Show detailed log" for more detail.

Press the "Finish" button to exit.

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Disable "offload" parameters

The Network Control Center is able to disable "offload" parameters for CHARON. It is highly recommended to disabel disable them to avoid any problems with TCP/IP networking under CHARON.

Start the utility and , select "Disable TCP chimney offload for CHARON" ; and press the "Next" button:

The "offload" parameters will be reset for all CHARON emulators (executable files).

Press the "Finish" button to exit.

 Please note to restart the CHARON host to enable this settings.

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Monitoring the CHARON network activity

The Network Control Center is able to monitor CHARON network activity. This function is available only if CHARON is running.

Start the utility and , select "Monitor CHARON NIC activity" ; and press the "Next" button:

Select the network interface to monitor (it must be dedicated to CHARON) ; and press the "Next" button:

The utility will display statistics updated in a real time. Note , it is possible to record the statistics in a log file with a selected write interval.

Press the "Next" button to stop the recording and to see the log of this operation:

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Select "Show detailed log" for more detail.

Press the "Finish" button to exit.

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