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  • Extract the CHARON-AXP installation procedure files from its archive
  • Install CHARON-AXP by running the "InstallShell.exe" installer and follow the instructions
  • Install CHARON-AXP license (hardware dongle or software license)
  • Configure CHARON-AXP host system, for example, network adapter, disable some Windows features (see Host system preparation further), etc.


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Hardware Requirements

Number of CPU cores

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Note

For VMware-based CHARON hosts it is mandatory 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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Software Requirements

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter Editions, 64 bit version (please notice that only R2 revision is supported)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1)  Standard and Enterprise Editions, 64 bit version (please notice that only R2 revision is supported)
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate (SP1) Editions, 64 bit version
  • Windows 8.1 Professional Edition, 64 bit version
  • VMware ESXi 5.x and 6.0 (requires a supported Windows operating system on top of a ESXi virtual machine)
  • Microsoft Hyper-V (requires a supported Windows operating system on top of a Hyper-V virtual machine)

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Host system preparation

Note

All antivirus, screen saver, automatic (scheduled) backup and any other CPU consuming software as well as software that is able to temporarily lock CHARON files (such as automatic indexing) must be turned off, uninstalled and disabled.

The power scheme must be set to "High Performance" with all the "Sleep" and "Standby" modes turned off.

The automatic installation of Microsoft updates must be disabled. MS updates to the CHARON host must be done only in specific service maintenance periods established by the system administrator. Before applying new updates one must shutdown the operating system running on CHARON and stop all the running CHARON instances and services.

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  • On server side (where the network license will reside): open port 1947 for both TCP and UDP
  • On clients side: open UDP ports 30000-65535
  • Both on server and client sides: set default gateway

Please consult with your Windows User's Guide Windows online documentation for details.

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If stricter firewall rules are required, it is possible to open the ports 30000-65535 and 1947 only for the "Sentinel HASP License Manager" (hasplms.exe) service (installed by CHARON-AXP ).

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  1. Type "regedit" in the search field under "Start" menu or press Windows+R and enter "regedit"; press Enter to run the program.

  2. Find the "AlwaysDisableMCN" parameter in the following path:

    Code Block
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
 + SYSTEM
    + CurrentControlSet
       + Enum
          + SCSI
             + Disk&Ven_DEC&Prod_RWZ53_____(C)DEC    <<< This one depends on Vendor and Model of your MO drive
                + 5&fd233cf&0&000500                 <<< This one depends on hardware connection (SCSI ID of MO drive, location of SCSI HBA on the host's mainboard, etc ...)
                   + Device Parameters
                      + MediaChangeNotification
                         + AlwaysDisableMCN = DWORD:00000000


  3. Change the "AlwaysDisableMCN" parameter to "1", for example: "AlwaysDisableMCN = DWORD:00000001".
  4. Reboot the host system.

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Before installation

  1. Login as the local system administrator ("Administrator") on the host system.

  2. Create a special user for running CHARON-AXP (optional). This user must have all the administrative privileges. Please consult with your Windows User's Guide on Windows online documentation for details.

    Note

    The CHARON installation procedure will create a special group called CHARON-GRP and the current user will be automatically included to this group. Do not remove this group and do not remove any CHARON user from it, otherwise a problem with virtual memory allocation may appear on CHARON startup.

    The created user may belong to some domain, but please note that in this case you have to add this user to the CHARON-GRP manually as described in this article, and then reboot the CHARON host.


  3. Stay logged in as local system administrator ("Administrator") or log off and login as the CHARON-AXP user having administrative privileges (if this option has been chosen).

  4. Create a special directory for the CHARON-AXP distribution kit and copy the provided files there.

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Distribution preparation

  1. Extract the contents of the distribution archive to the current directory or copy the contents of the provided distribution directory to the current directory.

  2. Run the "InstallShell.exe" file:

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Installation

The following assumes that this is the first installation of CHARON-AXP on the target host. Installation of additional CHARON products follows the same procedure.

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The programs in the "Utilities" subdirectory are discussed in detail later in this document.

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CHARON-AXP home directory

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The "Build_XXX\x64" directory contains template configuration files with examples of typical configuration parameters. The template files are used to build the emulator instance. We will focus our attention on this subject in the next chapter.

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License installation

Regular HASP USB dongle

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Info

A "Provisional" (demo) license does not require a collected fingerprint. For its installation start at step 5 in the sequence above


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License validity verification

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It is possible to have several licenses available to CHARON-AXP at the same time. In this case you have to specify it in the CHARON-AXP configuration file what license is to be used.

Example:

set session license_key_id[0]=1877752571

It is also possible to have one "main" and one "backup" license in case the main license becomes inaccessible:

set session license_key_id[0]=1877752571 license_key_id[1]=354850588

CHARON-AXP checks its licenses from time to time starting with the main license. If it is inaccessible, it attempts to access the backup license.

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Network configuration

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(warning) When the NIC properties are configured in Windows, a reboot of the CHARON host is required for the changes, specifically "offload" parameters, to take effect.

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  1. Login as the local system administrator ("Administrator") on the host system.

  2. Create a special user for running CHARON-AXP. This user must have administrative or standard privileges (in this case login as Administrator for manging NDIS drivers and running NCC utility). Please consult with your Windows User's Guide on Windows online documentation for details.

  3. Add this user to the CHARON-GRP group as it is described in this article and then reboot CHARON host.

  4. Login as the created user.

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