CHARON-AXP/SMA(+) /STATION version 2.2.39 for Windows - Release Notes
Please review this document before proceeding with installation of CHARON-AXP/SMA(+)
Version 2.2.39 (16-Sep-2013)
Changes:
Updated NDIS drivers.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a network bug in DEC3000.
Solved a issue which occurs when uninstall SMA(+) production.
Fixed the bug that device can’t be recognized when the type of SCSI device is 3.
Version 2.2.38 (24-May-2013)
Changes:
Changed configuration format of physical drive.
Support Windows server 2012.
Bug fixes:
Fixed the bug that massive multicast packages cause RX queue overflow.
Fixed a vtape bug.
Version 2.2.37 (25-Dec-2012)
Changes:
Changed license from HASP HL to Sentinel HASP. A license update is required. Stromasys might request a c2v file taken from HASP license dongle in order to issue a license update. Please use “Key Update” item from CHARON-AXP tray icon to collect a c2v file and apply a v2c license update.
Bug fixes:
Fixed the bug that expiration date cannot be displayed in log.
Fixed an uninstall bug.
Version 2.2.36 (23-Nov-2012)
Changes:
Product version had been changed to 2.2
SCSI commands: reserve and release are supported.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a NDIS driver issue.
Fixed a console error.
Version 2.1.35 (03-May-2012)
Changes:
Updated the utility ‘HASP_HL_VIEW’.
Bug fixes:
Fixed emulator hang relating to bypass device with high IO overhead.
Fixed the problem with virtual disk configured with ISO image.
PBXDA serial line can work in Tru64 now.
Fixed the problem with PBXDA serial line on models with multi-CPU.
Fixed the problem with massive performance loss after command ‘stop /cpu’.
Fixed parallel port issue.
System time delay on model DEC3000 is solved.
Fixed delay problem of reading save sets on tape.
Version 2.1.34 (20-Mar-2012)
Changes:
Updated the utility ‘key update’, the key update via RDP is supported.
Added the utility ‘Network control center’ to the menu.
Bug fixes:
Fixed the network issue.
Version 2.1.33 (18-Jan-2012)
Changes:
Added support for checking two kinds of feature id of license at the same time.
Added support for different lock size for LDx_L and STx_C instructions.
CHARON Packet Protocol (NDIS6) was updated to v6.2.
Bug fixes:
Fixed the bug that command “psradm -f” can’t work properly on Tru64 UNIX.
Fixed the problem parallel port.
Resolved the problem that tape can’t support block size larger than 64KB.
Corrected AMASK value.
Fixed the crash caused by setting MAC addresss at the CFG file.
Fixed the problem system disk shadowing fail to boot when multiple CPUs are configured.
Fixed problem configuration keywords are case sensitive.
Fixed the crash with model DEC3000.
Version 2.1.32 (25-Aug-2011)
Changes:
DEC3000 emulator version 2.1 is included into SMA product now.
Version 2.1.31 (16-May-2011)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem caused by new network mode under ndis5 driver.
Version 2.1.30 (05-May-2011)
Changes:
Modified network mode making ‘CHPACK’ as default network mode.
Added license agreement in installation procedure.
Bug fixes:
Medium changer device can be identified now.
Fixed problem of pool of request.
Resolved the problem that emulator crashes when performs format command.
Fixed problem of physical serial port.
Corrected incorrect chip type of network adapter.
Version 2.1.29 (01-Apr-2011)
Changes:
Added uninstallation guide of SMA(+) in help document.
Support a new communication mode between emulator and ndis driver, which improves some network performance.
Updated HASP device driver to the latest version 5.95.
Bug fixes:
iSCSI disk can be recognized rightly in Tru64.
Now device type of physical tape can be shown correctly in OpenVMS.
Errors occur during tape reads is handled correctly.
Corrected incorrect configuration of LPT device in sample config file.
Resolved a rare problem that emulator with 2 CPUs crashes during OpenVMS is rebooting.
Version 2.1.28 (20-Aug-2010)
Changes:
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 (64 bit) are now fully supported
SRM command D SIRR C implemented.
