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Hardware Requirements
Number of CPU cores
Each CHARON-AXP emulated CPU requires a corresponding physical core. So the total number of the host CPUs must exceed the number of emulated CPUs since some of the host CPUs must be dedicated to serving CHARON I/O operations and host operating system needs. If several CHARON instances run in parallel, the required number of CPU cores is cumulative.
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The following table lists the minimum and recommended number of CPUs required for each virtual HP Alpha instance (note that each CHARON instance is able to run on 2 CPU cores hosts, but this configuration does not support emulation of all the virtual CPUs):
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CHARON-AXP networking requires dedicated host Ethernet adapters; their number must be equal to the emulated adapters to be configured in CHARON-AXP. One adapter (optionally) can be left to the host for TCP/IP networking, management interface, etc.
It is also possible to use virtual network interfaces, but for performance considerations, it is recommended to use physical ones only.
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For VMware-based CHARON hosts it is mandatary to use the "E1000" virtual network adapter. Please avoid usage of the "E1000E" adapter since it may lead to problems with some TCP/IP services! |
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Starting with ESXi 6.5, it is not possible to select E1000 adapter when a new virtual machine is created using Windows Server 2012, 2016 and Windows 10 templates.
The following workarounds are available:
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It is also possible to use virtual network interfaces, but for performance considerations, it is recommended to use physical ones only.
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 64bit
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 - 6.10, 64bit
- Linux Centos 7.x, 64bit
- VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.x up to 6.7 (requires a supported Linux operating system on top of a ESXi virtual machine)
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If PBXGA graphics card is going to be used the resolution of CHARON host screen must be not less than 1280x1024 to provide an ability to display the graphics monitor emulation properly. |
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Extract the contents of the distribution TAR.GZ files to the current directory:
# tar -xvzf charon-axp-<VER>-<BN>.<ZZ>.tar.gzwhere:
Description
VER
Version of CHARON-AXP product, for example 4.10
BN
Build Number of CHARON-AXP product, for example 20200
ZZ
CHARON-AXP target operating system identifier.
For CentOS 7.x 'ZZ' value is 'el74', for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x the value is 'el74' and for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 to 6.10 the value is 'el65'.
Example:
# tar -xvzfcharon-axp-4.10-20200.el74.tar.gzAs a result, the new directory "charon-axp-<VER>-<BN>.<ZZ>" will be created.
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Switch to that directory:
# cdcharon-axp-<VER>-<BN>.<ZZ>Example:
# cd charon-axp-4.10-20200.el74Div class pagebreakThe distribution directory contains the following RPM files:
File name
Description
charon-axp-VER-BN.ZZ.x86_64.rpm CHARON-AXP aksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpm
HASP Run-time
charon-license-VER-BN.ZZ.x86_64.rpm
CHARON Libraries
charon-utils-VER-BN.ZZ.x86_64.rpm
CHARON Utilities
charon-mtd-VER-BN.ZZ.x86_64.rpm MTD utility Example:
# lsaksusbd-7.63-1.i386.rpmcharon-axp-4.10-20200.el74.x86_64.rpmcharon-license-4.10-20200.el74.x86_64.rpm
charon-utils-4.10-20200.el74.x86_64.rpmcharon-mtd-4.10-20200.el74.x86_64.rpmInclude Page KBCOMMON:DOC-GoToToc KBCOMMON:DOC-GoToToc
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