Purpose of this Document

This document covers Charon-PAR version 3.0 (version 3.0.17 and higher). 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. The order in the document may be different - as the items in the present section are arranged by subject.

• Introduction to Charon-PAR

• Emulated Models 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 and Configuration File Reference.

• Charon-PAR Prerequisites: requirements that must be fulfilled by the host system before Charon can be installed.

• Charon-PAR Software Installation: installation overview and installation steps.

• Initial Emulator License Configuration: overview of licensing options and initial license configuration.

• Charon-PAR Basic Guest Configuration and 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.

• Detailed configuration information:

  • Serial Line Emulation Notes: information about how to set up different terminal emulators.

  • Guest System Autoboot

  • Running Charon-PAR as a Service

  • Adding Additional Disks

  • Physical and Virtual Tape Access

  • Adding Generic SCSI Devices

  • HP-UX Graphical Connection via X-Server: X11 configuration details for host and guest system.

  • Ethernet Configuration Notes

  • Configuring SuperIO Devices

  • Configuration File Reference: detailed description of available configuration parameters.

  • Emulated Model Hardware Configuration Details

• Charon-PAR Command-Line Options: command-line options provided by the Charon-PAR emulator image.

• 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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