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• A CHARON license update is required before upgrading. Stromasys might request a HASP dongle state (c2v file) or a host fingerprint taken by HASP Update Service (which is included in the CHARON kit) in order to issue a license update. Please refer to License Update Service for details
• Due to CHARON installation procedure update, it is required to uninstall all CHARON products before installing CHARON-PDP version 4.8. Use Windows Control Panel for that.
• The following Microsoft Windows update has to be installed on Windows 7 and , Server 2008 R2 and 2016 in order to support new CHARON drivers signed with SHA2 signature:
  https://technetdocs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/librarySecurityAdvisories/security2015/3033929.aspx#ID0EDC
• If VMware is used, it must be upgraded to version 5.x or 6.0
• It's recommended to archive the old CHARON log files before starting the new version n order to avoid mixing character encoding in the log files
• Intelligent packet processing should be switched off for the network adapters dedicated to CHARON with "Network Control Center" (NCC) utility. Please refer to FTP, NFS, and general network issues with CHARON-AXP and CHARON on Windows for details
• The user that runs CHARON-PDP must have local administrator privileges and be a member of CHARON-GRP group (which is created during the CHARON installation)
• CHARON executables, libraries and data (disk container files) files should be excluded from all the antivirus checks, including on-the-fly checks and scheduled scans
• HT (Hyper-Threading Technology) should be disabled on the hosting server
• Power management and screen saver should be switched off on the hosting server
• Please note that the actual network communication speed and mode are determined by the Windows network speed and mode settings.
• For network connections, interface="connection:..." syntax is preferred in the CHARON configuration file

• The packet_port keyword in the CHARON configuration file can be used on any hosting platform instead of the platform specific keywords ndis5_chpack_port and ndis6_chpack_port. 

  
  For example, the CHARON configuration file lines:

  load ndis5_chpack_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."

  and

  load ndis6_chpack_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."

  can be replaced with:

  load packet_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."

  
  

• On VMware, E1000 network adapters should be used for CHARON; virtual appliance network adapters and vSwitch should be set to Promiscuous mode
• On VMware, legacy_mode should be set in CHARON configuration for emulated PDP network adapters if Promiscuous mode cannot be set (this solution does not work in multi-instance configurations)

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