Booting from the tape implemented.
Documentation regarding direct SCSI access updated.
Version 2.1.27 (12-Jul-2010)
Changes:
Documentation updated regarding CD/DVD image support.
Documentation updated regarding virtual network usage with Microsoft Loopback Adapter.
Bug fixes:
Wrong error message that appeared on successful installation of CHARON-AXP has been removed on Windows 7.
Appending to a log file now functions properly.
The correct message is displayed when CTRL-P is pressed.
PuTTY now starts automatically when configured to do so as part of a windows service that is automatically started.
PuTTY now pops up properly when the emulator is started from the command line.
on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 PuTTY now pops up properly when the emulator is started over RDP.
A false error message is no longer displayed when installing Charon-AXP/SMA(+) on Windows Server 2008 (R2) and Windows 7.
Version 2.1.26 (07-Jun-2010)
Bug fixes:
MKimage utility now functions properly
Any user in the Administrators group can now start Charon-AXP on Windows Server 2008(R2) and Windows 7.
The console command "set bootdef_dev <device> now works properly.
PuTTY now pops up automatically on Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2003.
The SRM console command "continue" now functions properly.
Fixed vtape file locking problem seen on Tru64 UNIX.
Included the current hasp key driver, haspdinst.exe.
Version 2.1.25 (22-Mar-2010)
Changes:
SMA has been qualified for Windows Server 2008.
Bug fixes:
Fixed ndis6 driver bug (memory leak).
Version 2.1.24 (19-Oct-2009)
Changes:
Only display VMS bugcheck in the logfile if it is fatal.
Added the signed NDIS6 driver.
The disk caching defaults to off.
Version 2.1.23 (07-Sep-2009)
Changes:
Uniform configuration files between SMA and the other emulators.
Version 2.1.22 (08-Jul-2009)
Changes:
Charon-AXP/SMA(+) is now Windows 2008 ready.
Version 2.1.21 (22-Jun-2009)
Changes:
Changed the licensing to eliminate the C2V files.
Version 2.1.20 (04-May-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem SCSI Passthrough tapes.
Version 2.1.19 (02-Apr-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem BYPASS driver.
Fixed modem status signals within serial lines.
Version 2.1.18 (17-Mar-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem with queue instructions.
Fixed problem with response queues.
Version 2.1.17 (06-Feb-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem with USB floppy drives.
Fixed problem with licensing.
Version 2.1.16 (30-Jan-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem with USB floppy drives.
Fixed problem with invalidation of DIT pages.
Version 2.1.15 (27-Jan-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed problem with invalidation of DIT pages.
Version 2.1.14 (13-Jan-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed check when opening the logfile within the service.
OS Support for each model:
Model "DEC3000" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS200" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS250" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS300" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS500" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS600" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS800" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS1000" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS1200" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS1200" 2 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "AS2000" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS2000" 2-4 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "AS2100" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS2100" 2-4 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "AS4000" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS4000" 2 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "AS4100" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS4100" 2-4 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "DPW" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "DMCC" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS8200" 1 CPU VMS 6.2-1H3 and Higher Tru64 3.2C and Higher
Model "AS8200" 2-4 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "DS10" 1 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "DS20" 1-2 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "DS25" 1-2 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "ES40" 1-4 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "ES45" 1-4 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "XP900" 1 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Model "XP1000" 1 CPU VMS 7.1-2 and Higher Tru64 4.0F and Higher
Version 2.1.13 (07-Jan-2009)
Bug fixes:
Fixed AS200 Model within the user interface.
Problem when using a bypass disk as a quorum disk, updated Bypass Driver to version 1.4
Makedisk displayed incorrect sizes
Version 2.1.12 (19-Dec-2008)
Changes:
Added partial support for SCSI pass through for ATAPI devices.
Added support for disk geometry parameters. These are advanced options that can lead to disk corruption, when used incorrectly. See the manual for usage.
Added support for disk vendor/product/revision parameters. See the manual for details.
