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General description
CHARON-AXP supports emulation of DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter via CHARON PCI Pass Through mode (using a specific CHARON PCI Pass Through driver).
CHARON PCI Pass Through mode enables connection between the virtual DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter and the physical DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter plugged into a hosting server PCI bus.
Loading DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
Syntax for loading DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter:
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In AlphaStation 400 configuration use the following syntax for DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter loading:
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Configuration parameters
The DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter emulation has only one configuration parameter:
host_bus_location
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| Value | Establish connection between virtual DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter and physical DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter installed on CHARON host (pass through mode) Syntax:
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Installation of DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
- Install the DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter to some spare PCI slot of the host system
- Boot a Windows operating system
- Open “Computer Management”
- Select “Device Manager”
- In the right window select the desired physical FDDI adapter connected to the system, right-click the mouse button, and the corresponding menu will appear.
- From the menu select “Update driver…”. Windows will show “Hardware Upgrade Wizard”
- Select “No, not this time”, click “Next”
- Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, click “Next”
- Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install”, click “Next”
- Click “Have Disk…”. Windows shows dialog “Install From Disk”
- Instead of “A:\”, click “Browse” and select path to the folder in which driver’s INF file is located (typically "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Drivers\DEFPA_X.X.0.XXXXX"), select “defpa_ppt_amd64.inf”, and click “Open”
- The “Hardware Upgrade Wizard” should have “CHARON DEFPA FDDI adapter”. Select it, and click “Next”
- There will be one or two more dialogs, but they are usual for device driver installation.
- Reboot the host
Upon completion, a new device will appear in the device manager with the CHARON logo on it.
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Mapping to host DEFPA PCI FDDI adapter
Open “Computer Management” application and select “Device Manager”:
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Non-US-EN installations of Windows may present “Location:” string in local language, but "host_bus_location" parameter requires English notation, so the words “PCI”, “bus”, “device”, and “function” must be specified in English.
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