Purpose of this Document

This document covers Charon-PAR version 3.0 For other versions, please refer to the relevant documentation of your product version.

This user's guide covers all aspects of selecting a suitable environment (hardware and software) to run the Charon-PAR emulator. It also describes all tasks involved with installing, configuring, and running the Charon-PAR emulator.

The following topics are not covered by this guide:

• While this document will cover guest system specific configuration aspects where required, it does not cover the management of the guest system (MPE/iX and HP-UX).
• It also does not cover the migration of a physical PA-RISC system to an emulated system. If you require migration support, please contact your Stromasys representative or a Stromasys partner.

Product naming conventions:

• Charon-PAR: general name for this Charon emulator product.
• Charon-PAR/PA3: functionality of the Charon-PAR product emulating historic PA-RISC systems for MPE/iX.
• Charon-PAR/PA9-64 and Charon-PAR/PA9-32: functionality of the Charon-PAR product emulating historic PA-RISC systems for HP-UX. Here, PA9-64 denotes the 64-bit emulator, PA9-32 the 32-bit emulator.

Intended Audience

This document is intended to be used by any end-user or Stromasys partner required to install, configure, and manage a Charon-PAR installation. It is assumed that a reader of this document has a basic knowledge of managing Linux systems and is familiar with the guest operating system used.

Content Overview

The following are the main topics covered in this user's guide:

• Virtual Hardware Supported by Charon-PAR: basic overview of amount of memory and maximum number of CPUs supported by the different emulated models. Details for each model are provided in Emulated Model Hardware Configuration Details.
• Charon-PAR Prerequisites: requirements that must be fulfilled by the host system before Charon can be installed.
• Charon-PAR Software Installation: installation packages overview and installation steps.
• Charon-PAR Guest Instance Basic Configuration and OS Installation: basic steps of setting up a CHARON-PAR/PA3 system (emulates historic PA-RISC hardware for MPE/iX), or a Charon-PAR/PA9 system (emulates historic PA-RISC hardware for HP-UX), and a sample HP-UX installation.
• Serial Line Emulation Notes: information about how to set up different terminal emulators.
• Emulator configuration details:
  • Guest System Autoboot
  • Adding Additional Disks
  • Physical and Virtual Tape Access
  • Adding Generic SCSI Devices
  • Configuration File Reference
• Charon-PAR Command-Line Options: command-line options provided by the Charon-PAR emulator image.
• HP-UX Graphical Connection via X-Server: configuration details for host and guest system.
• File Transfer to and from Guest Operating System: hints on different file transfer methods that may be useful during a migration situation.
• Upgrading the Charon-PAR Software and Deinstalling the Charon-PAR Software
• License Management Overview for Charon-PAR: overview of the different tools available for license management and important configuration options.
• Charon-PAR Utilities: description of additional command-line utilities.
• Emulated System Firmware Functions: overview of options available on the console of an emulated system.
• HP3000 Command Files & UDCs: additional tools provided on the MPE pre-installed disk.

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