Bug fixes:
SCSI pass through for unit with sector size other than 512 did not work.
Tsunami emulator crash with 256MB memory.
TOY clock in unix always gives "preposterous time"
When the TOY clock filer removed, Windows time is used instead of zero time. With zero time VMS would ask to input the time.
External interrupt delivery was sometimes inefficient.
RAM disk did not work
Version 2.1.11 (29-Sep-2008)
Changes:
Changed Installer to display the version number.
Version 2.1.10 (16-Sep-2008)
Changes:
Switched to new HASP runtime (version 5.50).
Version 2.1.9 (07-Sep-2008)
Changes:
Changed floating point routines.
Version 2.1.8 (14-Aug-2008)
Bug fixes:
Incorrect thread affinity fixed.
Changes:
Added extra licensing information.
Version 2.1.7 (04-Aug-2008)
Changes:
Changed Manufacturer name to Stromasys.
Changed Icons to the new CHARON Icons.
The SRM wil now display the actual tape and disk information.
Fixed detection of CDROM devices/virtual images.
Added a new tool hasp_hl_view to view the contents of the license key.
New Bypass driver included (v1.2) which supports VMS6.2. This Bypass driver cannot be used for booting VMS6.2.
Version 2.1.6 (17-Jul-2008)
Bug fixes:
Physical serial lines parity setting fixed.
PBXDA parity setting fixed.
Fixed loading of PBXDA for slots 1-4, when using more than 4 controllers.
Fixed handling of DTR/RTS and stopbits for physical serial lines
Fixed handling of line characteristics for tta0
Version 2.1.5 (17-Jun-2008)
Changes:
In the release 2.0.x the file tape was auto-loaded. That means that if the file is available it is loaded automatically. In earlier 2.1.x this functionality was disabled because it caused problems by multi-volume backups. Namely, if the tape size reaches maximum, it unloads the tape and immediately checks for new volume load. It sees the same tape file and overwrites it with the new volume. In this release the user has an option to control autoload. By default we chose the safe variant, for example, MKA500.autoload=off. Users that are sure that there is no multivolume backup done and that the tape file does not overflow the disk can explicitly specify the auto load option, for instance, MKA500.autoload=on.
VMS Bugcheck, halt and invalid operations conditions are now logged.
Bug fixes:
SMP DIT page invalidation fixed. This caused random crashes.
DMA DIT invalidation for disk devices. This caused random crashes.
SRM crash command does not work after halt instruction.
Version 2.1.4 (13-May-2008)
Changes:
Support for SMP ES40 for early VMS versions, starting from 7.1-2.
Added support for a shared memory based network backend. This network can be used to connect emulator instances running on the same host. Configurations example:
The address must be unique for each instance. The address may be omitted. A unique one will be assigned automatically.
Version 2.1.3 (15-Apr-2008)
Bug fixes:
Corrected SoftTrap handling.
Version 2.1.2 (11-Apr-2008)
Changes:
We now support the following models: AlphaServer 300 AS300 AlphaServer 800 AS800 AlphaServer 1000 AS1000 AlphaServer 1200 AS1200 AlphaServer 2000 AS2000 AlphaServer 2100 AS2100 AlphaServer 4000 AS4000 AlphaServer 4100 AS4100 AlphaServer DS10 DS10 AlphaServer DS20 DS20 AlphaServer DS25 DS25 AlphaServer ES40 ES40 AlphaServer ES45 ES45 AlphaServer 8200 AS8200 AlphaServer 8400 AS8400 AlphaStation 200 AS200 AlphaStation 250 AS250 AlphaStation 500 AS500 AlphaStation 600 AS600 DIGITAL Personal Workstation au DPW AlphaStation XP1000 XP1000 AlphaStation XP900 XP900 DIGITAL 21164 PICMG SBC DMCC DEC 3000 Model 400 DEC3000
Bug fixes:
Corrected license units.
PC alignment bug in REI.
SMP crash fixed.
OPA freezes when using certain terminal emulators.
CPU slot release when the emulator isn't started successfully.
