Contents
Intended Audience
This Getting Started guide is intended for anyone who needs to install, configure, or manage the Stromasys Charon emulators in the IBM cloud. It can be used as a starting point for installations that use the prepackaged Charon marketplace images available on the IBM Cloud marketplace, or when creating a Linux server in the cloud for a conventional RPM installation of Charon emulator products. A general working knowledge of Linux and its conventions is expected.
Please note: the descriptions in this Getting Started guide are for Charon host systems running a supported Linux operating system. Windows host systems are not within the scope of this guide.
Overview of the relevant documentation for Charon emulators in cloud environments:
- This Getting Started Guide covers basic cloud-specific aspects when installing a Charon emulator product in the cloud.
- The general User's Guides for each emulator product (please refer to the Stromasys documentation page) cover features, configuration, and management of the respective Charon emulator product.
- The VE License Server User's Guide in the Licensing Documentation section of the Stromasys Product Documentation site covers features, installation, and management of the VE (Virtual Environment) license server and the VE licenses.
- The Release Notes of your product provide important information regarding known problems and possible workarounds.
For additional information about this product, please contact Stromasys at the regional addresses listed below in Obtaining Technical Assistance, or contact your Stromasys VAR.
Document Structure
The document contains the following main sections:
- Introduction to Charon Emulators: overview of emulator concepts.
- Creating an IBM Instance for an Emulator Host: basic steps to create and launch a Charon-SSP host system in the cloud.
- Installing the Charon-SSP Manager: steps to install the main management tool for the cloud-based Charon-SSP host instance.
- Accessing the Charon Cloud Instance: explains how to use SSH, SFTP, and the Charon-SSP Manager to access the instance, and how to set the initial management password.
- Additional Charon-SSP IBM Instance Configuration: steps to add additional storage and network interfaces; introduction to cloud-specific networking aspects.
Please note:
- Cloud providers may change their management GUI without prior warning. Hence, the screenshots in this document may not always reflect the latest GUI appearance of the cloud provider. However, they will still provide an illustration of the described configuration steps.
In general, the sample outputs in this document may show different versions than the one documented in this manual, but they are still representative of what a user will see.
Obtaining Documentation
The latest released version of this manual and other related documentation are available on the Stromasys support website at Product Documentation and Knowledge Base.
Obtaining Technical Assistance or General Product Information
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Several support channels are available to cover the Charon virtualization products.
If you have a support contract with Stromasys, please visit http://www.stromasys.com/support/ for up-to-date support telephone numbers and business hours. Alternatively, the support center is available via email at support@stromasys.com.
If you purchased a Charon product through a Value-Added Reseller (VAR), please contact them directly.
Obtaining General Product Information
If you require information in addition to what is available on the Stromasys Product Documentation and Knowledge Base and on the Stromasys web site you can contact the Stromasys team using https://www.stromasys.com/contact/, or by sending an email to info@stromasys.com.
For further information on purchases and the product best suited to your requirements, you can also contact your regional sales team by phone:
| Region | Phone | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Americas | +1 919 239 8450 | Stromasys LLC |
| Europe, Middle-East and Africa | +41 22 794 1070 | Avenue Louis-Casai 84 |
Conventions
Notation | Description |
$ | The dollar sign in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for VMS. The dollar sign can also indicate non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
# | The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
| > | The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe). |
| Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input. |
| Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. |
| Monospace type in interactive examples, indicates command response output. |
[ ] | In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. |
... | In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. |
| Italic monospace type, in interactive examples, indicates typed context dependent user input. |
Definitions
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | The system on which the emulator runs, also called the Charon server |
| Guest | The operating system running on a Charon instance, for example, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Solaris, MPE or HP-UX |
Related Documents
- Charon emulator documentation
- VE License Server User's Guide in Licensing Documentation