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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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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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Configuring the host network interfaces for CHARON
Start the utility and , select "Configure NIC" ; and press the "Next" button:
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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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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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Release of the host network interfaces
Start the utility and , select "Configure NIC" ; press and press the "Next" button:
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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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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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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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The Network Control Center is able to disable "offload" parameters for CHARON. It is highly recommended to 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).
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Please note to restart the CHARON host to enable this settings.
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Select the network interface to monitor (it must be dedicated to CHARON) ; and press the "Next" button:
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