DEC 3000 is now based on the eb164 PCI emulator and not the TurboChannel anymore.
DEC 3000 now supports VMS 6.2-1h3 and up, and DUnix 4.0 and up.
If the original DEC 3000 with turbo channel is required Charon-AXP 2.0.10 must be used.
Version 2.1.1 (22-Feb-2008)
Changes:
A new version (V 1.2) of the IDLE mechanism is available and it is advised to upgrade to this version.
Bug fixes:
Crash when running VMS monitor system, Floating point bug.
Removable disk support for bypass disks.
Error handling when using more than 31 PCI slots.
VIRBND was enabled. Now disabled.
Incorrect fault-on-execute failing address.
DEC3000 reboot problems.
CPU attention check missing.
PBXDA/DIGI/EPCA caused system hang-up.
Service crash when starting without a key.
Clearing of SRM variables using set <varname> "".
Version 2.0.1 (03-Dec-2008)
Bug fixes:
The configurations within the User Interface are sorted on the configuration nam.
Version 2.0.0 (18-Dec-2007)
Changes:
CPU performance improvements. The performance figures highly depend on the application. Integer arithmetic intensive applications can gain up to 100% on Intel and up to 50% on AMD. The floating point performance increase is about 5-10%.
The disk container file caching is now by default disabled. This makes writes more reliable in case of power failures and enables shared access in a cluster environment. To enable caching use read_cache and write_cache options. Also, the container file memory mapping option improves performance. However, by power failures some of the write data might be lost. Example with no cache and with sharing:
Example with caching and memory mapping:
SCSI pass through now uses the image option instead of the device option to specify the mapping. For instance:
Multiple instances of the emulator on a single machine are supported. Please see the documentation for details.
Configuration file is made case-insensitive.
Idle package updated. From now on it supports all VMS from 6.2. The idle driver resides on the disk image drivers.vdisk included in the emulator kit.
Network card model can be specified. You can choose from DE435 (default), DE450, and DE500. For instance,
Multiple PBXDA devices are now supported. The driver limit is 7. Example:
Special fast IO facility called "disk IO bypass" is added. It significantly increases disk IO throughput. The bypass requires installing a special driver in VMS. The driver resides on the disk image drivers.vdisk included in the emulator kit. Please see manual for more details.
Bug fixes:
SCSI pass through tapes and Windows tape did not work in Digital UNIX.
SRM boot* and booted* variables were not correctly used in system restarts. For instance, this caused DU installer to reboot from the CD instead of the just installed disk.
Long network interface names caused overflow of some logging buffers.
Known problems:
File tape does not implement the size limit, nor does it check for disk overflow. Essentially it implements an infinite tape. The behavior in case of disk overflow is unpredictable.
Version 1.2.2 (28-Sep-2007)
Bug fixes:
SRM auto_action and boot_dev bug fixed.
Version 1.2.1 (30-Aug-2007)
Bug fixes:
Fixed initialization of the serial lines.
Fixed setting of the baud rate.
DEC3000: Reinitialized console after leaving the OS.
Version 1.2.0 (23-Aug-2007)
Changes:
Extended SRM console support.
Charon-AXP DMCC, Charon-AXP DEC3000 and Charon-AXP AlphaServer have been merged within a single product.
Digital Unix/Tru64/OSF1 beta level support for versions 3.2C to 5.1B
Changes to the configuration file:
The system type is given with the line model <system type> . Example:
The network adapters are renamed from EWx to EWx0.
The set_env SRM parameters settings are no longer needed. This functionality is provided with the new SRM console.
Start of the emulator and SRM console using the command
Bug fixes:
Real SCSI disk support with Tru64.
Version 1.1.7 (24-Jul-2007)
Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.1.6 (23-Jul-2007)
Changes:
Now not only time but also the date is logged
Bug fixes:
Issues with memory above 4GB. Now up to 8GB is supported.
Version 1.1.5 (26-Jun-2007)
Bug fixes:
Bugcheck in x86asm.cxx:127. Code buffers are too small for some applications.